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Search equation: ((uid:50003283)) Sort: Author Title Issue date Filter: All documents types Scientific journals - Article - Short communication - Book review - Letter to the editor - Complete issue - OtherBooks - Book published as author, translator, etc. - Collective work published as editor or directorParts of books - Contribution to collective works - Contribution to encyclopedias, dictionaries... - Preface, postface, glossary...Scientific congresses, symposiums and conference proceedings - Unpublished conference - Paper published in a book - Paper published in a journal - PosterScientific presentation in universities or research centersReports - Expert report - Internal report - External report - OtherDissertations and theses - Bachelor/master dissertation - Doctoral thesis - Postdoctoral thesis - OtherLearning materials - Course notes - OtherPatentCartographic materials - Single work - Part of another publicationComputer developments - Textual, factual or bibliographical database - Software - OtherE-prints/Working papers - First made available on ORBilu - Already available on another siteDiverse speeches and writings - Article for general public - Conference given outside the academic context - Speeches/Talks - Other     Chapter 4:A Survey on The Polytopic Takagi-Sugeno Approach: Application to the Inverted PendulumBezzaoucha, Souad ; Voos, Holger ; Darouach, Mohamedin The Inverted Pendulum: From Theory to New Innovations in Control and Robotics (in press)This book chapter gives a general scope, states the main results obtained and methods used for the Polytopic Takagi-Sugeno approach with a detailed application to the inverted pendulum. Modeling, observer ... [more ▼]This book chapter gives a general scope, states the main results obtained and methods used for the Polytopic Takagi-Sugeno approach with a detailed application to the inverted pendulum. Modeling, observer and controller design will be considered. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 41 (6 UL) Area exploration with a swarm of UAVs combining deterministic Chaotic Ant Colony Mobility with position MPCRosalie, Martin ; Dentler, Jan Eric ; Danoy, Grégoire et alin 2017 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS) (2017, July 27)The recent advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) technology permit to develop new usages for them. One of the current challenges is to operate UAVs as an autonomous swarm. In this domain we already ... [more ▼]The recent advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) technology permit to develop new usages for them. One of the current challenges is to operate UAVs as an autonomous swarm. In this domain we already proposed a new mobility model using Ant Colony Algorithms combined with chaotic dynamics (CACOC) to enhance the coverage of an area by a swarm of UAVs. In this paper we propose to consider this mobility model as waypoints for real UAVs. A control model of the UAVs is deployed to test the efficiency of the coverage of an area by the swarm. We have tested our approach in a realistic robotics simulator (V-Rep) which is connected with ROS. We compare the performance in terms of coverage using several metrics to ensure that this mobility model is efficient for real UAVs. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 55 (11 UL) Risk-averse Stochastic Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Real-time Safety-critical SystemsSajadi Alamdari, Seyed Amin ; Voos, Holger ; Darouach, Mohamedin The 20th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, IFAC 2017 World Congress, Toulouse, France, 9-14 July 2017 (2017, July 11)Stochastic nonlinear model predictive control has been developed to systematically find an optimal decision with the aim of performance improvement in dynamical systems that involve uncertainties. However ... [more ▼]Stochastic nonlinear model predictive control has been developed to systematically find an optimal decision with the aim of performance improvement in dynamical systems that involve uncertainties. However, most of the current methods are risk-neutral for safety-critical systems and depend on computationally expensive algorithms. This paper investigates on the risk-averse optimal stochastic nonlinear control subject to real-time safety-critical systems. In order to achieve a computationally tractable design and integrate knowledge about the uncertainties, bounded trajectories generated to quantify the uncertainties. The proposed controller considers these scenarios in a risk-sensitive manner. A certainty equivalent nonlinear model predictive control based on minimum principle is reformulated to optimise nominal cost and expected value of future recourse actions. The capability of proposed method in terms of states regulations, constraints fulfilment, and real-time implementation is demonstrated for a semi-autonomous ecological advanced driver assistance system specified for battery electric vehicles. This system plans for a safe and energy-efficient cruising velocity profile autonomously. