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Scaled model experiments are commonly used in various engineering fields to reduce experimentation costs and overcome constraints associated with full-scale systems. The relevance of such experiments relies on dimensional analysis and the…
This paper presents a sample-efficient data-driven method to design model predictive control (MPC) for cable-actuated soft robotics using Bayesian optimization. Instead of modeling the complex dynamics of the soft robots, the proposed…
The ever-increasing industry desire for improved performance makes linear controller design run into fundamental limitations. Nonlinear control methods such as Reset Control (RC) are needed to overcome these. RC is a promising candidate…
We consider tracking control for uncertain linear systems with known relative degree which are possibly non-minimum phase, i.e., their zero dynamics may have an unstable part. For a given sufficiently smooth reference signal we design a…
Various defects occur during material extrusion additive manufacturing processes that degrade the quality of the 3D printed parts and lead to significant material waste. This motivates feedback control of the extrusion process to mitigate…
This paper proposes a multiple-model adaptive control methodology, using set-valued observers (MMAC-SVO) for the identification subsystem, that is able to provide robust stability and performance guarantees for the closed-loop, when the…
In this paper, an approach for active power control of individual wind turbines is presented. State-of-the-art controllers typically employ separate control loops for torque and pitch control. In contrast, we use a multivariable control…
We address the problem of output reference tracking for unknown non-linear multi-input, multi-output systems described by functional differential equations. This class of systems includes those with a strict relative degree, and…
In this paper, we propose several rules to tune the gains for a class of passivity-based controllers for nonlinear mechanical systems. Such tuning rules prescribe a desired local transient response behavior to the closed-loop system. To…
This paper theoretically investigates the closed-loop performance of active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) on a third-order linear plant with relative degree 3, subject to a class of exogenous disturbances. While PID control cannot be…
A straight forward application of feedback linearization to the missile autopilot design for acceleration control may be limited due to the nonminimum characteristics and the model uncertainties. As a remedy, this paper presents a cascade…
Adaptive control can be applied to robotic systems with parameter uncertainties, but improving its performance is usually difficult, especially under discontinuous friction. Inspired by the human motor learning control mechanism, an…
We present a model predictive control (MPC) formulation to directly optimize economic criteria for linear constrained systems subject to disturbances and uncertain model parameters. The proposed formulation combines a certainty equivalent…
Input constraints as well as parametric uncertainties must be accounted for in the design of safe control systems. This paper presents an adaptive controller for multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) plants with input magnitude and rate…
In this paper, we leverage ideas from model-based control to address the sample efficiency problem of reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms. Accelerating learning is an active field of RL highly relevant in the context of time-varying…
Suppression of the transient energy growth in subcritical plane Poiseuille flow via feedback control is addressed. It is assumed that the time derivative of any of the velocity components can be imposed at the walls as control input, and…
This paper introduces a computationally efficient approach for solving Model Predictive Control (MPC) reference tracking problems with state and control constraints. The approach consists of three key components: First, a log-domain…
Intelligent aerial platforms such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are expected to revolutionize various fields, including transportation, traffic management, field monitoring, industrial production, and agricultural management. Among…
Symbiotic control synergistically integrates fixed-gain control and adaptive learning architectures to mitigate system uncertainties more predictably than adaptive learning alone and without requiring prior knowledge of uncertainty bounds…