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This paper presents a low-complexity, model-free, output-feedback controller for a class of unknown time-varying nonlinear systems with unknown input constraints. The controller achieves the preset control accuracy when the actuator is not…

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In this paper, we present a prescribed performance control framework for trajectory tracking in Euler-Lagrange systems with unknown dynamics and prescribed input constraints. The proposed approach enforces hard funnel constraints, meaning…

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We propose a novel robust Model Predictive Control (MPC) scheme for nonlinear multi-input multi-output systems of relative degree one with stable internal dynamics. The proposed algorithm is a combination of funnel MPC, i.e., MPC with a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-13 Thomas Berger , Dario Dennstädt , Lukas Lanza , Karl Worthmann

The Model Predictive Control (MPC) scheme Funnel MPC enables output tracking of smooth reference signals with prescribed error bounds for nonlinear multi-input multi-output systems with stable internal dynamics. Earlier works achieved the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-12 Thomas Berger , Dario Dennstädt

We show that Funnel MPC, a novel Model Predictive Control (MPC) scheme, allows tracking of smooth reference signals with prescribed performance for nonlinear multi-input multi-output systems of relative degree one with stable internal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-18 Thomas Berger , Dario Dennstädt , Achim Ilchmann , Karl Worthmann

This paper considers the tracking control problem for an unknown nonlinear system with time-varying bounded disturbance subjected to a prescribed performance and input constraints. When performance and input constraints are specified…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-13 Pankaj K Mishra , Pushpak Jagtap

An adaptive funnel control method is considered for the regulation of the output for a class of nonlinear infinite-dimensional systems on real Hilbert spaces. After a decomposition of the state space and some change of variables related to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-06 Anthony Hastir , Joseph J. Winkin , Denis Dochain

Model Predictive Control (MPC) offers a versatile framework for constraint handling and multi-objective optimisation, yet practical application faces challenges regarding initial and recursive feasibility, robustness against model…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-27 Dario Dennstädt

We study tracking control for stochastic differential equations of Langevin type and describe a new conceptual approach to the sampling problem for those systems. The objective is to guarantee the evolution of the mean value in a prescribed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-27 Thomas Berger , Feliks Nüske

This paper presents a prescribed performance-based tracking control strategy for the atmospheric reentry flight of space vehicles subject to rapid maneuvers during flight mission. A time-triggered non-monotonic performance funnel is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-02 Zongyi Guo , Xiyu Gu , Yonglin Han , Jianguo Guo , Thomas Berger

We consider tracking control of linear minimum phase systems with known arbitrary relative degree which are subject to possible output measurement losses. We provide a control law which guarantees the evolution of the tracking error within…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-28 Thomas Berger , Lukas Lanza

In this paper, we focus on recovery control of nonlinear systems from attacks or failures. The main challenges of this problem lie in (1) learning the unknown dynamics caused by attacks or failures with formal guarantees, and (2) finding…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-07 Zihao Song , Shirantha Welikala , Panos J. Antsaklis , Hai Lin

We consider funnel control for linear infinite-dimensional systems that are impedance passive, meaning that they satisfy an energy balance in which the stored energy equals the squared norm of the state and the supplied power is the inner…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-02 Thavamani Govindaraj , Anthony Hastir , Lassi Paunonen , Timo Reis

This work presents a new sufficient condition for synthesizing nonlinear controllers that yield bounded closed-loop tracking error transients despite the presence of unmatched uncertainties that are concurrently being learned online. The…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-23 Samuel G. Gessow , Brett T. Lopez

We exploit a recently developed funnel control methodology for linear non-minimum phase systems to design an output error feedback controller for a nonlinear robotic manipulator, which is not minimum phase. We illustrate the novel control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-31 Thomas Berger , Lukas Lanza

This work provides a framework for nonlinear model-free control of systems with unknown input-output dynamics, but outputs that can be controlled by the inputs. This framework leads to real-time control of the system such that a feasible…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-08-13 Amit K. Sanyal

This paper addresses the problem of asymptotic tracking for high-order control-affine MIMO nonlinear systems with unknown dynamic terms subject to input and transient state constraints. We introduce Barrier Integral Control (BRIC), a novel…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Christos K. Verginis

This paper aims to synthesize a reachability controller for an unknown dynamical system. We first learn the unknown system using Gaussian processes and the (probabilistic) guarantee on the learned model. Then we use the funnel-based…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-02 Sandeep Gorantla , Jeel Chatrola , Jay Bhagiya , Adnane Saoud , Pushpak Jagtap

This paper presents a convex optimization-based framework for synthesizing time-varying controlled invariant funnels and associated feedback control around a given nominal trajectory for nonlinear systems subject to bounded disturbances.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-13 Taewan Kim , Dayou Luo , Behçet Açıkmeşe

In this paper we address the problem of tracking control of nonlinear systems via contraction analysis. The necessary conditions of the systems which can achieve universal asymptotic tracking are studied under several different cases. We…

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