Search Results - "2018 UKACC 12th International Conference on Control (CONTROL)"

OSQP: An Operator Splitting Solver for Quadratic Programs by Stellato, Bartolomeo, Banjac, Goran, Goulart, Paul, Bemporad, Alberto, Boyd, Stephen

“…We present a general purpose solver for quadratic programs based on the alternating direction method of multipliers, employing a novel operator splitting…”
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An Open-Source System Identification Package for Multivariable Processes by Armenise, Giuseppe, Vaccari, Marco, Di Capaci, Riccardo Bacci, Pannocchia, Gabriele

“…We present in this paper an open-source System Identification Package for PYthon (SIPPY 1 ), which implements different methods to identify linear…”
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ICLOCS2: Try this Optimal Control Problem Solver Before you Try the Rest by Nie, Yuanbo, Faqir, Omar, Kerrigan, Eric C.

“…We present a comprehensive toolbox for solving nonlinear optimal control problems (OCPs) in Matlab and Simulink. The software provides a wide selection of…”
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Towards a Cooperative Robotic System for Autonomous Pipe Cutting in Nuclear Decommissioning by Burrell, Thomas, West, Craig, Monk, Stephens D., Montezeri, Allahyar, Taylor, C. James

“…A mobile camera is used to support an assisted teleoperation pipe-cutting system for nuclear decommissioning. The base system consists of dual-manipulators…”
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Design and Development of a Novel Controller for Robust Attitude Stabilisation of an Unmanned Air Vehicle for Nuclear Environments by Nemati, Hamidreza, Montazeri, Allahyar

“…This study presents two new robust nonlinear control algorithms based on the theory of time-varying sliding mode control (TVSMC) strategy to stabilize the…”
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Probabilistic Decoupling Control for Stochastic Non-Linear Systems Using EKF-Based Dynamic Set-Point Adjustment by Zhang, Qichun, Hu, Liang

“…In this paper, a novel decoupling control scheme is presented for a class of stochastic non-linear systems by estimation-based dynamic set-point adjustment…”
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Linear System Identification of Longitudinal Vehicle Dynamics Versus Nonlinear Physical Modelling by James, Sebastian, Anderson, Sean R.

“…Mathematical modelling of vehicle dynamics is essential for the development of autonomous cars. Many of the vehicle models that are used for control design in…”
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A Comparative Study of Velocity Obstacle Approaches for Multi-Agent Systems by Douthwaite, James A., Zhao, Shiyu, Mihaylova, Lyudmila S.

“…This paper presents a critical analysis of some of the most promising approaches aimed at geometrically generating reactive avoidance trajectories for…”
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Nonlinear Observer-Based Air-Fuel Ratio Control for Port Fuel Injected Wankel Engines by Chen, Anthony Siming, Herrmann, Guido, Na, Jing, Turner, Matthew, Vorraro, Giovanni, Brace, Chris

“…The use of Wankel engines has been severely limited as the emission regulations get stringent around the world since the 1970s. The fuel puddles due to port…”
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A Vision-Based Positioning System with Inverse Dead-Zone Control for Dual-Hydraulic Manipulators by West, C., Monk, S. D., Montazeri, A., Taylor, C. J.

“…The robotic platform in this study is being used for research into assisted tele-operation for common nuclear decommissioning tasks, such as remote pipe…”
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Swarm Robotics for Object Transportation by Farrugia, Jean Luc, Fabri, Simon G.

“…In this paper a system is proposed whereby a group of small and inexpensive LEGO robots cooperate autonomously to transport a relatively much larger object to…”
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The Limits of LoRaWAN in Event-Triggered Wireless Networked Control Systems by Tomic, Ivana, Bhatia, Laksh, Breza, Michael J., McCann, Julie A.

“…Wireless sensors and actuators offer benefits to large industrial control systems. The absence of wires for communication reduces the deployment cost,…”
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Three-Phase Grid-Connected Inverters Equipped with Nonlinear Current- Limiting Control by Dedeoglu, Seyfullah, Konstantopoulos, George C.

“…Voltage source inverters are essential devices to integrate renewable energy sources to the main grid and control the injection of real and reactive power. Due…”
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A Portable Low-Cost Arduino-Based Laboratory Kit for Control Education by Foulis, Christos Y, Papadopoulou, Simira

“…This abstract gives full details of a recently developed laboratory kit in the Dpt of Automation Engineering, ATEI of Thessaloniki, Greece, to serve the needs…”
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Wind Turbine Load Mitigation Using MPC with Gaussian Wind Speed Prediction by Liu, Yanhua, Patton, Ron J., Shi, Shuo

“…An important control challenge for large wind turbines is to maximize the power capture whilst at the same time mitigating against potential fatigue damage. It…”
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DroMOOC: A Massive Open Online Course on Drones and Aerial Multi Robot Systems by Bertrand, Sylvain, Marzat, Julien, Maniu, Cristina Stoica, Makarov, Maria, Filliat, David, Manzanera, Antoine

“…An important increase of the number of jobs is expected in the next few years on markets related to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Therefore educational…”
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IoT Based Energy Consumption Monitoring Platform for Industrial Processes by Gan, Shaoiun, Li, Kang, Wang, Yanxia, Cameron, Che

“…Reducing the energy consumption is a major concern faced by industries worldwide to improve the economic performance while to reduce its CO2 footprint, and…”
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Distributed Control of Energy-Storage Systems for Voltage Regulation in Distribution Network with High PV Penetration by Li, Bo, Chen, Minyou, Cheng, Tingli, Li, Ya, Arshad Shehzad Hassan, Muhammad, XU, Ruilin, Chen, Tao

“…The application of residential photovoltaics (PVs) is useful regarding mitigation of environment and eradication of energy crisis. However, hosting capacity of…”
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Alternative Method for Predictive Functional Control to Handle an Integrating Process by Abdullah, Muhammad, Rossiter, John Anthony

“…This work proposes an improved method for Predictive Functional Control (PFC) to handle an integrating process. Instead of assuming a constant future input,…”
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A Tracking Backstepping Sliding-Mode Control for Spacecraft Rendezvous with a Passive Target by Zenteno-Torres, Jazmin, Cieslak, Jerome, Henry, David, Davila, Jorge

“…This paper addresses the design of sliding-mode control (SMC) laws for a chaser spacecraft for a rendezvous mission on a circular orbit around Earth. The…”
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