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Model Predictive Path Integral (MPPI) control is a powerful sampling-based strategy for nonlinear autonomous systems. However, its performance is often bottlenecked by the fidelity of nominal dynamics. We propose ICODE-MPPI, a robust…
Online convex optimization (OCO) is a powerful tool for learning sequential data, making it ideal for high precision control applications where the disturbances are arbitrary and unknown in advance. However, the ability of OCO-based…
Iterative learning control (ILC) is a control strategy for repetitive tasks wherein information from previous runs is leveraged to improve future performance. Optimization-based ILC (OB-ILC) is a powerful design framework for constrained…
We propose a novel flexible-step model predictive control algorithm for unknown linear time-invariant discrete-time systems. The goal is to asymptotically stabilize the system without relying on a pre-collected dataset that describes its…
In this paper, the parallel multi-extended state observers (ESOs) based active disturbance rejection control approach is proposed to achieve desired tracking performance by automatically selecting the estimation values leading to the least…
The PID controller remains the most widely adopted control architecture, with groundbreaking success across extensive implications. However, optimal parameter tuning for PID controller remains a critical challenge. Existing theories…
This paper develops some extensions to the work of [1] which studied the continuous-time adaptive output tracking control schemes with the reference output signal generated from an unknown reference model system. The presented extensions…
We study in this paper the problem of adaptive trajectory tracking for nonlinear systems affine in the control with bounded state-dependent and time-dependent uncertainties. We propose to use a modular approach, in the sense that we first…
This paper investigates the problem of regulating in real time a linear dynamical system to the solution trajectory of a time-varying constrained convex optimization problem. The proposed feedback controller is based on an adaptation of the…
In this paper we propose a novel methodology that allows to design, in a purely data-based fashion and for linear single-input and single-output systems, both robustly stable and performing control systems for tracking piecewise constant…
In this paper, the tracking control problem of a class of Euler-Lagrange systems subjected to unknown uncertainties is addressed and an adaptive-robust control strategy, christened as Time-Delayed Adaptive Robust Control (TARC) is…
Robust global stabilization of nonlinear systems by observer-based feedback controllers is a challenging task. This article investigates the problem of designing observer-based stabilizing controllers for incrementally quadratic nonlinear…
The present paper considers the model-based and data-driven control of unknown linear time-invariant discrete-time systems under event-triggering and self-triggering transmission schemes. To this end, we begin by presenting a dynamic…
Recent advances in learning-based model predictive control (MPC) have leveraged neural networks for online model learning, achieving strong performance when nonstationary system dynamics deviate from nominal models. However, existing…
Model Predictive Control (MPC) is a powerful control strategy; however, its reliance on online optimization poses significant challenges for implementation on systems with limited computational resources. One possible approach to address…
A robust model predictive control (MPC) method is presented for linear, time-invariant systems affected by bounded additive disturbances. The main contribution is the offline design of a disturbance-affine feedback gain whereby the…
Data-Driven Inversion-Based Control (D$^{2}$-IBC) is a recently introduced control design method for uncertain nonlinear systems, relying on a two degree-of-freedom architecture, with a nonlinear controller and a linear controller running…
Image-Based Visual Servoing (IBVS) provides an efficient vision-guided control paradigm for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by directly regulating image-space errors. However, conventional IBVS controllers are vulnerable to two critical…
We propose a robust nonlinear model predictive control design with generalized zone tracking (ZMPC) in this work. The proposed ZMPC has guaranteed convergence into the target zone in the presence of bounded disturbance. The proposed…
This paper studies closed-loop identification of linear periodically time-varying (LPTV) plants, with emphasis on open-loop unstable plants for which open-loop experiments are not practically available. The central contribution is an exact…