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Simulation of realistic classical mechanical systems is of great importance to many areas of engineering such as robotics, dynamics of rotating machinery and control theory. In this work, we develop quantum algorithms to estimate quantities…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-12 Hari Krovi

Model predictive control (MPC) has played a more crucial role in various robotic control tasks, but its high computational requirements are concerning, especially for nonlinear dynamical models. This paper presents a $\textbf{la}$tent…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-22 Yuan Zhang , Shaohui Yang , Toshiyuki Ohtsuka , Colin Jones , Joschka Boedecker

We propose a new framework to design controllers for high-dimensional nonlinear systems. The control is designed through the iterative linear quadratic regulator (ILQR), an algorithm that computes control by iteratively applying the linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-12 Yizhe Huang , Boris Kramer

In this paper, an extension of a linear control design for hyperbolic linear partial differential equations is presented for a first-order traffic flow model. Starting from the Lighthill-Whitham-Richards (LWR) model, variable speed limit…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-06 Brian Block , Stephanie Stockar

We investigate a Linear-Quadratic-Gaussian (LQG) control and sensing co-design problem, where one jointly designs sensing and control policies. We focus on the realistic case where the sensing design is selected among a finite set of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-20 Vasileios Tzoumas , Luca Carlone , George J. Pappas , Ali Jadbabaie

This extended abstracts presents a method to generate energy-optimal trajectories for multi-agent systems as a strategic-form game. Using recent results in optimal control, we demonstrate that an energy-optimal trajectory can be generated…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-29 Logan Beaver

In this paper, we define and solve the Inverse Stochastic Optimal Control (ISOC) problem of the linear-quadratic Gaussian (LQG) and the linear-quadratic sensorimotor (LQS) control model. These Stochastic Optimal Control (SOC) models are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-01 Philipp Karg , Simon Stoll , Simon Rothfuß , Sören Hohmann

This work addresses an optimal control problem constrained by a degenerate kinetic equation of parabolic-hyperbolic type. Using a hypocoercivity framework we establish the well-posedness of the problem and demonstrate that the optimal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-17 Aaron Pim , Tristan Pryer , Alex Trenam

Optimal control theory and machine learning techniques are combined to formulate and solve in closed form an optimal control formulation of online learning from supervised examples with regularization of the updates. The connections with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-12-15 Giorgio Gnecco , Alberto Bemporad , Marco Gori , Marcello Sanguineti

We investigate the optimal charging processes for several models of quantum batteries, finding how to maximize the energy stored in a given battery with a finite-time modulation of a set of external fields. We approach the problem using…

Optimal control theory is usually formulated as an indirect method requiring the solution of a two-point boundary value problem. Practically, the solution is obtained by iterative forward and backward propagation of quantum wavepackets.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-09 Alejandro R. Ramos Ramos , Oliver Kühn

A study of the linear quadratic (LQ) control problem on a finite time interval for a model equation in Hilbert spaces which comprehends the memory of the inputs was performed recently by the authors. The outcome included a closed-loop…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-19 Paolo Acquistapace , Francesca Bucci

In this paper, we study the optimal control problem for steering the state covariance of a discrete-time linear stochastic system over a finite time horizon. First, we establish the existence and uniqueness of the optimal control law for a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-08 Fengjiao Liu , George Rapakoulias , Panagiotis Tsiotras

The automation of passenger vehicles is becoming more and more widespread, leading to full autonomy of cars within the next years. Furthermore, sustainable electric mobility is gaining in importance. As racecars have been a development…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-18 Thomas Herrmann , Fabian Christ , Johannes Betz , Markus Lienkamp

Adaptive structures are equipped with sensors and actuators to actively counteract external loads such as wind. This can significantly reduce resource consumption and emissions during the life cycle compared to conventional structures. A…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-11 Manuel Schaller , Amelie Zeller , Michael Böhm , Oliver Sawodny , Cristina Tarín , Karl Worthmann

The problem of PID type controller tuning has been addressed in this paper. In particular, a method of selection of PD settings based on the solution of linear-quadratic optimisation problem using the energy criterion has been investigated.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-26 Krzysztof Laddach , Mateusz Czyżniewski , Rafał Łangowski

This paper considers an optimal impulse control problem of dynamical systems generated by a flow. The performance criteria are total costs over the infinite time horizon. Apart from the main performance to be minimized, there are multiple…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-10-27 Alexey Piunovskiy , Yi Zhang

The Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) problem is a classic and widely studied model in optimal control, providing a fundamental framework for designing controllers for linear systems subject to process and observation noises. In recent years,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Haoran Li , Xun Li , Yuan-Hua Ni , Xuebo Zhang

Increasing attention to autonomous passenger vehicles has also attracted interest in an autonomous racing series. Because of this, platforms such as Roborace and the Indy Autonomous Challenge are currently evolving. Electric racecars face…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-29 Thomas Herrmann , Francesco Passigato , Johannes Betz , Markus Lienkamp

In a world designed for legs, quadrupeds, bipeds, and humanoids have the opportunity to impact emerging robotics applications from logistics, to agriculture, to home assistance. The goal of this survey is to cover the recent progress toward…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-22 Patrick M. Wensing , Michael Posa , Yue Hu , Adrien Escande , Nicolas Mansard , Andrea Del Prete