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 31 (3 UL) An LMI-Based H_infty Discrete-Time Nonlinear State Observer Design for an Anaerobic Digestion ModelChaib Draa, Khadidja ; Voos, Holger in World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, Toulouse 9-14 July 2017 (2017, July)This paper is devoted to the design of an H1 discrete-time nonlinear state observer for an anaerobic digestion model. Indeed, the designed observer can be used for di erent class of systems, mainly linear ... [more ▼]This paper is devoted to the design of an H1 discrete-time nonlinear state observer for an anaerobic digestion model. Indeed, the designed observer can be used for di erent class of systems, mainly linear systems, LPV systems with known and bounded parameters, and nonlinear Lipschitz systems. We use an LMI approach to guarantee the H1 asymptotic stability of the estimation error despite the disturbances a ecting the system dynamics and measurements. The synthesised LMI is relaxed due to the inclusion of additional decision variables which enhance its feasibility. This was possible due to the use of a suitable reformulation of the Young's inequality. Simulation results are given to show the robustness of the designed observer. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 5 (0 UL) LMI-Based H_infty Nonlinear State Observer Design for Anaerobic Digestion ModelChaib Draa, Khadidja ; Voos, Holger ; Alma, Marouane et alin IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Valletta 3-6 July 2017 (2017, July)This note deals with the design of an $H_{\infty}$ nonlinear state observer for the anaerobic digestion model. Positively, the designed observer is an unified one that can be used for different class of ... [more ▼]This note deals with the design of an $H_{\infty}$ nonlinear state observer for the anaerobic digestion model. Positively, the designed observer is an unified one that can be used for different class of systems, mainly linear systems, Linear Parameter Varying (LPV) systems with known and bounded parameters, and nonlinear Lipschitz systems. Applying the Lyapunov theory and theH¥ criterion, Linear Matrix Inequality (LMI) condition is synthesised and solved to obtain the designed observer gains. The novelty of our work consists in the relaxation of the synthesized LMI condition through the inclusion of additional decision variables. This was possible due to the use of a suitable reformulation of the Young’s inequality. Stability, effectiveness and potency of the theoretical results are confirmed by the simulation results. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 5 (0 UL) Fast Stochastic Non-linear Model Predictive Control for Electric Vehicle Advanced Driver Assistance SystemsSajadi Alamdari, Seyed Amin ; Voos, Holger ; Darouach, Mohamedin 13th IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety, Vienna, Austria 27-28 June 2017 (2017, June 27)Semi-autonomous driving assistance systems have a high potential to improve the safety and efficiency of the battery electric vehicles that are enduring limited cruising range. This paper presents an ... [more ▼]Semi-autonomous driving assistance systems have a high potential to improve the safety and efficiency of the battery electric vehicles that are enduring limited cruising range. This paper presents an ecologically advanced driver assistance system to extend the functionality of the adaptive cruise control system. A real-time stochastic non-linear model predictive controller with probabilistic constraints is presented to compute on-line the safe and energy-efficient cruising velocity profile. The individual chance-constraint is reformulated into a convex second-order cone constraint which is robust for a general class of probability distributions. Finally, the performance of proposed approach in terms of states regulation, constraints fulfilment, and energy efficiency is evaluated on a battery electric vehicle. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 31 (0 UL) LMI-Based Discrete-Time Nonlinear State Observer for an Anaerobic Digestion ModelChaib Draa, Khadidja ; Voos, Holger ; Alma, Marouane et alin IEEE International Conference on Systems and Control, Batna 7-9 May 2017 (2017, May)This paper deals with the design of a discrete time nonlinear observer for an anaerobic digestion process. The designed observer is devoted to a general class of systems, precisely linear systems, LPV ... [more ▼]This paper deals with the design of a discrete time nonlinear observer for an anaerobic digestion process. The designed observer is devoted to a general class of systems, precisely linear systems, LPV systems with known and bounded parameters, and nonlinear Lipschitz systems. In order to ensure stability of the estimation error, a new LMI condition is proposed. In this LMI, additional decision variables are included to enhance its feasibility. Indeed, this was possible due to the use of a suitable reformulation of the Young’s inequality. Numerical simulations using the investigated two-step anaerobic digestion model show the effectiveness of the proposed LMI methodology. