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Vision-based target tracking is crucial for unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) to perform tasks such as inspection, monitoring, and surveillance. However, real-time tracking in complex maritime environments is challenging due to dynamic…
This paper considers optimal control of a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) using the discrete-time, finite-horizon, linear quadratic regulator (LQR). The state of a quadrotor UAV is represented as an element of the matrix Lie group…
This study presents a technique to safely control the Sit-to-Stand movement of powered lower limb orthoses in the presence of parameter uncertainty. The weight matrices used to calculate the finite time horizon linear-quadratic regulator…
This paper presents the design, implementation, and flight test results of linear quadratic integral regulator (LQRi) based attitude control for a quadcopter UAV. We present the derivation of the mathematical model for the kinematics and…
This paper addresses the advancements in on-road trajectory planning for Autonomous Passenger Vehicles (APV). Trajectory planning aims to produce a globally optimal route for APVs, considering various factors such as vehicle dynamics,…
Efficient and sustainable maritime transport increasingly depends on reliable forecasting and adaptive routing, yet operational adoption remains difficult due to forecast latencies and the need for human judgment in rapid decision-making…
In this work we evaluate Iterative Linear Quadratic Regulator(ILQR) for trajectory tracking of two different kinds of wheeled mobile robots namely Warthog (Fig. 1), an off-road holonomic robot with skid-steering and Polaris GEM e6 [1], a…
This paper explores the application of vision-based system identification techniques in quadrotor modeling and control. Through experiments and analysis, we address the complexities and limitations of quadrotor modeling, particularly in…
Constrained Iterative Linear Quadratic Regulator (CILQR), a variant of ILQR, has been recently proposed for motion planning problems of autonomous vehicles to deal with constraints such as obstacle avoidance and reference tracking. However,…
This paper introduces CoralGuide, a novel framework designed for path planning and trajectory optimization for tethered multi-robot systems. We focus on marine robotics, which commonly have tethered configurations of an Autonomous Surface…
This paper introduces a novel simulation framework for evaluating motion control in tethered multi-robot systems within dynamic marine environments. Specifically, it focuses on the coordinated operation of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle…
The aim in this paper is to apply the iLQR, iterative Linear Quadratic Regulator, to control the movement of a mobile robot following an already defined trajectory. This control strategy has proven its utility for nonlinear systems. As…
The accurate prediction of smooth steering inputs is crucial for automotive applications because control actions with jitter might cause the vehicle system to become unstable. To address this problem in automobile lane-keeping control…
This letter presents a robust data-driven receding-horizon control framework for the discrete time linear quadratic regulator (LQR) with input constraints. Unlike existing data-driven approaches that design a controller from initial data…
This paper presents a new framework for controller robustness verification with respect to F-16 aircraft's closed-loop performance in longitudinal flight. We compare the state regulation performance of a linear quadratic regulator (LQR) and…
In this paper, the problem of tracking desired longitudinal and lateral motions for a vehicle is addressed. Let us point out that a "good" modeling is often quite difficult or even impossible to obtain. It is due for example to parametric…
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) have become the de facto vehicle for remote operations involving oceanography, inspection, and monitoring tasks. These vehicles operate in different and often challenging environments; hence, the design…
The linear-quadratic regulator (LQR) is an efficient control method for linear and linearized systems. Typically, LQR is implemented in minimal coordinates (also called generalized or "joint" coordinates). However, other coordinates are…
Due to the enormous technological improvements obtained in the last decades it is possible to use robotic vehicles for underwater exploration. This work describes the development of a dynamic positioning system for remotely operated…