Efficient Energy Management: Modelling and Robust Control for Electric Drives and Mechatronic Systems
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F: Electrical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 June 2026 | Viewed by 17
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Interests: control; electrical drives and energies
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Interests: control theory; mathematical modelling; energies and robotics
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Dear Colleagues,
Motion planning and control in mechatronic systems are fundamentally implemented using electric drives. Modelling is an important step in controller design procedure. However, system models may include simplifications, are exposed to external disturbances and may have varying parameters during operation. High-frequency unmodeled dynamics may also be visited in a real-time mechatronic system. Therefore, a controller needs to demonstrate robustness in the presence of such uncertainties. The robustness within a controller may be guaranteed by compensating for parameter variations or adding a high-gain controller to supress all uncertainties within the system. Robust-control approaches designed using either of the two approaches are capable of controlling electric motors and actuators including induction motors, brushless DC motors and servo systems embedded within mechatronic systems to provide the motion required to perform industrial tasks. Optimizing energy consumption, maintaining sustainability and increasing the performance of the control system is therefore required to provide high-performance tracking while minimizing energy consumption.
Motivated by the ever-increasing demand for energy-efficient high-performance electrical drives, this Special Issue of Energies will publish original research papers devoted to techniques, methods, applications and industrial-use cases reporting state of the art modelling approaches and robust-control approaches for electric drives and mechatronic systems. Applications of mechatronic systems to maximize the efficiency of energy carriers and minimize end-user energy consumption are highly appreciated. Energy generation and conversion systems are especially welcome for inclusion in this Special Issue. This Special Issue is intended to provide a platform for presenting advanced methodologies and cutting-edge techniques in the modelling and robust control of electric drives and mechatronic systems.
Dr. Mojtaba Ahmadieh Khanesar
Prof. Dr. William Holderbaum
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- robust control of electric drives and mechatronic systems
- micro-electric drives and mechatronic systems
- disturbance rejection robust control of mechatronic systems
- mechatronic applications
- power electronics for electric drives
- mechatronic applications for energy carriers, energy generation and conversion systems
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