Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control: Recent submissions
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Development of a Virtual Patient Generator for Simulation of Vasopressor Resuscitation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper presents a virtual patient generator (VPG) intended to be used for preclinical in silico evaluation of autonomous vasopressor administration algorithms in the setting of experimentally induced vasoplegia. Our ... -
Dynamic Control of Cardboard-Blank Picking by Using Reinforcement Learning
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Standard packaging lines with high output rates often struggle when dealing with uncertainties in the conditions of the handled materials. This paper focuses on a piece of machinery in an automatic packaging line, namely, ... -
Regret Analysis of Shrinking Horizon Model Predictive Control
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper analyzes the suboptimal implementation of shrinking horizon model predictive control (SHMPC) when a fixed number of solver iterations and a warm-start are utilized at each time-step to solve the underlying optimal ... -
Global-Position Tracking Control for Multi-Domain Bipedal Walking With Underactuation1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Accurate control of a humanoid robot's global position (i.e., its three-dimensional (3D) position in the world) is critical to the reliable execution of high-risk tasks such as avoiding collision with pedestrians in a ... -
A Distributed Layered Planning and Control Algorithm for Teams of Quadrupedal Robots: An Obstacle-Aware Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper aims to develop a distributed layered control framework for the navigation, planning, and control of multi-agent quadrupedal robots subject to environments with uncertain obstacles and various disturbances. At ... -
Adaptive Dynamic Model-Based Path Following Controller Design for an Unmanned Surface Vessel
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The effective design of a path-following controller for unmanned surface vessels (USVs) under uncertain influences induced by various factors such as environmental disturbances is a challenging task. In this study, we ... -
Trajectory Planning and Tracking Using Decoupled CBF-QPs for Safe Navigation of Quadrotors
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Control barrier function-based quadratic program (CBF-QP) provides an avenue for agile and numerically efficient obstacle avoidance algorithms. However, the CBF-QP methods may lead to lengthy detours and undesirable avoidance ... -
Design and Multi-Objective Performance Optimization of a Novel Steering Technology for Heavy Goods Vehicles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)A multi-objective optimization (MOO) approach is utilized to design a controller for a novel rear-steering technology named “Brake-Actuated Steering” (BAS). This system uses individually controlled brakes to generate ... -
Analysis, Simulation, and Experiments of Dynamics and Control of a Hydrostatic Wind Turbine Under Partial Load1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Kω2 control, also called torque control, is a popular method for maximizing wind turbine power. For hydrostatic wind turbines, torque control becomes pressure control with pc = K′ω2 because pressure is proportional to ... -
Evaluation of Fractional Proportional-Integral-Derivative and Integer Proportional-Integral-Derivative Control for a Drone-Based Cable Suspended Payload System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Arctic remote sensing is crucial for studying and preserving the vulnerable Arctic environment. Researchers use ground penetrating radars (GPRs) to understand climate change and ice properties, but maneuvering a bulky GPR ... -
Stabilization of a Rigid Body in Two Fluids With Surface Tension
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)This paper poses and solves a stabilization problem of a rigid body governed by nonlinear differential equations in two viscous incompressible fluids governed by Navier–Stokes equations (NSEs), where surface tension of the ... -
An Adaptive Sliding-Mode Observer-Based Fuzzy Proportional Integral Control Method for Temperature Control of Laser Soldering Process
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)In the process of electronic packaging, laser soldering exhibits advantages such as noncontact, minimal thermal affected zone, and rapid soldering process. Additionally, the precision of temperature control in laser soldering ... -
Multi Combustor Turbine Engine Acceleration Process Control Law Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Focusing on the collaborative fuel supply and acceleration problem of multicombustor turbine engine, a variable geometry composite regulation acceleration control law design method based on the combination of compressor ... -
Optimal Control for Thermal Management of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Stack With Koopman-Based Modeling
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This study presents a novel approach to optimal control utilizing a Koopman operator integrated with a linear quadratic regulator (LQR) to enhance the thermal management and power output efficiency of an open-cathode proton ... -
A High-Gain Observer Approach to Robust Trajectory Estimation and Tracking for a Multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Using the context of trajectory estimation and tracking for multirotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), we explore the challenges in applying high-gain observers to highly dynamic systems. The multirotor will operate in ... -
A Machine Learning Approach toward Cyber-Physical Security of Battery Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Modern battery systems exhibit a cyber-physical nature due to the extensive use of communication technologies in battery management. This makes modern cyber-physical battery systems vulnerable to cyber threats where an ... -
Anti-Windup Adaptive Look-Up Table Algorithms With Application to Data-Driven Engine Controls
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This technical brief presents anti-windup adaptation algorithms for a look-up table (LUT), widely used in data-driven engine control systems to accurately model complex features while minimizing computational demand. Engine ... -
Dynamic Mode Decomposition With Gaussian Process Regression for Control of High-Dimensional Nonlinear Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)In this work, we consider the problem of learning a reduced-order model of a high-dimensional stochastic nonlinear system with control inputs from noisy data. In particular, we develop a hybrid parametric/nonparametric ... -
Optimal Control of Material Microstructures1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)In this paper, we consider the optimal control of material microstructures. Such material microstructures are modeled by the so-called phase-field model. We study the underlying physical structure of the model and propose ... -
Localization of Upstream Obstacles by Learning From Spectra of the Koopman Operator
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Objects moving in water or stationary objects in streams create a vortex wake. An underwater robot encountering the wake created by another body experiences disturbance forces and moments. These disturbances can be associated ...