Model-based control of soft robots: A survey of the state of the art and open challenges

C Della Santina, C Duriez, D Rus - IEEE Control Systems …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
From a functional standpoint, classic robots are not at all similar to biological systems. If
compared with rigid robots, animals' bodies look overly redundant, imprecise, and weak …

Unified iterative learning control for flexible structures with input constraints

W He, T Meng, X He, SS Ge - Automatica, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a unified framework of iterative learning control for typical flexible
structures under spatiotemporally varying disturbances. Input constraints and the external …

Adaptive neural control for robotic manipulators with output constraints and uncertainties

S Zhang, Y Dong, Y Ouyang, Z Yin… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates adaptive neural control methods for robotic manipulators, subject to
uncertain plant dynamics and constraints on the joint position. The barrier Lyapunov function …

Boundary disturbance observer-based control of a vibrating single-link flexible manipulator

Z Zhao, X He, CK Ahn - IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper examines the boundary disturbance observer-based control for a vibrating single-
link flexible manipulator system possessing external disturbances. Two new boundary anti …

Finite-time convergence disturbance rejection control for a flexible Timoshenko manipulator

Z Zhao, Z Liu - IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper focuses on a new finite-time convergence disturbance rejection control scheme
design for a flexible Timoshenko manipulator subject to extraneous disturbances. To …

Echo state network-based backstep** adaptive iterative learning control for strict-feedback systems: An error-tracking approach

Q Chen, H Shi, M Sun - IEEE transactions on cybernetics, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, an echo state network (ESN)-based backstep** adaptive iterative learning
control scheme is proposed for nonlinear strict-feedback systems performing the same …

Physics-informed neural networks for solving forward and inverse problems in complex beam systems

T Kapoor, H Wang, A Núñez… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a new framework using physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) to
simulate complex structural systems that consist of single and double beams based on Euler …

Vibration control for spatial aerial refueling hoses with bounded actuators

Z Liu, X He, Z Zhao, CK Ahn… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a control scheme for stabilizing a vibrating flexible hose used for aerial
refueling subject to bounded actuators for the rate and magnitude. A dynamical model of …

Adaptive learning control for nonlinear systems with randomly varying iteration lengths

D Shen, JX Xu - IEEE transactions on neural networks and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes adaptive iterative learning control (ILC) schemes for continuous-time
parametric nonlinear systems with iteration lengths that randomly vary. As opposed to the …

RBFNN-based data-driven predictive iterative learning control for nonaffine nonlinear systems

Q Yu, Z Hou, X Bu, Q Yu - IEEE transactions on neural networks …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a novel data-driven predictive iterative learning control (DDPILC) scheme
based on a radial basis function neural network (RBFNN) is proposed for a class of …