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Formal control synthesis approaches over stochastic systems have received significant attention in the past few years, in view of their ability to provide provably correct controllers for complex logical specifications in an automated…
We revisit the problem of computing (robust) controlled invariant sets for discrete-time linear systems. Departing from previous approaches, we consider implicit, rather than explicit, representations for controlled invariant sets.…
This letter presents a new intelligent control scheme for the accurate trajectory tracking of flexible link manipulators. The proposed approach is mainly based on a sliding mode controller for underactuated systems with an embedded…
In this paper we first study the fixed-time stabilizability of discrete-time switched linear control systems. Using a geometric approach, we derive conditions under which such systems can be stabilized within a prescribed number of steps,…
In this article we present a novel discrete-time design approach which reduces the deteriorating effects of sampling on stability and performance in digitally controlled nonlinear mechanical systems. The method is motivated by recent…
In this study, we present a novel sliding mode safety-critical controller designed to address both stability and safety concerns in a class of nonlinear uncertain systems. The controller features two feedback loops: an inner loop designed…
A control design modification to prevent integrator windup for position saturated servo-controllers is introduced. The design is based on the formalism of Control Barrier Functions and represents an anti-windup integrator modification for…
In this paper, we explore the conditions for asymptotic stability of the hybrid closed-loop system resulting from the interconnection of a nonlinear plant, an intelligent sensor that generates finite-time convergent estimates of the plant…
Suboptimal methods in optimal control arise due to a limited computational budget, unknown system dynamics, or a short prediction window among other reasons. Although these methods are ubiquitous, their transient performance remains…
In this paper, we present a new discrete-time Fast Terminal Sliding Mode (FTSM) controller for mirror-based pointing systems. We first derive the decoupled model of those systems and then estimate the parameters using a nonlinear…
When implementing a non-continuous controller for a cyber-physical system, it may happen that the evolution of the closed-loop system is not anymore piecewise differentiable along the trajectory, mainly due to conditional statements inside…
The present work extends known finite-dimensional constrained optimal control realizations to the realm of well-posed regular linear infinite-dimensional systems modelled by partial differential equations. The structure-preserving…
To reduce the chattering and overestimation phenomena existing in classical adaptive sliding mode control, this paper presents a new class K_infinity function-based adaptive sliding mode control scheme. Two controllers are proposed in terms…
The event-triggered control with intermittent output can reduce the communication burden between the controller and plant side over the network. It has been exploited for adaptive output feedback control of uncertain nonlinear systems in…