Robust Safety-critical Control Theory - Application And Experiments

Practical tools and techniques to achieve objectives in safety-critical controlthis book offers a systematic framework for the safety-critical control of nonlinear uncertain systems, with key contributions such as the development of novel small-gain synthesis and feasible-set reshaping techniques to address interactions between the nominal controlled system and dynamic uncertainties. Incorporating recent advancements in the field, this book showcases the strengths of the proposed framework by tackling key theoretical challenges in safety-critical control across multiple benchmark systems. It further highlights the real-world impact of the developed methods and algorithms through practical applications involving vehicles, quadrotors, and robotic manipulators. All results are supported by laboratory experiments with clear explanations. Written by a team of highly qualified authors, robust safety-critical control includes: insights into the challenges of designing controllers that maintain safety while achieving desired objectives, in the presence of uncertainties, nonlinear dynamics, and multiple constraints,a mathematical foundation for robust safety-critical control, presented in the appendices covering quadratic optimization, lyapunov stability theory, input-to-state stability, and the nonlinear small-gain theorem,chapter-by-chapter problem formulations and detailed, rigorous developments of the theory and methods, guiding the reader through the process of addressing the...

Practical tools and techniques to achieve objectives in safety-critical controlthis book offers a systematic framework for the safety-critical control of nonlinear uncertain systems, with key