no code implementations • 8 Mar 2024 • Yu Xiang, Sai Haneesh Allu, Rohith Peddi, Tyler Summers, Vibhav Gogate
The task space of a robot is represented by a point cloud that can be obtained from depth sensors.
1 code implementation • 23 Feb 2024 • Kaveh Fathian, Tyler Summers
The registration problem can be formulated as a graph and solved by finding its maximum clique.
no code implementations • 21 Feb 2023 • Yitian Chen, Timothy L. Molloy, Tyler Summers, Iman Shames
We adopted the notion of dynamic regret to measure the performance of this proposed online LQR control method, with our main result being that the (dynamic) regret of our method is upper bounded by a constant.
no code implementations • 10 May 2022 • Benjamin Gravell, Iman Shames, Tyler Summers
We propose a robust data-driven output feedback control algorithm that explicitly incorporates inherent finite-sample model estimate uncertainties into the control design.
no code implementations • 1 Feb 2022 • Matilde Gargiani, Andrea Zanelli, Andrea Martinelli, Tyler Summers, John Lygeros
A numerical evaluation confirms the competitive performance of our method on classical control tasks.
1 code implementation • 5 Jan 2022 • Venkatraman Renganathan, Sleiman Safaoui, Aadi Kothari, Benjamin Gravell, Iman Shames, Tyler Summers
Robust autonomy stacks require tight integration of perception, motion planning, and control layers, but these layers often inadequately incorporate inherent perception and prediction uncertainties, either ignoring them altogether or making questionable assumptions of Gaussianity.
no code implementations • 30 Jun 2021 • Yu Xing, Benjamin Gravell, Xingkang He, Karl Henrik Johansson, Tyler Summers
An algorithm based on the least-squares method and multiple-trajectory data is proposed for joint estimation of the nominal system matrices and the covariance matrix of the multiplicative noise.
1 code implementation • 28 Nov 2020 • Benjamin Gravell, Iman Shames, Tyler Summers
We present a midpoint policy iteration algorithm to solve linear quadratic optimal control problems in both model-based and model-free settings.
1 code implementation • L4DC 2020 • Benjamin Gravell, Tyler Summers
Despite decades of research and recent progress in adaptive control and reinforcement learning, there remains a fundamental lack of understanding in designing controllers that provide robustness to inherent non-asymptotic uncertainties arising from models estimated with finite, noisy data.
1 code implementation • 16 Feb 2020 • Yu Xing, Ben Gravell, Xingkang He, Karl Henrik Johansson, Tyler Summers
The study of multiplicative noise models has a long history in control theory but is re-emerging in the context of complex networked systems and systems with learning-based control.
2 code implementations • 11 Dec 2019 • Baiwei Guo, Orcun Karaca, Tyler Summers, Maryam Kamgarpour
We then obtain performance guarantees for the forward and reverse greedy algorithms applied to the general class of matroid optimization problems by exploiting properties of the objective function such as the submodularity ratio and the curvature.
Optimization and Control
1 code implementation • 28 May 2019 • Benjamin Gravell, Yi Guo, Tyler Summers
We give algorithms for designing near-optimal sparse controllers using policy gradient with applications to control of systems corrupted by multiplicative noise, which is increasingly important in emerging complex dynamical networks.
1 code implementation • 28 May 2019 • Benjamin Gravell, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Tyler Summers
The linear quadratic regulator (LQR) problem has reemerged as an important theoretical benchmark for reinforcement learning-based control of complex dynamical systems with continuous state and action spaces.
1 code implementation • 13 Jun 2017 • Yi Guo, Kyri Baker, Emiliano Dall'Anese, Zechun Hu, Tyler Summers
We propose a data-driven method to solve a stochastic optimal power flow (OPF) problem based on limited information about forecast error distributions.
Optimization and Control Systems and Control