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  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,013 Views
12 Pages

5 April 2018

This paper presents a robust digital control strategy using error correction techniques to improve the robustness of conventional deadbeat control methods. The proposed control method, based on the discrete converter models, determined control law us...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,931 Views
16 Pages

Control Error Convergence Using Lyapunov Direct Method Approach for Mixed Fractional Order Model Reference Adaptive Control

  • Gustavo E. Ceballos Benavides,
  • Manuel A. Duarte-Mermoud and
  • Lisbel Bárzaga Martell

This paper extends Lyapunov stability theory to mixed fractional order direct model reference adaptive control (FO-DMRAC), where the adaptive control parameter is of fractional order, and the control error model is of integer order. The proposed appr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,042 Views
21 Pages

30 September 2022

The use of manipulators can improve sustainable energy utilization efficiency and increase sustainable manufacturing practices for solar tracking systems and manufactures, and thus it is significant to guarantee a high tracking accuracy for manipulat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,257 Views
17 Pages

Chaos Detection by Fast Dynamic Indicators in Reflecting Billiards

  • Gabriele Gradoni,
  • Giorgio Turchetti and
  • Federico Panichi

23 August 2023

The propagation of electromagnetic waves in a closed domain with a reflecting boundary amounts, in the eikonal approximation, to the propagation of rays in a billiard. If the inner medium is uniform, then the symplectic reflection map provides the po...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,095 Views
14 Pages

25 January 2018

This study aims to orchestrate a less restrictive learning controller by using the iteration-varying function, the so-called iterative learning controller (ILC), to synchronize two nonlinear systems with free time delay and couple free. The mathemati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,637 Views
33 Pages

Impedance Iterative Learning Backstepping Control for Output-Constrained Multisection Continuum Arms Based on PMA

  • Yuexuan Xu,
  • Xin Guo,
  • Jian Li,
  • Xingyu Huo,
  • Hao Sun,
  • Gaowei Zhang,
  • Qianqian Xing,
  • Minghe Liu,
  • Tianyi Ma and
  • Qingsong Ding

16 September 2022

Background: Pneumatic muscle actuator (PMA) actuated multisection continuum arms are widely applied in various fields with high flexibility and bionic properties. Nonetheless, their kinematic modeling and control strategy proves to be extremely chall...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,519 Views
28 Pages

This paper introduces an advanced observer-based control strategy designed for fractional multi-agent systems operating in hostile environments. We take into account the dynamic nature of the agents with nonlinear delayed dynamics and consider extern...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,966 Views
25 Pages

16 September 2021

In this work, a new adaptive controller is designed for substrate control of a fed-batch bioreactor in the presence of input saturation and unknown varying control gain with unknown upper and lower bounds. The output measurement noise and the unknown...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,371 Views
15 Pages

15 October 2023

In this work, an improved symmetric integral barrier function-based tracking control is addressed for a robotic manipulator in the presence of position error performance requirements and unknown uncertain terms. First of all, we construct an improved...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,363 Views
19 Pages

Improving Tracking of Trajectories through Tracking Rate Regulation: Application to UAVs

  • Fernando Diaz-del-Rio,
  • Pablo Sanchez-Cuevas,
  • Pablo Iñigo-Blasco and
  • J. L. Sevillano-Ramos

13 December 2022

The tracking problem (that is, how to follow a previously memorized path) is one of the most important problems in mobile robots. Several methods can be formulated depending on the way the robot state is related to the path. “Trajectory trackin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
412 Views
23 Pages

Human–Robot Interaction for a Manipulator Based on a Neural Adaptive RISE Controller Using Admittance Model

  • Shengli Chen,
  • Lin Jiang,
  • Keqiang Bai,
  • Yuming Chen,
  • Xiaoang Xu,
  • Guanwu Jiang and
  • Yueyue Liu

10 December 2025

Human–robot cooperative tasks require physical human–robot interaction (pHRI) systems that can adapt to individual human behaviors while ensuring robustness and stability. This paper presents a dual-loop control framework combining an adm...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,412 Views
5 Pages

