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Lyapunov redesign is a classical technique that uses a nominal control and its corresponding nominal Lyapunov function to design a discontinuous control, such that it compensates the uncertainties and disturbances. In this paper, the idea…
The second-order sub-optimal sliding mode control (SMC), known in the literature for the last two decades, is extended by a control-off mode which allows for saving energy during the finite time convergence. The systems with relative degree…
This paper studies the problem of safe control of sampled-data systems under bounded disturbance and measurement errors with piecewise-constant controllers. To achieve this, we first propose the High-Order Doubly Robust Control Barrier…
A new framework is developed for control of constrained nonlinear systems with structured parametric uncertainties. Forward invariance of a safe set is achieved through online parameter adaptation and data-driven model estimation. The new…
The problem of suboptimality under bounded disturbances for the adaptive systems based on speed-graadient approach is discussed. A formulation of the estimated optimality of nonlinear nonlinearly parametrized adaptive control systems is…
Control barrier functions guarantee safety but typically require accurate system models. Parametric uncertainty invalidates these guarantees. Existing robust methods maintain safety via worst-case bounds, limiting performance, while modular…
This paper concerns the adaptive control of a class of discrete-time nonlinear systems with all states accessible. Recently, a high-order tuner algorithm was developed for the minimization of convex loss functions with time-varying…
This paper offers a data-driven approach for designing adaptive suboptimal second-order sliding mode (ASSOSM) controllers for single-input nonlinear systems, characterized by perturbed strict-feedback structures with unknown dynamics. The…
Nonlinear extension of the integral part of a standard proportional-integral-derivative (PID) feedback control is proposed for perturbed second-order systems. The approach is model-free and requires solely the Lipschitz boundedness of the…
This paper aims to introduce a design methodology to stabilize a chain of integrators in a fixed-time with predefined Upper Bound for the Settling-Time (UBST). This approach is based on time-varying gains (time-base generator) that become…
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…
We study how to design learning-based adaptive controllers that enable fast and accurate online adaptation in changing environments. In these settings, learning is typically done during an initial (offline) design phase, where the vehicle…
This paper provides an exponential stability result for the adaptive anti-unwinding attitude tracking control problem of a rigid body with uncertain but constant inertia parameters, without requiring the satisfaction of persistent…
To obtain precise motion control of wafer stages, an adaptive neural network and fractional-order super-twisting control strategy is proposed. Based on sliding mode control (SMC), the proposed controller aims to address two challenges in…
Many systems occurring in real-world applications, such as controlling the motions of robots or modeling the spread of diseases, are switched impulsive systems. To ensure that the system state stays in a safe region (e.g., to avoid…
This paper studies the design of feedback controllers to steer a switching linear time-invariant dynamical system towards the solution trajectory of a time-varying convex optimization problem. We propose two types of controllers: (i) a…
To address non-linear disturbances and uncertainties in complex marine environments, this paper proposes a disturbance-resistant controller for deep-sea cranes. The controller integrates hierarchical sliding mode control, adaptive control,…
This paper introduces a novel stabilization control strategy for linear time-invariant systems affected by known time-varying measurement delays and matched unknown nonlinear disturbances, which may encompass actuator faults. It is…
In this study, we present a novel sliding mode safety-critical controller designed to address both stability and safety concerns in a class of nonlinear uncertain systems. The controller features two feedback loops: an inner loop designed…
In this thesis, advanced design technique in sliding mode control (SMC) is presented with focus on PID (Proportional-Integral-Derivative) type Sliding surfaces based Sliding mode control with improved power rate exponential reaching law for…