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Compensating for slip and skid is crucial for mobile robots navigating outdoor terrains. In these challenging environments, slipping and skidding introduce uncertainties into trajectory tracking systems, potentially compromising the safety…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-24 Payam Nourizadeh , Fiona J Stevens McFadden , Will N Browne

This paper presents a combined strategy for tracking a non-holonomic mobile robot which works under certain operating conditions for system parameters and disturbances. The strategy includes kinematic steering and velocity dynamics learning…

Robotics · Computer Science 2015-12-11 Monica Dragoicea , Ioan Dumitrache , Nicolae Constantin

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

This paper designs a new spherical robot structure capable of supporting high-speed motion at up to 10 m/s. Building upon a single-pendulum-driven spherical robot, the design incorporates a momentum wheel with an axis aligned with the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Bixuan Zhang , Fengqi Zhang , Haojie Chen , You Wang , Jie Hao , Zhiyuan Luo , Guang Li

Robots with flexible spines based on tensegrity structures have potential advantages over traditional designs with rigid torsos. However, these robots can be difficult to control due to their high-dimensional nonlinear dynamics and actuator…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-10-16 Andrew P. Sabelhaus , Huajing Zhao , Edward L. Zhu , Adrian K. Agogino , Alice M. Agogino

Harmonic model predictive control (HMPC) is a recent model predictive control (MPC) formulation for tracking piece-wise constant references that includes a parameterized artificial harmonic reference as a decision variable, resulting in an…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-02 Pablo Krupa , Daniel Limon , Alberto Bemporad , Teodoro Alamo

Trajectory optimization under uncertainties is a challenging problem for robots in contact with the environment. Such uncertainties are inevitable due to estimation errors, control imperfections, and model mismatches between planning models…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-14 Ahmad Gazar , Majid Khadiv , Andrea Del Prete , Ludovic Righetti

The precise motion control of a multi-degree of freedom~(DOF) robot manipulator is always challenging due to its nonlinear dynamics, disturbances, and uncertainties. Because most manipulators are controlled by digital signals, a novel…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-09 Zhian Kuang , Xiang Zhang , Liting Sun , Huijun Gao , Masayoshi Tomizuka

This paper proposes a novel control framework for agile and robust bipedal locomotion, addressing model discrepancies between full-body and reduced-order models. Specifically, assumptions such as constant centroidal inertia have introduced…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Seung Hyeon Bang , Jaemin Lee , Carlos Gonzalez , Luis Sentis

This work addresses the problem of kinematic trajectory planning for mobile manipulators with non-holonomic constraints, and holonomic operational-space tracking constraints. We obtain whole-body trajectories and time-varying kinematic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-01-17 Markus Giftthaler , Farbod Farshidian , Timothy Sandy , Lukas Stadelmann , Jonas Buchli

This paper introduces a simulation study of fluid actuated multi-driven closed system as spherical mobile robot called "RollRoller". Robot's mechanism design consists of two essential parts: tubes to lead a core and mechanical controlling…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-10-21 Seyed Amir Tafrishi , Sandor M. Veres , Esmaeil Esmaeilzadeh , Mikhail Svinin

This paper introduces a novel trajectory planner for autonomous robots, specifically designed to enhance navigation by incorporating dynamic obstacle avoidance within the Robot Operating System 2 (ROS2) and Navigation 2 (Nav2) framework.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-29 Eric Schöneberg , Michael Schröder , Daniel Görges , Hans D. Schotten

Mobile manipulators are envisioned to serve more complex roles in people's everyday lives. With recent breakthroughs in large language models, task planners have become better at translating human verbal instructions into a sequence of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-12 Xintong Du , Siqi Zhou , Angela P. Schoellig

We propose a robust nonlinear model predictive control (MPC) scheme for trajectory-tracking control of autonomous vehicles at the limits of handling on non-planar road surfaces. We derive the dynamics from first principles and selectively…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-22 Joscha F. Bongard , Georg Jank , Simon Sagmeister , Boris Lohmann

This research proposes a robust adaptive fuzzy sliding mode control (AFSMC) approach to enhance the trajectory tracking performance of cylindrical robotic manipulators, extensively utilized in applications such as CNC and 3D printing. The…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-08 Van Cuong Pham , Minh Hai Tran , Phuc Anh Nguyen , Ngoc Son Vu , Nga Nguyen Thi

This paper presents a novel safe control framework that integrates Sliding Mode Control (SMC), High-Order Control Barrier Functions (HOCBFs) with state-dependent adaptiveness and a lightweight projection for collision-free navigation of an…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-01 Spyridon Syntakas , Kostas Vlachos

This paper presents a robust tracking controller for tracking curvature-constrained paths by vehicles/robots with uncertain Dubins dynamics. Although Dubins paths have been widely used in vehicular and robotic applications, robust and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-26 Xingjian Xue , Sze Zheng Yong

This paper addresses to Sliding Mode Learning Control (SMLC) of uncertain nonlinear systems with Lyapunov stability analysis. In the control scheme, a conventional control term is used to provide the system stability in compact space while…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-23 Erkan Kayacan

In this paper, we consider the tracking control problem for robot manipulators which are affected by constant bounded disturbances. Three control schemes are applied for the problem, which composed of integral action and tracking…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-18 Amir. A. Ghavifekr , Saeed Pezeshki , Arash Arjmandi

In this paper, we investigate the adaptive control problem for robot manipulators with both the uncertain kinematics and dynamics. We propose two adaptive control schemes to realize the objective of task-space trajectory tracking…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-07-13 Hanlei Wang