The control barrier function (CBF) has become a fundamental tool in safety-critical systems design since its invention. Typically, the quadratic optimization framework is employed to accommodate CBFs, control Lyapunov...
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The demand on healthcare is growing as a result of the expanding global population, rising demands for successful treatment, and an underlying improvement in life quality. Consequently, healthcare remains one of the m...
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Recent developments in the capabilities of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have made them suitable for use in various industrial settings. Their ability to access difficult and remote locations, as well as providing r...
Recent developments in the capabilities of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have made them suitable for use in various industrial settings. Their ability to access difficult and remote locations, as well as providing remote manipulation and visual inspection capabilities, make them valuable for various industrial applications. However, operating UAVs can be challenging, particularly in cluttered environments. This research aims to enhance the teleoperation experience by providing human-meaningful information on the remote user interface, thereby improving the operator’s situational awareness. Shared autonomy routines utilizing the previously collected information are also developed to further assist the operator with challenging control tasks. The proposed system has been tested in simulated environments and on actual hardware.
Autonomous drone racing is becoming an excellent platform to challenge quadrotors' autonomy techniques including planning, navigation and control technologies. However, most research on this topic mainly focuses o...
Autonomous drone racing is becoming an excellent platform to challenge quadrotors' autonomy techniques including planning, navigation and control technologies. However, most research on this topic mainly focuses on single drone scenarios. In this paper, we describe a novel time-optimal trajectory generation method for generating time-optimal trajectories for a swarm of quadrotors to fly through pre-defined waypoints with their maximum maneuverability without collision. We verify the method in the Gazebo simulations where a swarm of 5 quadrotors can fly through a complex 6-waypoint racing track in a $35m\times 35m$ space with a top speed of 14m/s. Flight tests are performed on two quadrotors passing through 3 waypoints in a $4m\times 2m$ flight arena to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed method in the real world. Both simulations and real-world flight tests show that the proposed method can generate the optimal aggressive trajectories for a swarm of autonomous racing drones. The method can also be easily transferred to other types of robot swarms.
Central pattern generators(CPGs)have been widely applied in robot motion control for the spontaneous output of coherent periodic ***,the underlying CPG network exhibits good convergence performance only within a certa...
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Central pattern generators(CPGs)have been widely applied in robot motion control for the spontaneous output of coherent periodic ***,the underlying CPG network exhibits good convergence performance only within a certain range of parameter spaces,and the coupling of oscillators affects the network output accuracy in complex topological ***,CPGs may diverge when parameters change drastically,and the divergence is irreversible,which is catastrophic for the control of robot ***,normalized asymmetric CPGs(NA-CPGs)that normalize the amplitude parameters of Hopf-based CPGs and add a constraint function and a frequency regulation mechanism are ***-CPGs can realize parameter decoupling,precise amplitude output,and stable and rapid convergence,as well as asymmetric output ***,it can effectively cope with large parameter changes to avoid network oscillations and *** optimize the parameters of the NA-CPG model,a reinforcement-learning-based online optimization method is further ***,a biomimetic robotic fish is illustrated to realize the whole optimization *** demonstrated that the designed NA-CPGs exhibit stable,secure,and accurate network outputs,and the proposed optimization method effectively improves the swimming speed and reduces the lateral swing of the multijoint robotic fish by 6.7%and 41.7%,*** proposed approach provides a significant improvement in CPG research and can be widely employed in the field of robot motion control.
Smart control of window is a means of effectively reducing concentrations of indoor PM2.5 (particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 μm) in naturally ventilated residential buildings without air...
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This paper proposes a novel global path smoothing approach based on policy gradient parameter optimization. Firstly, an algorithm is introduced to sample path points suitable for computer processing on grid maps, resu...
This paper proposes a novel global path smoothing approach based on policy gradient parameter optimization. Firstly, an algorithm is introduced to sample path points suitable for computer processing on grid maps, resulting in a discrete set of sampled points defining the path. Secondly, a path smoothing strategy is designed by resorting to differential iteration. The smoothing parameters are optimized and trained with a policy gradient which allows the coordinates of each path point to converge to a state where a smooth optimized trajectory can be generated. Finally, the simulation and experimental results indicate the smooth output of continuous achievable paths can be obtained on the basis of discrete paths of rasterized maps for the quadrotor UAV.
This paper provides a collision avoidance perspective to maritime autonomy, in the shift towards Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS). In particular, the paper presents the developments related to the Greenhopper,...
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In this paper, we investigate the trajectory tracking control problem for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) with time-varying external disturbances of currents and waves in the sea. To solve the problem, a fixed-t...
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This paper addresses the quandary that autonomous vehicles may encounter in blocked scenarios, and proposes a novel framework of translation from natural language to Signal Temporal Logic specifications based on Large...
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(数字)9798350370058
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(纸本)9798350370164
This paper addresses the quandary that autonomous vehicles may encounter in blocked scenarios, and proposes a novel framework of translation from natural language to Signal Temporal Logic specifications based on Large Language Model, which helps autonomous vehicles navigate out of blocked scenarios through path planning. We utilize the profound capability of reasoning and planning of GPT-3.5, design a set of predicate functions and formulate the prompts in order to generate accurate Signal Temporal Logic specifications describing driving tasks. The feasibility of the proposed framework is demonstrated via a numerical experiment.
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