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This article proposes a periodic event-triggered adaptive barrier control policy for the trajectory tracking problem of perturbed Euler-Lagrangian systems with state, input, and temporal (SIT) constraints. In particular, an…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-06 Chidre Shravista Kashyap , Karnan A , Pushpak Jagtap , Jishnu Keshavan

In this article, a model predictive control (MPC) method is proposed for constrained linear systems to track bounded references with arbitrary dynamics. Besides control inputs to be determined, artificial reference is introduced as…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-27 Shibo Han , Bonan Hou , Yuhao Zhang , Xiaotong Shi , Xingwei Zhao

We propose a novel feedback controller for a class of uncertain higher-order nonlinear systems, subject to delays in both state measurement and control input signals. Building on the prescribed performance control framework, a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-11 Thomas Berger , Lampros N. Bikas , Jan Hachmeister , George A. Rovithakis

Model predictive control (MPC) is capable of controlling nonlinear systems with guaranteed constraint satisfaction and stability. However, MPC requires solving optimization problems online periodically, which often exceeds the local…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-29 Alexander Gräfe , Sebastian Trimpe

This paper introduces the first observer-based periodic event-triggered control (PETC) and self-triggered control (STC) for boundary control of a class of parabolic PDEs using PDE backstepping control. We introduce techniques to convert a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-16 Bhathiya Rathnayake , Mamadou Diagne

The attitude control of a spacecraft is integral to achieving mission success. However, failures in actuators such as reaction wheels are detrimental and can often lead to an early end of mission. We propose a Lyapunov-based adaptive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-17 Camilo Riano-Rios , George Nehma , Madhur Tiwari

In this paper, we consider the problem of periodic optimal control of nonlinear systems subject to online changing and periodically time-varying economic performance measures using model predictive control (MPC). The proposed economic MPC…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-21 Johannes Köhler , Matthias A. Müller , Frank Allgöwer

This paper introduces an explicit reference governor-based control scheme tailored for addressing the velocity-free spacecraft attitude maneuver problem. This problem is subject to specific constraints, namely the pointing constraint,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-25 Qingqing Dang , Wenbo Libo , Haichao Gui

We study a control architecture for nonlinear constrained systems that integrates a performance-boosting (PB) controller with a scheduled Predictive Safety Filter (PSF). The PSF acts as a pre-stabilizing base controller that enforces state…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-23 Danilo Saccani , Haoming Shen , Luca Furieri , Giancarlo Ferrari-Trecate

This paper investigates the safety guaranteed problem in spacecraft inspection missions, considering multiple position obstacles and logical attitude forbidden zones. In order to address this issue, we propose a control strategy based on…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-09 Kun Wang , Tao Meng , Jiakun Lei , Weijia Wang

This paper proposes an event-triggered polynomial control method for trajectory tracking by unicycle robots. In this method, each control input between two consecutive events is a polynomial and its coefficients are chosen to minimize the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-07 Harini V , Anusree Rajan , Bharadwaj Amrutur , Pavankumar Tallapragada

The requirement for continual improvement of idle speed control (ISC) performance is increasing due to the stringent regulation on emission and fuel economy these days. In this regard, a low-complexity offset-free explicit model predictive…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-15 Sang Hwan Son , Se-Kyu Oh , Byung Jun Park , Min Jun Song , Jong Min Lee

This work introduces two lightweight model predictive control (MPC) approaches for attitude tracking with reaction wheels during spacecraft rendezvous synchronization. Both approaches are based on a novel attitude deviation formulation,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-20 Peter Stadler , Alexander Meinert , Niklas Baldauf , Alen Turnwald

Signal temporal logic (STL) provides a user-friendly interface for defining complex tasks for robotic systems. Recent efforts aim at designing control laws or using reinforcement learning methods to find policies which guarantee…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-03-12 Peter Varnai , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

With the development of the space missions, there are extensive missions in the demand of the prescribed time convergence. However, it is still a difficult work to combine the prescribed time method with the sliding mode control due to the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-07 Zhirun Chen , Xiaozhe Ju , Ziwei Wang , Qing Li

This paper presents a strategy for control of a spacecraft docking with a non-maneuvering target in the presence of safety constraints and bounded disturbances. The presence of disturbances prevents convergence to a unique docking state, so…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-01-03 Joseph Breeden , Dimitra Panagou

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

This paper delves into a rendezvous scenario involving a chaser and a target spacecraft, focusing on the application of Model Predictive Control (MPC) to design a controller capable of guiding the chaser toward the target. The operational…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-25 Pedro Taborda , Hugo Matias , Daniel Silvestre , Pedro Lourenço

Modeling and congestion mitigation of mixed-autonomy traffic systems consisting of human-driven vehicles (HVs) and autonomous vehicles (AVs) have become increasingly critical with the rapid development of autonomous driving technology. This…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-18 Yihuai Zhang , Huan Yu

The current context of launchers reusability requires the improvement of control algorithms for their liquid-propellant rocket engines. Their transient phases are generally still performed in open loop. In this paper, it is aimed at…