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This published paper investigates the distributed tracking control problem for a class of Euler-Lagrange multi-agent systems when the agents can only measure the positions. In this case, the lack of the separation principle and the strong…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-02 Qingkai Yang , Hao Fang , Jie Chen , Zhong-Ping Jiang , Ming Cao

Finding a control Lyapunov function (CLF) in a dynamical system with a controller is an effective way to guarantee stability, which is a crucial issue in safety-concerned applications. Recently, deep learning models representing CLFs have…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Yupu Lu , Shijie Lin , Hao Xu , Zeqing Zhang , Jia Pan

This paper introduces a class of time-varying controllers for Euler-Lagrange systems such that the convergence occurs at an arbitrary finite time, independently of initial conditions, and free of chattering. The proposed controller is based…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-26 Amir Shakouri , Nima Assadian

Many modern nonlinear control methods aim to endow systems with guaranteed properties, such as stability or safety, and have been successfully applied to the domain of robotics. However, model uncertainty remains a persistent challenge,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-20 Andrew J. Taylor , Victor D. Dorobantu , Hoang M. Le , Yisong Yue , Aaron D. Ames

In a complex real-time operating environment, external disturbances and uncertainties adversely affect the safety, stability, and performance of dynamical systems. This paper presents a robust stabilizing safety-critical controller…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-29 Ersin Daş , Richard M. Murray

We propose a hybrid feedback control law that guarantees both safety and asymptotic stability for a class of Lagrangian systems in environments with obstacles. Rather than performing trajectory planning and implementing a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-12 Fernando S. Barbosa , Lars Lindemann , Dimos V. Dimarogonas , Jana Tumova

This paper proposes a control architecture integrating adaptation with Lyapunov-based Reference Governors (LRGs) to ensure state constraint satisfaction for first-order systems with parametric uncertainties. Adaptation combined with LRGs…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-22 Mychal Amoafo , Ilya Kolmanovsky , Anuradha Annaswamy

Designing accurate yet robust tracking controllers with tight performance guarantees for Lagrangian systems is challenging due to nonlinear modeling uncertainties and conservative stability criteria. This article proposes a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-06 Giulio Evangelisti , Cosimo Della Santina , Sandra Hirche

This work addresses the problem of constrained motion control of the uncrewed surface vessels. The constraints are imposed on states/inputs of the vehicles due to the physical limitations, mission requirements, and safety considerations. We…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-06 Ram Milan Kumar Verma , Shashi Ranjan Kumar , Hemendra Arya

This paper introduces harmonic control Lyapunov barrier functions (harmonic CLBF) that aid in constrained control problems such as reach-avoid problems. Harmonic CLBFs exploit the maximum principle that harmonic functions satisfy to encode…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-27 Amartya Mukherjee , Ruikun Zhou , Haocheng Chang , Jun Liu

In this work, we explore the application of barrier states (BaS) in the realm of safe nonlinear adaptive control. Our proposed framework derives barrier states for systems with parametric uncertainty, which are augmented into the uncertain…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-23 Maitham F. AL-Sunni , Hassan Almubarak , John M. Dolan

In controlling systems with large operating envelopes, it is often necessary to adjust the desired dynamics according to operating conditions. This paper presents a robust adaptive control architecture for linear parameter-varying (LPV)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-31 Pan Zhao , Steven Snyder , Naira Hovakimyana , Chengyu Cao

This work presents an innovative learning-based approach to tackle the tracking control problem of Euler-Lagrange multi-agent systems with partially unknown dynamics operating under switching communication topologies. The approach leverages…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-02-07 Zewen Yang , Songbo Dong , Armin Lederer , Xiaobing Dai , Siyu Chen , Stefan Sosnowski , Georges Hattab , Sandra Hirche

This paper investigates the finite time stabilization problem for a class of nonlinear systems with unknown control directions and unstructured uncertainties. The unstructured uncertainties indicate that not only the parameters but also the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-30 Shiqi Zheng , Shihao Wang , Xiang Chen , Yuanlong Xie

This paper studies the design of controllers that guarantee stability and safety of nonlinear control affine systems with parametric uncertainty in both the drift and control vector fields. To this end, we introduce novel classes of robust…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-12 Max H. Cohen , Calin Belta , Roberto Tron

This article presents a closed-form adaptive controlbarrier-function (CBF) approach for satisfying state constraints in systems with parametric uncertainty. This approach uses a sampled-data recursive-least-squares algorithm to estimate the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-21 Ricardo Gutierrez , Jesse B. Hoagg

The inherent approximation ability of neural networks plays an essential role in adaptive neural control, where the prerequisite for existence of the compact set is crucial in the control designs. Instead of using practical system state, in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-01 Mingxuan Sun , Shengxiang Zou

Providing safety guarantees for learning-based controllers is important for real-world applications. One approach to realizing safety for arbitrary control policies is safety filtering. If necessary, the filter modifies control inputs to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-18 Lukas Brunke , Siqi Zhou , Mingxuan Che , Angela P. Schoellig

This paper proposes a safety-critical controller for dynamic and uncertain environments, leveraging a robust environment control barrier function (ECBF) to enhance the robustness against the measurement and prediction uncertainties…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-21 Ying Shuai Quan , Jian Zhou , Erik Frisk , Chung Choo Chung

Robust stabilization conditions for uncertain switched affine systems subject to a unitary input delay are presented. They are obtained through the Lyapunov framework and a min-switching state-feedback predictive control law. The result…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-20 Gerson Portilla , Carolina Albea , Alexandre Seuret