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We explore the approximation of feedback control of integro-differential equations containing a fractional Laplacian term. To obtain feedback control for the state variable of this nonlocal equation we use the Hamilton--Jacobi--Bellman…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-19 Alessandro Alla , Marta D'Elia , Christian Glusa , Hugo Oliveira

We consider a pursuit-evasion differential game with a Hybrid system of dynamics in Hilbert space with integral constraints on the control functions of players. We show that the pursuer has a winning strategy.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-17 Mehdi Salimi

We consider nonconvex obstacle avoidance where a robot described by nonlinear dynamics and a nonconvex shape has to avoid nonconvex obstacles. Obstacle avoidance is a fundamental problem in robotics and well studied in control. However,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Paul Lutkus , Michelle S. Chong , Lars Lindemann

This paper presents conditions for ensuring forward invariance of safe sets under sampled-data system dynamics with piecewise-constant controllers and fixed time-steps. First, we introduce two different metrics to compare the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-28 Joseph Breeden , Kunal Garg , Dimitra Panagou

Accurate quantification of safety is essential for the design of autonomous systems. In this paper, we present a methodology to characterize the exact probabilities associated with invariance and recovery in safe control. We consider a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-22 Albert Chern , Xiang Wang , Abhiram Iyer , Yorie Nakahira

This paper considers for the first time pursuit-evasion (PE) differential games with irrational perceptions of both pursuer and evader on probabilistic characteristics of environmental uncertainty. Firstly, the irrational perceptions of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-13 Zili Wang , Hao Yang , Xiangxiang Wang , Bin Jiang , Long Wang , Marios M. Polycarpou

In this paper, we address a pursuit-evasion game involving multiple players by utilizing tools and techniques from reinforcement learning and matrix game theory. In particular, we consider the problem of steering an evader to a goal…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-10 Jhanani Selvakumar , Efstathios Bakolas

Learning-based methods have been successful in solving complex control tasks without significant prior knowledge about the system. However, these methods typically do not provide any safety guarantees, which prevents their use in…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-11-08 Torsten Koller , Felix Berkenkamp , Matteo Turchetta , Andreas Krause

As autonomous driving technology matures, safety and robustness of its key components, including trajectory prediction, is vital. Though real-world datasets, such as Waymo Open Motion, provide realistic recorded scenarios for model…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Benjamin Stoler , Ingrid Navarro , Meghdeep Jana , Soonmin Hwang , Jonathan Francis , Jean Oh

We consider the problem of navigation with safety constraints. The safety constraints are probabilistic, where a given set is assigned a degree of safety, a number between zero and one, with zero being safe and one being unsafe. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-16 Joseph Moyalan , Yongxin Chen , Umesh Vaidya

We present a fast trajectory optimization algorithm for the soft capture of uncooperative tumbling space objects. Our algorithm generates safe, dynamically feasible, and minimum-fuel trajectories for a six-degree-of-freedom servicing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-03 Ibrahima Sory Sow , Geordan Gutow , Howie Choset , Zachary Manchester

Spreading the information over all coefficients of a representation is a desirable property in many applications such as digital communication or machine learning. This so-called antisparse representation can be obtained by solving a convex…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-07-15 Clément Elvira , Cédric Herzet

Hamilton-Jacobi Reachability (HJR) analysis has been successfully used in many robotics and control tasks, and is especially effective in computing reach-avoid sets and control laws that enable an agent to reach a goal while satisfying…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Zheng Gong , Boyang Li , Sylvia Herbert

One of the most fundamental problems in Markov decision processes is analysis and control synthesis for safety and reachability specifications. We consider the stochastic reach-avoid problem, in which the objective is to synthesize a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-09 Nikolaos Kariotoglou , Maryam Kamgarpour , Tyler Summers , John Lygeros

This research addresses the increasing demand for advanced navigation systems capable of operating within confined surroundings. A significant challenge in this field is developing an efficient planning framework that can generalize across…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Jiayu Fan , Nikolce Murgovski , Jun Liang

We consider a surveillance-evasion game in an environment with obstacles. In such an environment, a mobile pursuer seeks to maintain the visibility with a mobile evader, who tries to get occluded from the pursuer in the shortest time…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-08-28 Carlos Esteve-Yagüe , Richard Tsai

We consider a class of pursuit-evasion differential games in which the evader has continuous access to the pursuer's location, but not vice-versa. There is a remote sensor (e.g., a radar station) that can sense the evader's location upon a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-04 Dipankar Maity

The safety region of operation of a system is the subset of allowed outputs for which no undesirable outcome would occur. Knowing if a system would ever leave its safety regions of operation is important information for the planning and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-16 Ivan Perez Avellaneda , Luis A. Duffaut Espinosa

We consider the feedback design for stabilizing a rigid body system by making and breaking multiple contacts with the environment without prespecifying the timing or the number of occurrence of the contacts. We model such a system as a…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-05-16 Weiqiao Han , Russ Tedrake

This article addresses the obstacle avoidance problem for setpoint stabilization and path-following tasks in complex dynamic 2D environments that go beyond conventional scenes with isolated convex obstacles. A combined motion planner and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-11 Albin Dahlin , Yiannis Karayiannidis