Robust Control Design of Multiple Quadrotors Formation

  • Hasham Muzammil,
  • Nazam Siddique,
  • Saad Ali Masud,
  • Muhammad Rashad,
  • Uzair Raoof,
  • Iftikhar Hussain and
  • Waqas Jabbar

27 January 2022

In this study, a control strategy is presented for multiple quadrotors, inclusive of sliding mode control and proportional derivative (PD) control, with the goal of providing stability, robustness, reduced disturbance, and formation tracking in uncer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,076 Views
21 Pages

21 October 2020

This paper develops a totally new appointed-time integral barrier Lyapunov function-based trajectory tracking algorithm for a hovercraft in the presence of multiple performance constraints and model uncertainties. Firstly, an appointed-time performan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,620 Views
14 Pages

6 February 2020

Lyapunov functions enable analyzing the stability of dynamic systems described by ordinary differential equations without finding the solution of such equations. For nonlinear systems, devising a Lyapunov function is not an easy task to solve in gene...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,114 Views
20 Pages

Input-to-State Stability of a Scalar Conservation Law with Nonlocal Velocity

  • Simone Göttlich,
  • Michael Herty and
  • Gediyon Weldegiyorgis

21 January 2021

In this paper, we study input-to-state stability (ISS) of an equilibrium for a scalar conservation law with nonlocal velocity and measurement error arising in a highly re-entrant manufacturing system. By using a suitable Lyapunov function, we prove s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,982 Views
22 Pages

29 July 2024

This paper proposes a novel adaptive finite-time controller for a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) model with stochastic perturbations and parameter-unknown terms, under the constraints of a state-constrained system. The controller is designed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,912 Views
20 Pages

14 June 2022

In this work, a controller is developed for a continuous bioreactor with an unknown reaction rate term, subject to input saturation. The substrate concentration and the dilution rate are chosen as output and input, respectively. The controller formul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
554 Views
17 Pages

ADP-Based Fault-Tolerant Control with Stability Guarantee for Nonlinear Systems

  • Luojia Liu,
  • Junhong Lv,
  • Haowei Lin,
  • Ruidian Zhan and
  • Liming Wu

1 October 2025

This paper develops the stability-guaranteed adaptive dynamic programming (ADP)-based fault tolerant control (FTC) for nonlinear systems with an actuator fault. Firstly, a fault observer is designed to identify the unknown actuator fault. Then, a cri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,813 Views
22 Pages

Robust Neural Network Consensus for Multiagent UASs Based on Weights’ Estimation Error

  • Alejandro Morfin-Santana,
  • Filiberto Muñoz,
  • Sergio Salazar and
  • José Manuel Valdovinos

13 October 2022

We propose a neural network consensus strategy to solve the leader–follower problem for multiple-rotorcraft unmanned aircraft systems (UASs), where the goal of this work was to improve the learning based on a set of auxiliary variables and firs...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,165 Views
18 Pages

13 August 2020

In this paper, we propose a nonlinear position control using only position feedback to guarantee the tolerances for position tracking errors and yaw. In the proposed method, both mechanical and electrical dynamics are considered. The proposed method...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,591 Views
22 Pages

5 July 2024

The issues of state estimations based on distributed observers for linear time-invariant (LTI) systems with multiple sensors are discussed in this paper. We deal with the scenario when the information exchange has known time delays, and aim at design...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,908 Views
18 Pages

10 April 2013

In this paper, an adaptive law with an integral action is designed and implemented on a DC motor by employing a rotary encoder and tachometer sensors. The stability is proved by using the Lyapunov function. The tracking errors asymptotically converge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,119 Views
16 Pages

This paper presents an alternative method to solve the control problem of an uncertain nonlinear system in strict-feedback form with a time delay. Instead of using Lyapunov–Krasovskii functionals, ordinary Lyapunov functionals are used to desig...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,131 Views
14 Pages

In this paper, the dual combination–combination hybrid synchronization (DCCHS) scheme has been investigated in fractional-order chaotic systems with a distinct dimension applying a scaling matrix. The formulations for the active control have be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,643 Views
28 Pages

