Research Topics

Autonomous Robotics Vehicles

**Motion planning, guidance, navigation and control of single and multiple autonomous robotic vehicles, Localization, SLAM, Vision-based control, Cooperative control.**

Publications on Autonomous Robotics Vehicles

Energy-Optimal Motion Planning for Multiple Robotic Vehicles With Collision Avoidance

Hausler, AJ; Saccon, A; Aguiar, AP ; Hauser, J; Pascoal, AM IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY ID Authenticus: P-00G-VTR DOI: 10.1109/tcst.2015.2475399 […]

Range-Based Underwater Vehicle Localization in the Presence of Unknown Ocean Currents: Theory and Experiments

Bayat, M; Crasta, N; Aguiar A., P; Pascoal A., M IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY ID Authenticus: P-00G-MT2 DOI: 10.1109/tcst.2015.2420636 Abstract: This […]

Towards 3-D Distributed Odor Source Localization: An Extended Graph-Based Formation Control Algorithm for Plume Tracking

Soares, JM; Marjovi, A; Giezendanner, J; Kodiyan, A; Aguiar, AP; Pascoal, AM; Martinoli, A 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent […]

An Algorithm for Formation-Based Chemical Plume Tracing Using Robotic Marine Vehicles

Soares, JM ; Aguiar, AP; Pascoal, AM; Martinoli, A OCEANS 2016 MTS/IEEE Monterey, OCE 2016 ID Authenticus: P-00M-PRN DOI: 10.1109/oceans.2016.7761119 Abstract: Robotic chemical […]

A Moving Path Following Approach for Trajectory Optimization of UAVs: An application for target tracking of marine vehicles

Rucco, A (Autor) (Outra); Aguiar, AP (Autor) (FEUP); Fernando Lobo Pereira (Autor) (FEUP); João Tasso Sousa 2016 European Control Conference, […]

Nonlinear Control and Estimation

**Limits of performance, Multiple-model adaptive estimators, Minimum-energy estimators, Nonlinear observers.**

Publications on Nonlinear Control and Estimation

Moving path following control of constrained underactuated vehicles: A nonlinear Model Predictive Control Approach

R. Praveen Jain; Andrea Alessandretti ; António Pedro Aguiar; João Borges de Sousa. AIAA Information Systems-AIAA Infotech at Aerospace, 2018 […]

Finite-dimensional Control of Linear Discrete-time Fractional-order Systems

Alessandretti, A; Pequito, S; Pappas, GJ; Aguiar, AP. AUTOMATICA ID Authenticus: P-00R-QFV DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2019.108512 Abstract: This paper addresses the design of finite-dimensional feedback […]

Distributed MPC control of a Water Delivery Canal based on D-ADMM

João P. Belfo; João M. Lemos ; António Pedro Aguiar 2020 28th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED) ID […]

Optimization-Based and Optimal Control

**Model predictive control, Economic Optimization, Convergence and performance certification, Optimal control and motion planning.**

Publications on Optimization-Based and Optimal Control

The Robust Minimal Controllability Problem

Pequito, S; Ramos, G; Kar, S; Aguiar, AP; Ramos, J AUTOMATICA ID Authenticus: P-00M-TXZ DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2017.04.053 Abstract: In this paper, we address the […]

Input-to-State-Stability Approach to Economic Optimization in Model Predictive Control

Alessandretti, A; Aguiar, AP; Jones, CN IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control ID Authenticus: P-00N-697 DOI: 10.1109/tac.2017.2700388 Abstract: This paper presents a model predictive […]

Composability and Controllability of Structural Linear Time-invariant Systems: Distributed Verification

Carvalho, JF; Pequito, S; Aguiar, AP; Kar, S; Johansson, KH AUTOMATICA ID Authenticus: P-00M-E6Z DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2016.12.016 Abstract: Motivated by the development and deployment […]

A Design Method for Distributed Luenberger Observers

Rego, FFC; Aguiar, AP; Pascoal, AM; Jones, CN 2017 IEEE 56TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON DECISION AND CONTROL (CDC) ID Authenticus: P-00N-MR9 […]

Large-Scale Distributed Systems

**Structural systems, Structural observability and controllability, Structural Input/Output and Control Configuration Selection.**

Publications on Large-Scale Distributed Systems

Publications on Machine Learning-Based Systems

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