Predictive receding-horizon multi-robot task allocation applied to the map** of direct normal irradiance in a thermosolar power plant

JG Martin, M Hanif, T Hatanaka, JM Maestre… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This article considers a robotic sensor network that measures the loss of irradiance in a
thermosolar power plant due to moving clouds. To this end, a receding-horizon predictive …

Continuous-time receding-horizon estimation via primal-dual dynamics on vehicle path-following control

K Sato, K Sawada - Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
In vehicle control, state estimation is essential even as the sensor accuracy improves with
technological development. One of the vehicle estimation methods is receding-horizon …

Hierarchical Prescribed-Performance Nonlinear Control for Teleoperation of Networked Slave Robots with Coupling Constraints

JZ Xu, HL Peng, MF Ge, ZW Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to solve the problems of the insufficient static-dynamic performance and coupling
constraints (namely, input saturation, input dead zone and output constraint) for practical …

Smooth dynamics for distributed constrained optimization with heterogeneous delays

M Li, S Yamashita, T Hatanaka… - IEEE Control Systems …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter investigates the distributed constrained optimization problem under inter-agent
communication delays from the perspective of passivity. First, we propose a continuous-time …

Adaptive Passification of Unknown Input-Affine Nonlinear Systems

T Miyano, R Shima, Y Ito - IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we present an adaptive passification framework for unknown input-affine
nonlinear systems. In the present framework, a reference system is designed so that the …

Loop-shaped distributed learning of an object with data-independent performance certificates

T Oshima, S Yamashita, J Yamauchi, T Ibuki… - Advanced …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This paper addresses distributed learning of object shapes using multiple robots, and
proposes a systematic design procedure for distributed optimization algorithms with data …

Passivity-based Analysis of the ADMM Algorithm for Constraint-Coupled Optimization

I Notarnicola, A Falsone - Automatica, 2022 - Elsevier
We propose a novel, system theoretic analysis of the Alternating Direction Method of
Multipliers (ADMM) applied to a convex constraint-coupled optimization problem. The …

Passivity-Based Distributed Control for Cooperative Unknown Payload Manipulation with Sensing/Actuation Delays

T Miyano, J Romberg… - 2022 IEEE Conference on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider the problem of remotely manipulating an unknown payload using multiple
agents in the presence of sensing and actuation delays. The overall objective is to find an …

Continuous-Time Receding-Horizon Estimation via Primal-Dual Dynamics and Stability Analysis

K Sato, K Sawada - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Receding-Horizon Estimation (RHE) is an optimal filterling approach which uses
past series of the plant's measured output and input and finds estimated states based on …

Robustification of Continuous-Time ADMM against Communication Delays under Non-Strict Convexity: A Passivity-Based Approach

S Yamashita, M Li, T Hatanaka - SICE Journal of Control …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, we address a class of distributed optimization problems with non-strictly
convex cost functions in the presence of communication delays between an agent and a …