LPV H Control with an Augmented Nonlinear Observer for Sawyer Motors

  • Khac Huan Su,
  • Kwankyun Byeon,
  • Wonhee Kim and
  • Youngwoo Lee

21 December 2021

This study presents LPV H∞ control with an augmented nonlinear observer (ANOB) to improve both the position and yaw tracking errors for Sawyer motors. The proposed control method consists of the forces and torque modulation scheme, an ANOB, and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,679 Views
16 Pages

7 October 2024

To improve the voltage regulation of asynchronous generators during load switching, a Lyapunov-based control strategy has been proposed to stabilize the generator’s voltage by connecting a static synchronous compensator. By constructing a Lyapu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,826 Views
22 Pages

15 October 2022

In this paper, the problem of an APPTMC for manipulators is investigated. During the robot’s operation, the error states should be kept within an outlined range to ensure a steady-state and dynamic attitude. Firstly, we propose the modified PPF...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,904 Views
11 Pages

Prescribed Performance Spacecraft Attitude Control with Multiple Convergence Rates

  • Mingzhen Gui,
  • Ming-Zhe Dai,
  • Chengxi Zhang,
  • Xing Zhang and
  • Jin Wu

23 June 2024

This paper proposes a prescribed performance control policy for spacecraft attitude tracking control. The designed controller employs a kind of performance envelope function that can configure the convergence rate arbitrarily. Moreover, the controlle...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,518 Views
19 Pages

29 April 2022

Modeling errors, external loads and output constraints will affect the tracking control of the n-joint manipulator driven by the permanent magnet synchronous motor. To solve the above problems, the smooth-switching for backstepping gain control strat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,099 Views
20 Pages

29 December 2020

This paper proposes a high-performance control technique based on Lyapunov’s stability theory for a single-phase grid-connected neutral-point-clamped quasi-impedance source inverter with LCL filter. The Lyapunov function based control is employ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,733 Views
15 Pages

2 June 2022

This paper is divided into two main portions. First, we look at basins of attraction as a tool with a unique set of characteristics for discussing multistability and coexisting attractors in a gyrostat chaotic system. For the validation of coexisting...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,667 Views
14 Pages

6 February 2021

This paper presents an adaptive constraint control approach for Electronic Throttle Control System (ETCS) with asymmetric throttle angle constraints. The adaptive constraint control method, which is based on barrier Lyapunov function (BLF), is design...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,675 Views
15 Pages

1 January 2019

This paper investigates the problem of the task-space synchronization control for networked Euler-Lagrange systems. In the considered systems, there are time-varying delays existing in the networking links and every subsystem contains uncertainties i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,585 Views
18 Pages

15 April 2024

In this paper, a family of temporal high-order accurate numerical schemes for the Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert (LLG) equation is proposed. The proposed schemes are developed utilizing the Gauss–Legendre quadrature method, enabling them t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,906 Views
14 Pages

Task-space cooperative tracking control of the networked multiple Euler–Lagrange systems is studied in this paper. On the basis of establishing kinematic and dynamic modeling of a Euler–Lagrange system, an innovative task-space coordinati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
899 Views
28 Pages

Trajectory Tracking of Unmanned Surface Vessels Based on Robust Neural Networks and Adaptive Control

  • Ziming Wang,
  • Chunliang Qiu,
  • Zaopeng Dong,
  • Shaobo Cheng,
  • Long Zheng and
  • Shunhuai Chen

In this paper, a robust neural adaptive controller is proposed for the trajectory tracking control problem of unmanned surface vessels (USVs), considering model uncertainty, time-varying environmental disturbance, and actuator saturation. First, meas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,820 Views
13 Pages

18 November 2022

An adaptive neural control for uncertain 2DOF helicopter systems with input saturation and time-varying output constraints is provided. A radial basis function neural network is used to estimate the uncertainty terms present in the system. The satura...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,736 Views
18 Pages

27 January 2022

In this article, a novel finite-time attitude-tracking control scheme is proposed by using the prescribed performance control (PPC) method for the spacecraft system under the external disturbance and an uncertain inertia matrix. First, a novel polyno...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,396 Views
17 Pages

