Active learning in robotics: A review of control principles

AT Taylor, TA Berrueta, TD Murphey - Mechatronics, 2021 - Elsevier
Active learning is a decision-making process. In both abstract and physical settings, active
learning demands both analysis and action. This is a review of active learning in robotics …

A theoretical framework for Lagrangian descriptors

C Lopesino, F Balibrea-Iniesta… - … Journal of Bifurcation …, 2017 - World Scientific
This paper provides a theoretical background for Lagrangian Descriptors (LDs). The goal of
achieving rigorous proofs that justify the ability of LDs to detect invariant manifolds is …

Structured pathways in the turbulence organizing recent oil spill events in the Eastern Mediterranean

G García-Sánchez, AM Mancho, AG Ramos, J Coca… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The chaotic nature of ocean motion is a major challenge that hinders the discovery of spatio-
temporal current routes that govern the transport of material. Certain material, such as oil …

Lagrangian coherent structure assisted path planning for transoceanic autonomous underwater vehicle missions

AG Ramos, VJ García-Garrido, AM Mancho… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Transoceanic Gliders are Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) for which there
is a developing and expanding range of applications in open-seas research, technology and …

[HTML][HTML] Global oceanic mass transport by coherent eddies

Q Xia, G Li, C Dong - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Mesoscale eddies are one of the most prominent processes in the world's ocean. The eddy-
induced transport of water mass, heat, and energy has a great impact on the ocean and …

[HTML][HTML] New links between invariant dynamical structures and uncertainty quantification

G García-Sánchez, AM Mancho, M Agaoglou… - Physica D: Nonlinear …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a new uncertainty measure, appropriate for quantifying the
performance of transport models in assessing the origin or source of a given observation. It …

A dynamical systems perspective for a real-time response to a marine oil spill

VJ García-Garrido, A Ramos, AM Mancho, J Coca… - Marine pollution …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper discusses the combined use of tools from dynamical systems theory and remote
sensing techniques and shows how they are effective instruments which may greatly …

Finding NHIM: Identifying high dimensional phase space structures in reaction dynamics using Lagrangian descriptors

S Naik, VJ García-Garrido, S Wiggins - Communications in Nonlinear …, 2019 - Elsevier
Phase space structures such as dividing surfaces, normally hyperbolic invariant manifolds,
and their stable and unstable manifolds have been an integral part of computing quantitative …

Finding normally hyperbolic invariant manifolds in two and three degrees of freedom with Hénon-Heiles-type potential

S Naik, S Wiggins - Physical Review E, 2019 - APS
We present a method based on a Lagrangian descriptor for revealing the high-dimensional
phase space structures that are of interest in nonlinear Hamiltonian systems with index-1 …

Using Lagrangian descriptors to calculate the Maslov index of periodic orbits

J Montes, FJ Arranz, F Borondo - Physical Review E, 2024 - APS
The Maslov index of a periodic orbit is an important piece in the semiclassical quantization
of nonintegrable systems, while almost all existing techniques that lead to a rigorous …