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This paper proposes fractional sliding control designs for single-degree-of-freedom fractional oscillators respectively of the Kelvin-Voigt type, the modified Kelvin-Voigt type and D\"{u}ffing type, whose dynamical behaviors are described…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-08-18 Jian Yuan , Bao Shi , Guozhong Xiu

Safety concerns during the operation of legged robots must be addressed to enable their widespread use. Machine learning-based control methods that use model-based constraints provide promising means to improve robot safety. This study…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-07 Berk Tosun , Evren Samur

Barrier functions (also called certificates) have been an important tool for the verification of hybrid systems, and have also played important roles in optimization and multi-objective control. The extension of a barrier function to a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-12-07 Xiangru Xu , Paulo Tabuada , Jessy W. Grizzle , Aaron D. Ames

This paper presents a novel type of mobile rolling robot designed as a modular platform for non-prehensile manipulation, highlighting the associated control challenges in achieving balancing control of the robotic system. The developed…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Ollie Wiltshire , Seyed Amir Tafrishi

This paper proposes a novel fixed-time integral sliding mode controller for admittance control to enhance physical human-robot collaboration. The proposed method combines the benefits of compliance to external forces of admittance control…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-08-11 Yuzhu Sun , Mien Van , Stephen McIlvanna , Sean McLoone , Dariusz Ceglarek

This paper presents a constraint-enforcing control framework for a class of discrete-time strict-feedback nonlinear systems. The objective is to guarantee closed-loop stability while ensuring forward invariance of a prescribed safe set…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-29 Jhon Manuel Portella Delgado , Ankit Goel

This paper presents an approach to systematically design sliding mode control and manifold to stabilize nonlinear uncertain systems. The objective is also accomplished to enlarge the inner bound of region of attraction for closed-loop…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-01-12 Sina Sanjari , Sadjaad Ozgoli

Control barrier functions (CBFs) offer a powerful tool for enforcing safety specifications in control synthesis. This paper deals with the problem of constructing valid CBFs. Given a second-order system and any desired safety set with…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-17 Mohammed Alyaseen , Nikolay Atanasov , Jorge Cortes

This paper proposes a constructive approach to safety control of nonlinear cascade systems subject to multiple state constraints. New design ingredients include a unified characterization of safety and stability for systematic designs of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-04 Si Wu , Tengfei Liu , Zhong-Ping Jiang

Safe control for inherently unstable systems such as quadrotors is crucial. Imposing multiple dynamic constraints simultaneously on the states for safety regulation can be a challenging problem. In this paper, we propose a quadratic…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2022-03-08 Mouhyemen Khan , Munzir Zafar , Abhijit Chatterjee

Safety and stability are common requirements for robotic control systems; however, designing safe, stable controllers remains difficult for nonlinear and uncertain models. We develop a model-based learning approach to synthesize robust…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-08 Charles Dawson , Zengyi Qin , Sicun Gao , Chuchu Fan

Control barrier functions (CBFs) have emerged as a popular topic in safety critical control due to their ability to provide formal safety guarantees for dynamical systems. Despite their powerful capabilities, the determination of feasible…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-18 Ali Mesbah , Seid H. Pourtakdoust , Alireza Sharifi , Afshin Banazadeh

This paper proposes a new robust control method for quantum systems with uncertainties involving sliding mode control (SMC). Sliding mode control is a widely used approach in classical control theory and industrial applications. We show…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-03 Daoyi Dong , Ian R. Petersen

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate, in an experimental facility consisting of a simple pendular device, the performance of a sliding mode adaptive position-feedback tracking controller of mechanical systems with friction reported in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Luis Cervantes-Pérez , Víctor Santibáñez , Jesús Sandoval , Romeo Ortega , Jose Guadalupe Romero

This paper proposes a time-efficient attitude-tracking controller considering the slew rate constraint and control constraint. The algorithm defines the sliding surface, which is the linear combination of command, body, and regulating…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-20 Seungyeop Han , Byeong-Un Jo , Koki Ho

This paper deals with an application of the notion of barrier in mixed constrained nonlinear systems to an example of a pendulum mounted on a cart with non-rigid cable, whose dynamics may switch to free-fall when the tension of the cable…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-24 Willem Esterhuizen , Jean Lévine

Safety critical systems involve the tight coupling between potentially conflicting control objectives and safety constraints. As a means of creating a formal framework for controlling systems of this form, and with a view toward automotive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-27 Aaron D. Ames , Xiangru Xu , Jessy W. Grizzle , Paulo Tabuada

The magnetic levitation system (Maglev) is a nonlinear system by which an object is suspended with no support other than magnetic fields. The main control perspective of the Maglev system is to levitate a steel ball in air by the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-12 Dorukhan Astekin , Fatih Adıgüzel

This paper presents a unified control framework for robust trajectory tracking and moving obstacle avoidance applicable to a broad class of mobile robots. By formulating a generalized kinematic transformation, we convert diverse vehicle…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-28 Shubham Sawarkar , P Sangeerth , S Saharsh , Pushpak Jagtap

This paper proposes a novel sliding mode control (SMC) method for a class of affine dynamic systems. In this type of systems, the high-frequency gain matrix (HFGM), which is the matrix multiplying the control vector in the dynamic equation…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-08-15 Zuren Feng , Ruizhi Sha , Na Lu , Chenlong He