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In this work, it is demonstrated that the usual power system dynamic model exhibits a feedforward-feedback control structure. The distinct properties of the feedforward and feedback subsystems are identified and studied using respective…
Real-world control applications in complex and uncertain environments require adaptability to handle model uncertainties and robustness against disturbances. This paper presents an online, output-feedback, critic-only, model-based…
In this paper, we address the challenge of performing non-prehensile pushing operations with a compliant robotic manipulation system. To ensure safe operations in human-populated environments, robots must comply with external physical…
Late-lumping feedback design for infinite-dimensional linear systems with unbounded input operators is considered. The proposed scheme is suitable for the approximation of backstepping and flatness-based designs and relies on a…
Haptic interaction is essential for the dynamic dexterity of animals, which seamlessly switch from an impedance to an admittance behaviour using the force feedback from their proprioception. However, this ability is extremely challenging to…
We develop a predictor-feedback control design for multi-input nonlinear systems with distinct input delays, of arbitrary length, in each individual input channel. Due to the fact that different input signals reach the plant at different…
This note studies the robust output feedback stabilization problem of multi-input multi-output invertible nonlinear systems with output-dependent multipliers. An "ideal" state feedback is first designed under certain mild assumptions. Then,…
In this paper, we will report our efforts in designing closed-loop feedback for the thruster-assisted walking of bipedal robots. We will assume for well-tuned supervisory controllers and will focus on fine-tuning the joints desired…
We discuss boundary control of a wave equation with a non-linear anti-damping boundary condition. We design structured finite-dimensional $H_\infty$-output feedback controllers which stabilize the infinite dimensional system exponentially…
We study the stability of coupled impedance passive regular linear systems under power-preserving interconnections. We present new conditions for strong, exponential, and non-uniform stability of the closed-loop system. We apply the…
We consider the problem of optimizing the steady state of a dynamical system in closed loop. Conventionally, the design of feedback optimization control laws assumes that the system is stationary. However, in reality, the dynamics of the…
In this article we present a novel discrete-time design approach which reduces the deteriorating effects of sampling on stability and performance in digitally controlled nonlinear mechanical systems. The method is motivated by recent…
The problem of distributed formation control of nonholonomic mobile robots is addressed in this paper, in which the robots are designed to track a formation. Collision avoidance among agents is guaranteed using a control law based on a…
We study in this paper the problem of adaptive trajectory tracking control for a class of nonlinear systems with parametric uncertainties. We propose to use a modular approach, where we first design a robust nonlinear state feedback which…
This note addresses the output synchronization problem of incrementally output-feedback passive nonlinear systems in the presence of exogenous disturbances. Two kinds of distributed controllers are proposed; one placed at the nodes and the…
This work presents the first closed-loop control framework for cooperative payload transportation with non-stopping flying carriers. The proposed method includes a feedback wrench-controller that actively regulates the load's pose by…
Given a non-contracting trajectory of a nonlinear system, we consider the question of designing an input perturbation that makes the perturbed trajectory contracting. This paper stresses the analogy of this question with the classical…
This paper is concerned with the design of an augmented state feedback controller for finite-dimensional linear systems with nonlinear observation dynamics. Most of the theoretical results in the area of (optimal) feedback design are based…
This paper is concerned with the design of a linear control law for linear systems with stationary additive disturbances. The objective is to find a state feedback gain that minimizes a quadratic stage cost function, while observing chance…
Stability and control of a non-linear system represent an important system configuration that frequently arises in practical engineering. Stability covers a vast range of systems that do not obey the superposition principle and applies to…