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This paper discusses stability and robustness properties of a recently proposed observer algorithm for linear time varying systems. The observer is based on the approximation and subsequent modification of the non-negative Lyapunov…
This paper provides a new observer design methodology for invariant systems whose state evolves on a Lie group with outputs in a collection of related homogeneous spaces and where the measurement of system input is corrupted by an unknown…
Euler-Bernoulli beam theory is widely used to successfully predict the linear dynamics of micro- and nano-cantilever beams. However, its capacity to characterize the nonlinear dynamics of these devices has not yet been rigorously assessed,…
This paper presents a novel Luenberger-style observer for robot manipulators with position measurements. Under the assumption that the state evolutions that are to be observed have bounded velocities, it is shown that the origin of the…
The problem of leak detection in a pipeline with nonlinear friction is considered. A distributed observer-based method is proposed which applies a linearised, distributed adaptive observer design to the nonlinear model. The methodology is…
In this paper we address the problem of state observation for sensorless control of nonlinear magnetic levitation systems, that is, the regulation of the position of a levitated object measuring only the voltage and current of the…
In this article, we give a completely constructive proof of the observability/controllability of the wave equation on a compact manifold under optimal geometric conditions. This contrasts with the original proof of Bardos-Lebeau-Rauch,…
We consider three-dimensional elastic frames constructed out of Euler-Bernoulli beams and describe extension of matching conditions by relaxing the vertex-rigidity assumption and the case in which concentrated mass may exists. This…
This work investigates the global exponential stabilization of a degenerate Euler-Bernoulli beam subjected to a non uniform axial force and a delayed feedback control. First, we address the well-posedness of the system by constructing an…
We analyze the three-dimensional buckling of an elastic filament in a shear flow of a viscous fluid at low Reynolds number and high Peclet number. We apply the Euler-Bernoulli beam (elastica) theoretical model. We show the universal…
Linear observed systems on groups encode the geometry of a variety of practical state estimation problems. In this paper, we propose an observer framework for a class of linear observed systems by restricting a bi-invariant system on a Lie…
Mathematical models for complex systems are often accompanied with uncertainties. The goal of this paper is to extract a stochastic differential equation governing model with observation on stationary probability distributions. We develop a…
The aim of this paper is to present the application of an approach to study contraction theory recently developed for piecewise smooth and switched systems. The approach that can be used to analyze incremental stability properties of…
In this paper, a first sample-based formulation of the recently considered population observers, or ensemble observers, which estimate the state distribution of dynamic populations from measurements of the output distribution is…
A large variety of dynamical systems, such as chemical and biomolecular systems, can be seen as networks of nonlinear entities. Prediction, control, and identification of such nonlinear networks require knowledge of the state of the system.…
We address the problem of dynamic output feedback stabilization at an unobservable target point. The challenge lies in according the antagonistic nature of the objective and the properties of the system: the system tends to be less…
This paper examines the local exponential stability (LES) of trajectories for nonlinear systems on Riemannian manifolds. We present necessary and sufficient conditions for LES of a trajectory on a Riemannian manifold by analyzing the…
In this paper, we introduce a new sliding mode observer for Lur'e set-valued dynamical systems, particularly addressing challenges posed by uncertainties not within the standard range of observation. Traditionally, most of Luenberger-like…
The Koopman operator approach to the state estimation problem for nonlinear systems is a promising research area. The main goal of this paper is an attempt to provide a rigorous theoretical framework for this approach. In particular, the…
This article addresses the problem of state observer design for continuous-time linear positive networked systems. Considering the bandwidth constraint in the communication network, an event-measurement-based positive observer design is…