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 4 (0 UL) Model predictive control for cooperative control of space robotsKannan, Somasundar ; Sajadi Alamdari, Seyed Amin ; Dentler, Jan Eric et alin Model predictive control for cooperative control of space robots (2017, January)The problem of Orbital Manipulation of Passive body is discussed here. Two scenarios including passive object rigidly attached to robotic servicers and passive body attached to servicers through ... [more ▼]The problem of Orbital Manipulation of Passive body is discussed here. Two scenarios including passive object rigidly attached to robotic servicers and passive body attached to servicers through manipulators are discussed. The Model Predictive Control (MPC) technique is briefly presented and successfully tested through simulations on two cases of position control of passive body in the orbit. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 89 (10 UL) A tracking error control approach for model predictive position control of a quadrotor with time varying referenceDentler, Jan Eric ; Kannan, Somasundar ; Olivares Mendez, Miguel Angel et alScientific Conference (2016, December 06)In mobile robotic applications, a common problem is the following of a given trajectory with a constant velocity. Using standard model predictive control (MPC) for tracking of time varying trajectories ... [more ▼]In mobile robotic applications, a common problem is the following of a given trajectory with a constant velocity. Using standard model predictive control (MPC) for tracking of time varying trajectories leads to a constant tracking error. This problem is modelled in this paper as quadrotor position tracking problem. The presented solution is a computationally light-weight target position control (T PC), that controls the tracking error of MPCs for constantly moving targets. The proposed technique is assessed mathematically in the Laplace domain, in simulation, as well as experimentally on a real quadrotor system. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 79 (15 UL) A real-time model predictive position control with collision avoidance for commercial low-cost quadrotorsDentler, Jan Eric ; Kannan, Somasundar ; Olivares Mendez, Miguel Angel et alScientific Conference (2016, September 20)Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are the future technology for autonomous fast transportation of individual goods. They have the advantage of being small, fast and not to be limited to the local ... [more ▼]Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are the future technology for autonomous fast transportation of individual goods. They have the advantage of being small, fast and not to be limited to the local infrastructure. This is not only interesting for delivery of private consumption goods up to the doorstep, but also particularly for smart factories. One drawback of autonomous drone technology is the high development costs, that limit research and development to a small audience. This work is introducing a position control with collision avoidance as a first step to make low-cost drones more accessible to the execution of autonomous tasks. The paper introduces a semilinear state-space model for a commercial quadrotor and its adaptation to the commercially available AR.Drone 2 system. The position control introduced in this paper is a model predictive control (MPC) based on a condensed multiple-shooting continuation generalized minimal residual method (CMSCGMRES). The collision avoidance is implemented in the MPC based on a sigmoid function. The real-time applicability of the proposed methods is demonstrated in two experiments with a real AR.Drone quadrotor, adressing position tracking and collision avoidance. The experiments show the computational efficiency of the proposed control design with a measured maximum computation time of less than 2ms. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 137 (26 UL) OPERATIONAL SPACE CONTROL OF A LIGHTWEIGHT ROBOTIC ARM ACTUATED BY SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY (SMA) WIRESQuintanar Guzman, Serket ; Kannan, Somasundar ; Olivares Mendez, Miguel Angel et alScientific Conference (2016, September)Detailed reference viewed: 91 (15 UL) A Fast Model-Predictive Speed Controller for Minimised Charge Consumption of Electric VehiclesSchwickart, Tim Klemens ; Voos, Holger ; Hadji-Minaglou, Jean-Régis et alin Asian Journal of Control (2016), 18(5), This paper presents the design of a real-time implementable energy-efficient model-predictive cruise controller for electric vehicles including the driving speed reference generation. The controller is ... [more ▼]This paper presents the design of a real-time implementable energy-efficient model-predictive cruise controller for electric vehicles including the driving speed reference generation. The controller is designed to meet the properties of a series-production electric vehicle whose characteristics are identified and validated by measurements. The predictive eco-cruise controller aims at finding the best compromise between speed-reference tracking and energy consumption of the vehicle using an underlying dynamic model of the vehicle motion and charge consumption. The originally non-linear motion model is transformed into a linear model mainly by using a coordinate transform. To obtain a piecewise linear approximation of the charge consumption map, the measured characteristics are approximated by a convex piecewise linear function represented as the maximum of a set of linear constraint functions. The reformulations finally lead to a model-predictive control approach with quadratic cost function, linear prediction model and linear constraints that corresponds to a piecewise linear system behaviour and allows a fast real-time implementation with guaranteed convergence. Simulation results of the closed-loop operation finally illustrate the effectiveness of the approach. