Recently, k-contraction has been proposed as a generalization of contraction properties for
nonlinear time-variant systems. Existing tools for k-contraction analysis exploit complex …

In this paper, we study the notion of incremental stability for continuous-time nonlinear
systems forced by some external input. Thanks to the notion of “Killing vector field”, we …

Soft robots are deformable, compliant, and underactuated systems. During any task, due to
their enormous capability of body deformation, the relative degree may not be well-defined …

We consider the problem of exponential synchronization of a network of identical input-affine
nonlinear time-varying systems connected through an undirected graph, in the presence of a …

Modern techniques for physical simulations rely on numerical schemes and meshrefinement
methods to address trade-offs between precision and complexity, but these handcrafted …

Recently, the concept of k-contraction has been introduced as a promising generalization of
contraction for dynamical systems. However, the study of k-contraction properties has faced …

This work focuses on the problem of collision avoidance with space debris for large-scale
deployment of tethered space robot. To this end, a general scheme that contains offline …

Achieving cooperative mission with a Multi-Agents System (MAS) in a distributed way
require agents to communicate. Hence communication laws need to be defined. In this …

In this paper, we describe, in the context of nonlinear autonomous systems, a sufficient
condition to get differential Global Exponential Stability (dGES), ie, the origin of the …

Recently, k-contraction has been proposed as a generalization of contraction properties for
nonlinear timevariant systems. Existing tools for k-contraction analysis exploit complex …