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This paper presents a reinforcement learning-based neuroadaptive control framework for robotic manipulators operating under deferred constraints. The proposed approach improves traditional barrier Lyapunov functions by introducing a smooth…
This paper presents a theoretical overview of a Neural Contraction Metric (NCM): a neural network model of an optimal contraction metric and corresponding differential Lyapunov function, the existence of which is a necessary and sufficient…
Reinforcement learning (RL) in the context of control systems offers wide possibilities of controller adaptation. Given an infinite-horizon cost function, the so-called critic of RL approximates it with a neural net and sends this…
Deep learning methods have been widely used in robotic applications, making learning-enabled control design for complex nonlinear systems a promising direction. Although deep reinforcement learning methods have demonstrated impressive…
This paper reviews the current status and challenges of Neural Networks (NNs) based machine learning approaches for modern power grid stability control including their design and implementation methodologies. NNs are widely accepted as…
We present a true-dynamics-agnostic, statistically rigorous framework for establishing exponential stability and safety guarantees of closed-loop, data-driven nonlinear control. Central to our approach is the novel concept of conformal…
Neural-based, data-driven analysis and control of dynamical systems have been recently investigated and have shown great promise, e.g. for safety verification or stability analysis. Indeed, not only do neural networks allow for an entirely…
Despite Neural Ordinary Differential Equations (Neural ODEs) exhibiting intrinsic robustness, existing methods often impose Lyapunov stability for formal guarantees. However, these methods still face a fundamental accuracy-robustness…
Reinforcement Learning (RL) and its integration with deep learning have achieved impressive performance in various robotic control tasks, ranging from motion planning and navigation to end-to-end visual manipulation. However, stability is…
In this paper, a novel online, output-feedback, critic-only, model-based reinforcement learning framework is developed for safety-critical control systems operating in complex environments. The developed framework ensures system stability…
Although deep neural network (DNN)-based controllers are popularly used to control uncertain nonlinear dynamic systems, most results use DNNs that are pretrained offline and the corresponding controller is implemented post-training. Recent…
We study the local stability of nonlinear systems in the Lur'e form with static nonlinear feedback realized by feedforward neural networks (FFNNs). By leveraging positivity system constraints, we employ a localized variant of the Aizerman…
Neural Lyapunov and barrier certificates have recently been used as powerful tools for verifying the safety and stability properties of deep reinforcement learning (RL) controllers. However, existing methods offer guarantees only under…
A novel control method is proposed to ensure compatibility of safe, stabilizing control laws, i.e., simultaneous satisfaction of asymptotic stability and constraint satisfaction for nonlinear affine systems. The results are dependent on an…
This paper presents Learning-based Autonomous Guidance with RObustness and Stability guarantees (LAG-ROS), which provides machine learning-based nonlinear motion planners with formal robustness and stability guarantees, by designing a…
We present a new method for learning control law that stabilizes an unknown nonlinear dynamical system at an equilibrium point. We formulate a system identification task in a self-supervised learning setting that jointly learns a controller…
Neural Ordinary Differential Equations (NODEs) often struggle to adapt to new dynamic behaviors caused by parameter changes in the underlying physical system, even when these dynamics are similar to previously observed behaviors. This…
Lyapunov stability theory is the bedrock of direct adaptive control. Fundamentally, Lyapunov stability requires constructing a distance-like function which must decrease with time to ensure stability. Feedback linearization, backstepping,…
Analysis of transient stability of strongly nonlinear post-fault dynamics is one of the most computationally challenging parts of Dynamic Security Assessment. This paper proposes a novel approach for assessment of transient stability of the…
The notion of the relaxed Robust Control Lyapunov Function (relaxed RCLF) is introduced and is exploited for the design of robust feedback stabilizers for nonlinear systems. Particularly, it is shown for systems with input constraints that…