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 170 (17 UL) Invariant Observer Applied to Anaerobic Digestion ModelChaib Draa, Khadidja ; Voos, Holger ; Alma, Marouane et alin IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), Berlin 6-9 September 2016 (2016, September)In this note, we design an invariant observer for a two step (acidogenesis-methanogenesis) mass balance nonlinear model, in order to estimate simultaneously all bacteria and substrate concentrations found ... [more ▼]In this note, we design an invariant observer for a two step (acidogenesis-methanogenesis) mass balance nonlinear model, in order to estimate simultaneously all bacteria and substrate concentrations found in the anaerobic digestion process. The particularity of the designed observer is the use of only the methane flow rate which is cheap to measure and commonly measured online even at industrial scale. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 17 (2 UL) A Generalized Interaction Wake Model with Its Variation for Control in Wind FarmsPan, Lin ; Voos, Holger ; Darouach, MohamedScientific Conference (2016, July 28)Detailed reference viewed: 58 (3 UL) An Extended Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) Algorithm for Efficient Energy Consumption & Traffic Density FormulationBayar, Bilgehan; Sajadi Alamdari, Seyed Amin ; Viti, Francesco et alScientific Conference (2016, July 02)Electric transportation, one of the most promising technologies of the century, can contribute to a greener environment as it is emission-free and sustainable. Although this technology promises a clean ... [more ▼]Electric transportation, one of the most promising technologies of the century, can contribute to a greener environment as it is emission-free and sustainable. Although this technology promises a clean transportation style, it also has some drawbacks. One of the most significant one is cruising range, which needs to be addressed sustainably. The most eco-friendly solution is decreasing energy consumption by addressing driving behaviour. This can be achieved by taking the advantage of implementing an advancing vehicle automation technology which controls vehicles using a driver-assistance system such as Eco-Cruise Control (Eco-CC). Variety of systems already exist in the literature and a little known advanced version Eco-Adaptive Cruise Control (Eco-ACC) systems are developed as well. The next step of the vehicle automation is vehicle cooperation and information sharing, so-called Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC). It is already developed and tested by various researcher. However, the largest deal of existing studies focus on assessing the performance in terms of safety, possible contributions to the energy consumption is not taken into account. This study covers the extension of Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control systems while aiming to provide an energy efficient extended control algorithm to increase the energy efficiency and battery usage for electric vehicles. An energy efficient control algorithm is aimed to be derived to decrease the consumption of the vehicle. Cruising velocities and vehicle positions are received from the leading vehicles and accordingly traction force is adjusted to achieve efficient energy consumption. By providing vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communication tighter spacing gaps, lower time headway, are aimed to obtain while traffic disturbances are damped, whereas in the cases ACC applications amplify the disturbance. Traffic density formula is introduced by using V2V communication which might be useful for ADAS and ITS framework. As a result, increase in traffic stability, density, and reduction in the total energy consumption is expected. Moreover, possible reductions in air drag with tighter spacing gaps may lead reduction in energy consumption. For the energy calculations and the validation of the proposed method, vehicle dynamics and energy consumption of an electric car is formulated, which has completely different characteristics and limitations than combustion engine cars. Hence the study aims to provide additional understanding of behaviour of a fleet of CACC-equipped electric vehicles. Even though the proposed control algorithm is developed for Electric Vehicles, it can be extended to other vehicle types based on their energy consumption characteristics and vehicle dynamics. