Safe nonlinear control using robust neural lyapunov-barrier functions

C Dawson, Z Qin, S Gao, C Fan - Conference on Robot …, 2022 - proceedings.mlr.press
Safety and stability are common requirements for robotic control systems; however,
designing safe, stable controllers remains difficult for nonlinear and uncertain models. We …

A general safety framework for learning-based control in uncertain robotic systems

JF Fisac, AK Akametalu, MN Zeilinger… - … on Automatic Control, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The proven efficacy of learning-based control schemes strongly motivates their application
to robotic systems operating in the physical world. However, guaranteeing correct operation …

Robust control barrier–value functions for safety-critical control

JJ Choi, D Lee, K Sreenath, CJ Tomlin… - 2021 60th IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper works towards unifying two popular approaches in the safety control community:
Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) reachability and Control Barrier Functions (CBFs). HJ Reachability has …

Data-driven safety filters: Hamilton-jacobi reachability, control barrier functions, and predictive methods for uncertain systems

KP Wabersich, AJ Taylor, JJ Choi… - IEEE Control …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Today's control engineering problems exhibit an unprecedented complexity, with examples
including the reliable integration of renewable energy sources into power grids, safe …

LQR-trees: Feedback motion planning via sums-of-squares verification

R Tedrake, IR Manchester… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Advances in the direct computation of Lyapunov functions using convex optimization make it
possible to efficiently evaluate regions of attraction for smooth non-linear systems. Here we …

Probabilistic reachability and safety for controlled discrete time stochastic hybrid systems

A Abate, M Prandini, J Lygeros, S Sastry - Automatica, 2008 - Elsevier
In this work, probabilistic reachability over a finite horizon is investigated for a class of
discrete time stochastic hybrid systems with control inputs. A suitable embedding of the …

Decentralized receding horizon control for large scale dynamically decoupled systems

T Keviczky, F Borrelli, GJ Balas - Automatica, 2006 - Elsevier
We present a detailed study on the design of decentralized receding horizon control (RHC)
schemes for decoupled systems. We formulate an optimal control problem for a set of …

Bridging hamilton-jacobi safety analysis and reinforcement learning

JF Fisac, NF Lugovoy, V Rubies-Royo… - … on Robotics and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Safety analysis is a necessary component in the design and deployment of autonomous
robotic systems. Techniques from robust optimal control theory, such as Hamilton-Jacobi …

The flexible, extensible and efficient toolbox of level set methods

IM Mitchell - Journal of Scientific Computing, 2008 - Springer
Level set methods are a popular and powerful class of numerical algorithms for dynamic
implicit surfaces and solution of Hamilton-Jacobi PDEs. While the advanced level set …

A level set method for determining critical curvatures for drainage and imbibition

M Prodanović, SL Bryant - Journal of colloid and interface science, 2006 - Elsevier
An accurate description of the mechanics of pore level displacement of immiscible fluids
could significantly improve the predictions from pore network models of capillary pressure …