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In this paper, we propose an adaptive event-triggered reinforcement learning control for continuous-time nonlinear systems, subject to bounded uncertainties, characterized by complex interactions. Specifically, the proposed method is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-01 Umer Siddique , Abhinav Sinha , Yongcan Cao

The defining characteristic of event-based control is that feedback loops are only closed when indicated by a triggering condition that takes recent information about the system into account. This stands in contrast to periodic control…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-14 Michael Hertneck , David Meister , Frank Allgöwer

A fundamental maneuver in autonomous space operations is known as rendezvous, where a spacecraft navigates to and approaches another spacecraft. In this case study, we present linear and nonlinear benchmark models of an active chaser…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-03-22 Nicole Chan , Sayan Mitra

As the number of uncontrollable objects in low earth orbit is rising, the thread of collisions and thus the breakdown of working satellites becomes worth analyzing. Consequently, projects on removing objects from the important orbits are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-07-05 Johannes Michael , Kurt Chudej , Matthias Gerdts , Jürgen Pannek

This paper deals with an event-triggered boundary control of constant-parameters reaction-diffusion PDE systems. The approach relies on the emulation of backstepping control along with a suitable triggering condition which establishes the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-24 Nicolas Espitia , Iasson Karafyllis , Miroslav Krstic

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…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-29 Vedant Vivek Kini , Dantu Phani Surya , Rakesh Kumar Sahoo , Manoranjan Sinha

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…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-07-14 Pavankumar Tallapragada , Massimo Franceschetti , Jorge Cortes

In this paper, we consider the problem of minimum-time optimal control for a dynamical system with initial state uncertainties and propose a sequential convex programming (SCP) solution framework. We seek to minimize the expected terminal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-17 Kazuya Echigo , Abhishek Cauligi , Behçet Açıkmeşe

In this paper, we investigate the synthesis of piecewise affine feedback controllers to address the problem of safe and robust controller design in robotics based on high-level controls specifications. The methodology is based on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-10-10 Marijan Vukosavljev , Ivo Jansen , Mireille E. Broucke , Angela P. Schoellig

This work introduces a robot navigation controller that combines event cameras and other sensors with reinforcement learning to enable real-time human-centered navigation and obstacle avoidance. Unlike conventional image-based controllers,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Ignacio Bugueno-Cordova , Javier Ruiz-del-Solar , Rodrigo Verschae

In this paper, an adaptive super-twisting controller is designed for an agile maneuvering quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle to achieve accurate trajectory tracking in the presence of external disturbances. A cascaded control architecture is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-15 D. M. K. K. Venkateswara Rao , Hamed Habibi , Jose Luis Sanchez-Lopez , Prathyush P. Menon , Christopher Edwards , Holger Voos

Consider a network of multiple independent stochastic linear systems where, for each system, a scheduler collocated with the sensors arbitrates data transmissions to a corresponding remote controller through a shared contention-based…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-01 M. Balaghiinaloo , D. J. Antunes , M. H. Mamduhi , S. Hirche

This paper develops a Time Shift Governor (TSG)-based control scheme to enforce constraints during rendezvous and docking (RD) missions in the setting of the Two-Body problem. As an add-on scheme to the nominal closed-loop system, the TSG…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-10 Taehyeun Kim , Robin Inho Kee , Ilya Kolmanovsky , Anouck Girard

This paper studies a pursuit-evasion problem involving a single pursuer and a single evader, where we are interested in developing a pursuit strategy that doesn't require continuous, or even periodic, information about the position of the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-01-20 Saad A. Aleem , Cameron Nowzari , George J. Pappas

This paper proposes a procedure to control an uncertain discrete-time networked control system through a limited stabilizing input information. The system is primarily affected by the time-varying, norm bounded, mismatched parametric…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-12-23 Niladri Sekhar Tripathy , I. N. Kar , Kolin Paul

We present a framework for model-free learning of event-triggered control strategies. Event-triggered methods aim to achieve high control performance while only closing the feedback loop when needed. This enables resource savings, e.g.,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-26 Niklas Funk , Dominik Baumann , Vincent Berenz , Sebastian Trimpe

Event-based control, unlike analogue control, poses significant analytical challenges due to its hybrid dynamics. This work investigates the stability and inter-event time properties of a control-affine system under event-based impulsive…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-22 Luke Eilers , Jonas Stapmanns , Catarina Dias , Jean-Pascal Pfister

This paper proposes three different distributed event-triggered control algorithms to achieve leader-follower consensus for a network of Euler-Lagrange agents. We firstly propose two model-independent algorithms for a subclass of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-24 Qingchen Liu , Mengbin Ye , Jiahu Qin , Changbin Yu

This paper presents a novel hybrid control protocol for de-conflicting multiple vehicles with constraints on control inputs. We consider turning rate and linear speed constraints to represent fixed-wing or car-like vehicles. A set of…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2021-06-11 Kunal Garg , Dimitra Panagou

We present a data-based approach to design event-triggered state-feedback controllers for unknown continuous-time linear systems affected by disturbances. By an event, we mean state measurements transmission from the sensors to the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-25 Claudio De Persis , Romain Postoyan , Pietro Tesi