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In this paper, we present a global state feedback tracking controller for underactuated surface marine vessels. This controller is based on saturated control inputs and, under an assumption on the reference trajectory, the closed-loop…
This paper addresses frequency regulation under operational constraints in interconnected power systems with high penetration of inverter-based renewable generation. A two-layer control architecture is proposed that combines optimized droop…
In this paper we propose dynamic output-feedback controller synthesis methods for discrete-time linear time-invariant systems. The synthesis goal is either to achieve dissipativity with respect to a given quadratic supply rate, or to…
This paper considers controlling automated vehicles (AVs) to form a platoon with human-driven vehicles (HVs) under consideration of unknown HV model parameters and propulsion time constants. The proposed design is a data-driven dual-loop…
A hybrid (i.e., physics-guided data-driven) feedforward tracking controller is proposed for systems with unmodeled linear or nonlinear dynamics. The controller is based on the filtered basis function (FBF) approach, hence it is called a…
The ever-increasing industry desire for improved performance makes linear controller design run into fundamental limitations. Nonlinear control methods such as Reset Control (RC) are needed to overcome these. RC is a promising candidate…
In this paper, we present a novel method for synthesising an optimal distributed spatial regret controller using experimentally obtained frequency-response data. Spatial regret provides a measure of the performance gap between a structured…
Feedforward controllers typically rely on accurately identified inverse models of the system dynamics to achieve high reference tracking performance. However, the impact of the (inverse) model identification error on the resulting tracking…
This paper addresses a formation tracking problem for nonlinear multi-agent systems with time-varying actuator faults, in which only a subset of agents has access to the leader's information over the directed leader-follower network with a…
This paper addresses the trajectory-tracking problem for a class of electromechanical systems. To this end, the dynamics of the plants are modeled in the so-called port-Hamiltonian framework. Then, the notion of contraction is exploited to…
Current approaches to data-driven control are geared towards optimal performance, and often integrate aspects of machine learning and large-scale convex optimization, leading to complex implementations. In many applications, it may be…
Mechatronic systems are commonly used in the industry, where fast and accurate motion performance is always required to guarantee manufacturing precision and efficiency. Nevertheless, the system model and parameters are difficult to be…
Battery energy storage boosts up the response speed of power system frequency regulation, but must be recharged carefully to minimize the distortion to the frequency regulation response. This paper proposes a nonlinear feedback controller…
This paper presents a model-free, data-driven control synthesis method called dynamic mode adaptive control (DMAC) for systems whose mathematical models are unavailable or unsuitable for classical control design. The proposed approach…
This paper proposes a new Active Disturbance Rejection based robust trajectory tracking controller design method in state space. It can compensate not only matched but also mismatched disturbances. Robust state and control input references…
This paper deals with the problem of angle-of-attack modulation with the aim of enhancing transient performance of entry guidance during bank reversals, while compensating adverse effects of fast time-varying transient disturbances. An…
This Technical Note presents a simple control approach for global trajectory tracking and formation control of underactuated surface vessels equipped with only two propellers. The control approach exploits the inherent cascaded structure of…
A novel wide-area control design is presented to mitigate inter-area power frequency oscillations. A large-scale power system is decomposed into a network of passivity-short subsystems whose nonlinear interconnections have a state-dependent…
The dual iteration was introduced in a conference paper in 1997 by Iwasaki as an iterative and heuristic procedure for the challenging and non-convex design of static output-feedback controllers. We recall in detail its essential…
In this paper, disturbance reconstruction and robust trajectory tracking control of biped robots with hybrid dynamics in the port-Hamiltonian form is investigated. A new type of Hamiltonian function is introduced, which ensures the…