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This paper presents the development of a sliding mode controller using the backstepping approach. The controller is employed to synthesize tracking errors and Lyapunov functions. A novel state-space representation is formulated by…

One of the most important branches of nonlinear control theory is the so-called sliding-mode. Its aim is the design of a (nonlinear) feedback law that brings and maintains the state trajectory of a dynamic system on a given sliding surface.…

This paper study the parameter selection of predefined-time sliding mode and try to design a general nonsingular predefined-time terminal sliding mode. 1). On parameter selection: Some existing predefined-time sliding modes are designed to…

In control theory, typically a nominal model is assumed based on which an optimal control is designed and then applied to an actual (true) system. This gives rise to the problem of performance loss due to the mismatch between the true model…

This paper deals with the stabilization of linear systems with process noise under packet drops between the sensor and the controller. Our aim is to ensure exponential convergence of the second moment of the plant state to a given bound in…

We present a new stability proof for cascaded geometric control used by aerial vehicles tracking time-varying position trajectories. Our approach uses sliding variables and a recently proposed quaternion-based sliding controller to…

Learning-based controllers have achieved impressive performance in agile quadrotor flight but typically rely on massive training in simulation, necessitating accurate system identification for effective Sim2Real transfer. However, even with…

In this study, a distinct reconfigurable fault-tolerant flight control strategy is addressed for mitigating one of the persistent safety-critical issue, i.e. loss of control triggered by actuator faults. The attainable acceleration set…

This work proposes a sliding mode control barrier function to robustly deal with high relative-degree safety constraints in safety-critical control systems. Stability/tracking objectives, expressed as a nominal control law, and safety…

Robust stability and stochastic stability have separately seen intense study in control theory for many decades. In this work we establish relations between these properties for discrete-time systems and employ them for robust control…

Controllers for dynamical systems that operate in safety-critical settings must account for stochastic disturbances. Such disturbances are often modeled as process noise in a dynamical system, and common assumptions are that the underlying…

Intercepting dynamic objects in uncertain environments involves a significant unresolved challenge in modern robotic systems. Current control approaches rely solely on estimated information, and results lack guarantees of robustness and…

This paper presents a computationally efficient robust model predictive control law for discrete linear time invariant systems subject to additive disturbances that may depend on the state and/or input norms. Despite the dependency being…

The scope of this research is a problem of the direct model reference adaptive control of linear time-invariant multi-input multi-output (MIMO) plants without any a priori knowledge about system matrices. To handle it, a new method is…

Satellite rendezvous and docking (RvD) maneuvers are essential for satellite servicing and in-orbit assembly. Traditional approaches often treat translational and rotational motions independently, simplifying control design but potentially…

Robust control problems have significant practical implications since external disturbances can significantly impact the performance of control methods. Existing robust control methods excel at control-affine systems but fail at neural…

This paper highlights the significance of the rotor dynamics in control design for small-scale aerobatic helicopters, and proposes two singularity free robust attitude tracking controllers based on the available states for feedback. 1. The…

This paper deals with sliding mode control for multivariable polytopic uncertain systems. We provide systematic procedures to design variable structure controllers (VSCs) and unit-vector controllers (UVCs). Based on suitable representations…

In this paper we propose sufficient conditions to synthesizing reach-avoid controllers for deterministic systems modelled by ordinary differential equations and stochastic systems modeled by stochastic differential equations based on the…

This paper solves the problem of regulating the rotor speed tracking error for wind turbines in the full-load region by an effective robust-adaptive control strategy. The developed controller compensates for the uncertainty in the control…