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 234 (26 UL) Control of Aerial Manipulation Vehicle in Operational SpaceKannan, Somasundar ; Quintanar Guzman, Serket ; Olivares Mendez, Miguel Angel et alScientific Conference (2016, July 01)Detailed reference viewed: 103 (11 UL) Lightweight robotic arm actuated by Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) WiresQuintanar Guzman, Serket ; Kannan, Somasundar ; Olivares Mendez, Miguel Angel et alScientific Conference (2016, July 01)Detailed reference viewed: 124 (12 UL) Impact of Different Spacing Policies for Adaptive Cruise Control on Traffic and Energy Consumption of Electric VehiclesBayar, Bilgehan; Sajadi Alamdari, Seyed Amin ; Viti, Francesco et alScientific Conference (2016, June 23)This paper assesses the impact of different spacing policies for Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) systems on traffic and environment. The largest deal of existing studies focus on assessing the performance ... [more ▼]This paper assesses the impact of different spacing policies for Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) systems on traffic and environment. The largest deal of existing studies focus on assessing the performance in terms of safety, while only few deal with the effect of ACC on the traffic flow and the environment. In particular, very little is know on traffic stability and energy consumption. In this study, the vehicles equipped with ACC are modelled and controlled by two different spacing policies. Besides, Human Driving Behavior (HDB) is modelled by using Gipps model for comparison and for simulating different penetration rates. As distinguished from other studies, vehicle dynamics and energy consumption of an electric car is formulated, which has completely different characteristics and limitations than combustion engine cars. Hence the study aims at providing additional understanding of how ACC-equipped electric vehicles will behave in dense traffic conditions. HDB and ACC vehicles are placed in a roundabout at different penetration rates. String stability and energy consumption are investigated by giving a shock wave to a stable traffic condition. It is found that ACC with quadratic spacing policy has significantly positive effects on string stability and energy consumption. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 108 (9 UL) A Modularization Approach for Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of Distributed Fast SystemsDentler, Jan Eric ; Kannan, Somasundar ; Olivares Mendez, Miguel Angel et alScientific Conference (2016, June 22)Distributed interconnected systems are omnipresent today. The development of advanced control methods for such systems are still challenging. Herein, the real-time applicability, flexibility, portability ... [more ▼]Distributed interconnected systems are omnipresent today. The development of advanced control methods for such systems are still challenging. Herein, the real-time applicability, flexibility, portability and ease of implementation are issues of the existing control solutions, especially for more advanced methods such as model predictive control. This paper is addressing these issues by presenting an efficient modular composition scheme for distributed fast nonlinear systems. The advantage of this modularization approach is the capability of changing control objectives, constraints, dynamics and system topology online while maintaining fast computation. This work analyzes the functions that have to be provided for a continuation generalized minimal residual method (CGMRES) model predictive controller based on the underlying control problem. The specific structure of these functions allows their decomposition into suitable fast modules. These modules are then used to recompose the functions which are required for the control of distributed systems in a computational efficient way, while maintaining the flexibility to dynamically exchange system parts. To validate this computational efficiency, the computation time of the proposed modular control approach is compared with a standard nonmodular implementation in a pursuit scenario of quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Furthermore the real-time applicability is discussed for the given scenario. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 121 (20 UL) Nonlinear Model Predictive Extended Eco-Cruise Control for Battery Electric VehiclesSajadi Alamdari, Seyed Amin ; Voos, Holger ; Darouach, MohamedScientific Conference (2016, June 22)Battery Electric Vehicles are becoming a promising technology for road transportation. However, the main disadvantage is the limited cruising range they can travel on a single battery charge. This paper ... [more ▼]Battery Electric Vehicles are becoming a promising technology for road transportation. However, the main disadvantage is the limited cruising range they can travel on a single battery charge. This paper presents a novel extended ecological cruise control system to increase the autonomy of an electric vehicle by using energy-efficient driving techniques. Driven velocity, acceleration profile, geometric and traffic characteristics of roads largely affect the energy consumption. An energy-efficient velocity profile should be derived based on anticipated optimal actions for future events by considering the electric vehicle dynamics, its energy consumption relations, traffic and road geometric information. A nonlinear model predictive control method with a fast numerical algorithm is adapted to determine proper velocity profile. In addition, a novel model to describe the energy consumption of a series- production electric vehicle is introduced. The hyperfunctions concept is used to model traffic and road geometry data in a new way. The proposed system is simulated on a test track scenario and obtained results reveal that the extended ecological cruise control can significantly reduce the energy consumption of an electric vehicle. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 54 (5 UL)