16 December 2022

A novel approach for the synchronization of a class of chaotic systems with uncertainty, unknown time delays, and external disturbances is presented. The control method given here is expressed by combining sliding mode control approaches with adaptiv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,683 Views
17 Pages

Mixed Riccati–Lyapunov Balanced Truncation for Order Reduction of Electrical Circuit Systems

  • Huy-Du Dao,
  • Thanh-Tung Nguyen,
  • Ngoc-Kien Vu,
  • Hong-Son Vu and
  • Hong-Quang Nguyen

30 May 2024

This paper proposes a novel algorithm, termed Mixed Riccati–Lyapunov Balanced Truncation (MRLBT), tailored for order reduction of Linear Time-Invariant Continuous-Time Descriptor Systems (LTI-CTD), commonly encountered in electrical and electro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,895 Views
28 Pages

2 July 2024

An adaptive tracking control strategy with a prescribe tracking error and the convergence time is proposed for hypersonic vehicles with state constraints and actuator failures. The peculiarity is that constructing a new time scale coordinate translat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,524 Views
19 Pages

12 June 2024

This paper presents a hybrid adaptive control strategy for upper limb rehabilitation robots using impedance learning. The hybrid adaptation consists of a differential updating mechanism for the estimation of robotic modeling uncertainties and periodi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,213 Views
40 Pages

Sectorial Fuzzy Controller Plus Feedforward for the Trajectory Tracking of Robotic Arms in Joint Space

  • Andres Pizarro-Lerma,
  • Victor Santibañez,
  • Ramon Garcia-Hernandez and
  • Jorge Villalobos-Chin

15 March 2021

In this paper, we propose a Sectorial Fuzzy Controller (SFC) with a feedforward compensation of the robot dynamics in joint space, evaluated at the desired angular positions, velocities, and accelerations, applied to the trajectory tracking of all re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,503 Views
12 Pages

Adaptive Fixed-Time Control of Strict-Feedback High-Order Nonlinear Systems

  • Yang Li,
  • Jianhua Zhang,
  • Xiaoyun Ye and
  • Cheng Siong Chin

27 July 2021

This paper examines the adaptive control of high-order nonlinear systems with strict-feedback form. An adaptive fixed-time control scheme is designed for nonlinear systems with unknown uncertainties. In the design process of a backstepping controller...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,661 Views
24 Pages

7 November 2024

This article investigates the model-based control in configurations space of a soft continuum manipulator for minimally invasive surgery. The main control challenges for these types of systems are the presence of model uncertainties and nonlinearitie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
59 Citations
6,404 Views
16 Pages

Adaptive Synchronization for a Class of Uncertain Fractional-Order Neural Networks

  • Heng Liu,
  • Shenggang Li,
  • Hongxing Wang,
  • Yuhong Huo and
  • Junhai Luo

22 October 2015

In this paper, synchronization for a class of uncertain fractional-order neural networks subject to external disturbances and disturbed system parameters is studied. Based on the fractional-order extension of the Lyapunov stability criterion, an adap...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,380 Views
11 Pages

25 August 2020

State observers for systems having Lipschitz nonlinearities are considered for what concerns the stability of the estimation error by means of a decomposition of the dynamics of the error into the cascade of two systems. First, conditions are establi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,043 Views
18 Pages

In this paper, a full state-constrained anti-disturbance dynamic surface control method is proposed for six-degree-of-freedom unmanned helicopter systems under full state constraints and disturbances. Firstly, due to the underactuated characteristics...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,850 Views
28 Pages

15 December 2022

This paper is concerned with the problem of state estimation of memristor neural networks with model uncertainties. Considering the model uncertainties are composed of time-varying delays, floating parameters and unknown functions, an improved method...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,251 Views
15 Pages

LMI-Observer-Based Stabilizer for Chaotic Systems in the Existence of a Nonlinear Function and Perturbation

  • Hamede Karami,
  • Saleh Mobayen,
  • Marzieh Lashkari,
  • Farhad Bayat and
  • Arthur Chang

16 May 2021

In this study, the observer-based state feedback stabilizer design for a class of chaotic systems in the existence of external perturbations and Lipchitz nonlinearities is presented. This manuscript aims to design a state feedback controller based on...

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