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Optimization of Multi-revolution Limited Power Trajectories Using Angular Independent Variable
Optimization of low-thrust trajectories is necessary in the design of space missions using electric propulsion systems. We consider the problem of...
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Optimal Space Trajectories with Multiple Coast Arcs Using Modified Equinoctial Elements
The detection of optimal trajectories with multiple coast arcs represents a significant and challenging problem of practical relevance in space...
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Optimization of Thrust-Augmented Dynamic Soaring
Dynamic soaring is a non-powered flight mode that enables to fly at no cost by gaining energy from a horizontal shear wind. This is not possible if...
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Accounting for Phase Limitations During Intense Acceleration of a Mobile Robot and Its Motion in Drift Mode
AbstractThe problem of effectively controlling the traction of an all-wheel drive wheeled robot after its sharp turn caused by the sudden appearance...
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A two-time-level model for mission and flight planning of an inhomogeneous fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles
We consider the mission and flight planning problem for an inhomogeneous fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Therein, the mission planning...
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Software System for Modeling Nanosatellites Motion Control Algorithms Using a Planar Air-Bearing Testbed
AbstractThis article describes a software system for algorithms modeling nanosatellite motion control on a laboratory facility with an aerodynamic...
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The ERC-Funded EXTREMA Project: Achieving Self-Driving Interplanetary CubeSats
In the last decade, the new space economy has underlined the importance of the space sector for public and private actors. Advances in CubeSats...
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Technology of Autonomous Take-Off and Landing for the Modern Flight and Navigation Complex of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
The technology for autonomous take-off and landing of unmanned aerial vehicles has been developed. The study aims to increase the efficiency of...
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Power-Stroke-Driven Muscle Contraction
To show that acto-myosin contraction can be propelled directly through a conformational change, we present in these lecture notes a review of a...
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Searching for Parameters of a Model with the Best Local Controllability
AbstractWe study the problem of optimal choice of model parameters with respect to any functional. Locally controllable affine systems and integral...
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Adaptive state-constrained/model-free iterative sliding mode control for aerial robot trajectory tracking
This paper develops a novel hierarchical control strategy for improving the trajectory tracking capability of aerial robots under parameter...
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Global Optimization of Continuous-Thrust Trajectories Using Evolutionary Neurocontrol
Searching optimal continuous-thrust trajectories is usually a difficult and time-consuming task. The solution quality of traditional optimal-control...
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Existence Domain for Solutions of Optimal Control Problems for Bounded-Thrust Spacecrafts
We consider several of the most common optimal-control problems for low-thrust spacecrafts. We investigate the existence of solutions for those...
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Second-order Sufficient Conditions of Strong Minimality with applications to Orbital Transfers
We present second-order Extended Sufficiency Conditions applicable without Strict Legendre Conditions and without local controllability assumption...
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Overview
Dynamic optimization emerged as a distinct field of research in the late 1950’s, to address new kinds of optimization problems, in aerospace,...
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Research on modeling and self-excited vibration mechanism in magnetic levitation-collision interface coupling system
The modeling and self-excited vibration mechanism in the magnetic levitation-collision interface coupling system are investigated. The effects of the...
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Mathematics of Interplanetary Flight
Chapter 6 is a discussion of the complex aspects of the design of the trajectory of a spacecraft and the maneuvers that direct it to its target....
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Revisiting the ODE Method for Recursive Algorithms: Fast Convergence Using Quasi Stochastic Approximation
Several decades ago, Profs. Sean Meyn and Lei Guo were postdoctoral fellows at ANU, where they shared interest in recursive algorithms. It seems...
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Longitudinal Control for Balloon-Borne Launched Solar Powered UAVs in Near-Space
Aiming to improve the pull-up control performance in the process of releasing balloon-borne solar powered UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), this paper...
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First Order Applications
Let us consider a quantity f(t) that varies with time. Its change per unit time, i.e. the quotient...