Synthesis for robots: Guarantees and feedback for robot behavior
Robot control for tasks such as moving around obstacles or gras** objects has advanced
significantly in the last few decades. However, controlling robots to perform complex tasks is …
significantly in the last few decades. However, controlling robots to perform complex tasks is …
Certified defenses against adversarial examples
While neural networks have achieved high accuracy on standard image classification
benchmarks, their accuracy drops to nearly zero in the presence of small adversarial …
benchmarks, their accuracy drops to nearly zero in the presence of small adversarial …
Funnel libraries for real-time robust feedback motion planning
We consider the problem of generating motion plans for a robot that are guaranteed to
succeed despite uncertainty in the environment, parametric model uncertainty, and …
succeed despite uncertainty in the environment, parametric model uncertainty, and …
Control design along trajectories with sums of squares programming
A Majumdar, AA Ahmadi… - 2013 IEEE International …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Motivated by the need for formal guarantees on the stability and safety of controllers for
challenging robot control tasks, we present a control design procedure that explicitly seeks …
challenging robot control tasks, we present a control design procedure that explicitly seeks …
Control of multi-agent systems with finite time control barrier certificates and temporal logic
In this paper, a method to synthesize controllers using finite time convergence control barrier
functions guided by linear temporal logic specifications for continuous time multi-agent …
functions guided by linear temporal logic specifications for continuous time multi-agent …
Robust post-stall perching with a simple fixed-wing glider using LQR-Trees
Birds routinely execute post-stall maneuvers with a speed and precision far beyond the
capabilities of our best aircraft control systems. One remarkable example is a bird exploiting …
capabilities of our best aircraft control systems. One remarkable example is a bird exploiting …
Finite-time regional verification of stochastic non-linear systems
Recent trends pushing robots into unstructured environments with limited sensors have
motivated considerable work on planning under uncertainty and stochastic optimal control …
motivated considerable work on planning under uncertainty and stochastic optimal control …
A nonlinear hybrid controller for swinging-up and stabilizing the rotary inverted pendulum
In this paper, we propose a new class nonlinear hybrid controller (NHC) for swinging-up and
stabilizing the (under-actuated) rotary inverted pendulum system. First, the swing-up …
stabilizing the (under-actuated) rotary inverted pendulum system. First, the swing-up …
Robust online motion planning with regions of finite time invariance
In this paper we consider the problem of generating motion plans for a nonlinear dynamical
system that are guaranteed to succeed despite uncertainty in the environment, parametric …
system that are guaranteed to succeed despite uncertainty in the environment, parametric …
Formally robust and safe trajectory planning and tracking for autonomous vehicles
In this paper, a safe trajectory planning and tracking algorithm for autonomous vehicles is
proposed. Specially, the safety problem considers the geometric constraints including the …
proposed. Specially, the safety problem considers the geometric constraints including the …