Control barrier functions with circulation inequalities

VM Gonçalves, P Krishnamurthy… - … on Control Systems …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Control barrier functions (CBFs) when paired with quadratic programming (QP) offer an
increasingly popular framework for control considering critical safety constraints. However …

Hybrid trajectory planning of two permanent magnets for medical robotic applications

M Brockdorff, T da Veiga, J Davy… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Independent robotic manipulation of two large permanent magnets, in the form of the dual
External Permanent Magnet (dEPM) system has demonstrated the possibility for enhanced …

Informed circular fields for global reactive obstacle avoidance of robotic manipulators

M Becker, P Caspers, T Hattendorf, T Lilge… - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper a global reactive motion planning framework for robotic manipulators in
complex dynamic environments is presented. In particular, the circular field predictions …

Motion planning using reactive circular fields: A 2-d analysis of collision avoidance and goal convergence

M Becker, J Köhler, S Haddadin… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, many reactive trajectory planning approaches were suggested in the literature
because of their inherent immediate adaption in the ever more demanding cluttered and …

Using circulation to mitigate spurious equilibria in control barrier function

VM Gonçalves, P Krishnamurthy… - 2023 62nd IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Control Barrier Functions and Quadratic Programming are increasingly used for designing
controllers that consider critical safety constraints. However, like Artificial Potential Fields …

Informed circular fields: a global reactive obstacle avoidance framework for robotic manipulators

M Becker, P Caspers, T Lilge, S Haddadin… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2025 - frontiersin.org
In this paper, we present a global reactive motion planning framework designed for robotic
manipulators navigating in complex dynamic environments. Utilizing local minima-free …

Using Circulation to Mitigate Spurious Equilibria in Control Barrier Function--Extended Version

VM Goncalves, P Krishnamurthy, A Tzes… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Control Barrier Functions and Quadratic Programming are increasingly used for designing
controllers that consider critical safety constraints. However, like Artificial Potential Fields …

A Review on Deformable Voronoi Diagrams for Robot Path Planning in Dynamic Environments

M Samuel, K Yahya, M Aldababsa… - … on Electrical, Energy …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Route planning for mobile robots presents a complex challenge, mainly when designing
pathways in dynamic environments. This complexity arises from the robot's need to balance …

Optimal Control of Nonholonomic Systems via Magnetic Fields

M Oprea, M Ruth, D Kassabova… - IEEE Control Systems …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Geometric optimal control utilizes tools from differential geometry to analyze the structure of
a problem to determine the control and state trajectories to reach a desired outcome while …