[HTML][HTML] Recent advancements in agriculture robots: Benefits and challenges

C Cheng, J Fu, H Su, L Ren - Machines, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the development of digital agriculture, agricultural robots play a unique role and confer
numerous advantages in farming production. From the invention of the first industrial robots …

Robust MPC-based trajectory tracking of autonomous underwater vehicles with model uncertainty

Z Yan, J Yan, S Cai, Y Yu, Y Wu - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
A robust model predictive control (MPC) method with dual closed-loops is presented to
handle trajectory tracking of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) with uncertain model …

Learning‐based model predictive control for improved mobile robot path following using Gaussian processes and feedback linearization

J Wang, MTH Fader, JA Marshall - Journal of Field Robotics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper proposes a high‐performance path following algorithm that combines Gaussian
processes (GP) based learning and feedback linearization (FBL) with model predictive …

Design and validation of a dynamic parameter identification model for industrial manipulator robots

C Urrea, J Pascal - Archive of Applied Mechanics, 2021 - Springer
This article presents the design and validation of a regression model for the identification of
dynamic parameters in manipulator robots. The model exhibits implementation advantages …

Path tracking control of skid-steered mobile robot on the slope based on fuzzy system and model predictive control

X Yue, J Chen, Y Li, R Zou, Z Sun, X Cao… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Skid-steered mobile robots are often used in outdoor exploration due to their robust
mechanical structure and high maneuverability. When they track reference path on a slope …

Distributed tube-based nonlinear MPC for motion control of skid-steer robots with terra-mechanical constraints

AJ Prado, M Torres-Torriti… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Strategies to reduce slippage and disturbing wheel-terrain interactions are essential to
improve navigation and motion control of field robots. Thus, this work proposes an integral …

[HTML][HTML] Autonomous vineyard tracking using a four-wheel-steering mobile robot and a 2D LiDAR

D Iberraken, F Gaurier, JC Roux, C Chaballier… - AgriEngineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
The intensive advances in robotics have deeply facilitated the accomplishment of tedious
and repetitive tasks in our daily lives. If robots are now well established in the manufacturing …

Curved path following controller for 4w skid-steering mobile robots using backstepping

Y Chen, N Li, W Zeng, S Zhang, G Ma - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Path following is a fundamental problem in skid-steered mobile robots (SSMR). In this study,
a Lyapunov stable curved path following controller was designed to generate the steering …

Smart agriculture: Development of a skid-steer autonomous robot with advanced model predictive controllers

CW Zhu, E Hill, M Biglarbegian, SA Gadsden… - Robotics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The agricultural domain has been experiencing extensive automation interest over the past
decade. The established process for measuring physiological and morphological traits …

Prescribed-time control of four-wheel independently driven skid-steering mobile robots with prescribed performance

M Ge, H Xu, Q Song - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
This paper investigates the trajectory tracking control problem of a four-wheel independently
driven skid-steering mobile robot (FWID-SSMR) while considering friction resistance …