Nonlinear Control in Robotics

Dear Colleagues,

Robot controllers are a key component in any robotic system, and a robot’s behavior, precision, repeatability, stability, etc., depends on the controller’s properties. PID controllers are probably the most extended approach for implementing these controllers. However, nowadays different controllers with different dynamic properties are being used for robot control and guidance, which allows robots to perform better. 

This Special Issue on “Nonlinear Control in Robotics”, part of the Electronics MDPI Journal, offers a framework for the presentation of scientific research that brings together interesting and relevant contributions in the field of nonlinear controllers applied in robotics. Therefore, this Special Issue is focused on new approaches for nonlinear control in robotic systems (manipulators, mobile robotics, drones, UAV, humanoid robots, space robotics, etc.). These new approaches include but are not limited to the following: 

• Motion control;

• Force control;

• Visual serving;Neural networks in robot control;

• Intelligent control in robotics;

• Deep learning and machine learning;

• Optimal control in robotics;

• Adaptive and robust control in robotics;

• Model-based control design for robotic systems;

• Modeling and simulation of robotic systems;

• Nonlinear controllers in field robotics.

Prof. Dr. Jorge Pomares
Guest Editor

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