Fast and guaranteed safe controller synthesis for nonlinear vehicle models

C Fan, K Miller, S Mitra - International Conference on Computer Aided …, 2020 - Springer
We address the problem of synthesizing a controller for nonlinear systems with reach-avoid
requirements. Our controller consists of a reference controller and a tracking controller which …

Global path planning based on BIM and physics engine for UGVs in indoor environments

Z Chen, K Chen, C Song, X Zhang, JCP Cheng… - Automation in …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a global path planning (GPP) system based on building information
modeling (BIM) and physics engine for unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) operations in …

Predictive inverse kinematics for redundant manipulators with task scaling and kinematic constraints

M Faroni, M Beschi, N Pedrocchi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper presents a fast online predictive method to solve the task-priority differential
inverse kinematics of redundant manipulators under kinematic constraints. It implements a …

An MPC framework for planning safe & trustworthy robot motions

M Eckhoff, RJ Kirschner, E Kern… - … on Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Strategies for safe human-robot interaction (HRI), such as the well-established Safe Motion
Unit, provide a velocity scaling for biomechanically safe robot motion. In addition …

Autonomous landing of a quadrotor on a moving platform via model predictive control

K Guo, P Tang, H Wang, D Lin, X Cui - Aerospace, 2022 - mdpi.com
Landing on a moving platform is an essential requirement to achieve high-performance
autonomous flight with various vehicles, including quadrotors. We propose an efficient and …

Optimal scheduling and model predictive control for trajectory planning of cooperative robot manipulators

A Tika, N Gafur, V Yfantis, N Bajcinca - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2020 - Elsevier
A hierarchical control approach for cooperative pick-and-place tasks in a narrow shared
workspace is proposed. A scenario with two robot arms performing pick-and-place tasks with …

Real-time trajectory planning based on joint-decoupled optimization in human-robot interaction

S Zhang, AM Zanchettin, R Villa, S Dai - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2020 - Elsevier
In order to perform safe and natural interactions with humans, robots are required to adjust
their motions quickly according to human behaviors. Performing the complex calculation and …

Model predictive control for real-time point-to-point trajectory generation

MMG Ardakani, B Olofsson… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The problem of planning a trajectory for robots starting in an initial state and reaching a final
state in a desired interval of time is tackled. We propose an approach based on model …

Predictive Control of Cooperative Robots Sharing Common Workspace

A Tika, N Bajcinca - IEEE Transactions on Control Systems …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a model predictive control (MPC) algorithm for online time-optimal trajectory
planning of cooperative robotic manipulators. Robotic arms sharing a common confined …

Dynamic collision and deadlock avoidance for multiple robotic manipulators

N Gafur, G Kanagalingam, A Wagner… - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A flexible operation of multiple robotic manipulators operating in a dynamic environment
requires online trajectory planning to ensure collision-free trajectories. In this work, we …