Marco M. Nicotra

Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 2014-2024
Publications (10 Years): 56

Top Topics

Control Strategy

Robotic Manipulator

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Top Venues

IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.

Publications

Kelly Merckaert, Bryan Convens, Marco M. Nicotra, Bram Vanderborght
Real-time constraint-based planning and control of robotic manipulators for safe human-robot collaboration. Robotics Comput. Integr. Manuf. 87 (2024)
Bryan Convens, Dominic Liao-McPherson, Kelly Merckaert, Bram Vanderborght, Marco M. Nicotra
A Terminal State Feasibility Governor for Real-Time Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Over Arbitrary Horizons. IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol. 32 (4) (2024)
Gaetano Tartaglione, Marco M. Nicotra, Roberto Naldi, Emanuele Garone
A constrained control framework for unmanned aerial vehicles based on Explicit Reference Governor. Autom. 166 (2024)
Victor Freire, Marco M. Nicotra
Using Dynamic Safety Margins as Control Barrier Functions. CoRR (2024)
Terrence Skibik, Dominic Liao-McPherson, Marco M. Nicotra
A Terminal Set Feasibility Governor for Linear Model Predictive Control. IEEE Trans. Autom. Control. 68 (8) (2023)
Jieqiu Shao, Mantas Naris, John Hauser, Marco M. Nicotra
How to solve Quantum Optimal Control Problems using Projection Operator-based Newton Steps. CoRR (2023)
Yaashia Gautam, Marco M. Nicotra
Finite-Time Computation of Polyhedral Input-Saturated Output-Admissible Sets. CoRR (2023)
Jieqiu Shao, Liang-Ying Chih, Mantas Naris, Murray Holland, Marco M. Nicotra
Application of Quantum Optimal Control to Shaken Lattice Interferometry. ACC (2023)
Terrence Skibik, Marco M. Nicotra
Analysis of Time-Distributed Model Predictive Control When Using a Regularized Primal-Dual Gradient Optimizer. IEEE Control. Syst. Lett. 7 (2023)
Yaashia Gautam, Marco M. Nicotra
Stability Analysis of Hypersampled Model Predictive Control. CoRR (2023)
Victor Freire, Marco M. Nicotra
Systematic Design of Discrete-Time Control Barrier Functions Using Maximal Output Admissible Sets. IEEE Control. Syst. Lett. 7 (2023)
Steven van Leeuwen, Terrence Skibik, Marco M. Nicotra, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, Dominic Liao-McPherson
A Nonlinear Predictive Control Strategy for Landing on an Asteroid. ACC (2022)
Jieqiu Shao, Marco M. Nicotra
A Lyapunov-based Shaking Function for a Class of Non-bilinear Quantum Systems. ACC (2022)
Dominic Liao-McPherson, Terrence Skibik, Jordan Leung, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, Marco M. Nicotra
An Analysis of Closed-Loop Stability for Linear Model Predictive Control Based on Time-Distributed Optimization. IEEE Trans. Autom. Control. 67 (5) (2022)
Terrence Skibik, Dominic Liao-McPherson, Torbjørn Cunis, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, Marco M. Nicotra
A Feasibility Governor for Enlarging the Region of Attraction of Linear Model Predictive Controllers. IEEE Trans. Autom. Control. 67 (10) (2022)
Kelly Merckaert, Bryan Convens, Chi-ju Wu, Alessandro Roncone, Marco M. Nicotra, Bram Vanderborght
Real-time motion control of robotic manipulators for safe human-robot coexistence. Robotics Comput. Integr. Manuf. 73 (2022)
Thomas L. Dearing, John Hauser, Christopher Petersen, Marco M. Nicotra, Xudong Chen
Attitude Trajectory Optimization and Momentum Conservation with Control Moment Gyroscopes. CoRR (2022)
Bryan Convens, Kelly Merckaert, Marco M. Nicotra, Bram Vanderborght
Safe, Fast, and Efficient Distributed Receding Horizon Constrained Control of Aerial Robot Swarms. IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett. 7 (2) (2022)
Jieqiu Shao, Joshua Combes, John Hauser, Marco M. Nicotra
A Projection Operator-based Newton Method for the Trajectory Optimization of Closed Quantum Systems. CoRR (2021)
Thomas L. Dearing, Xudong Chen, Marco M. Nicotra
Stabilizing Formation Systems With Nonholonomic Agents. IEEE Control. Syst. Lett. 5 (2) (2021)
Terrence Skibik, Dominic Liao-McPherson, Torbjørn Cunis, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, Marco M. Nicotra
Feasibility Governor for Linear Model Predictive Control. ACC (2021)
Daniel S. Zalkind, Marco M. Nicotra, Lucy Y. Pao
Constrained Power Reference Control for Wind Turbines. CoRR (2021)
Bryan Convens, Kelly Merckaert, Bram Vanderborght, Marco M. Nicotra
Invariant Set Distributed Explicit Reference Governors for Provably Safe On-Board Control of Nano-Quadrotor Swarms. Frontiers Robotics AI 8 (2021)
Alejandro Goldar, Raffaele Romagnoli, Luis D. Couto, Marco M. Nicotra, Michel Kinnaert, Emanuele Garone
Low-Complexity Fast Charging Strategies Based on Explicit Reference Governors for Li-Ion Battery Cells. IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol. 29 (4) (2021)
Dominic Liao-McPherson, Marco M. Nicotra, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky
Time-distributed optimization for real-time model predictive control: Stability, robustness, and constraint satisfaction. Autom. 117 (2020)
Guohui Ding, Joewie J. Koh, Kelly Merckaert, Bram Vanderborght, Marco M. Nicotra, Christoffer Heckman, Alessandro Roncone, Lijun Chen
Distributed Reinforcement Learning for Cooperative Multi-Robot Object Manipulation. AAMAS (2020)
Guohui Ding, Joewie J. Koh, Kelly Merckaert, Bram Vanderborght, Marco M. Nicotra, Christoffer Heckman, Alessandro Roncone, Lijun Chen
Distributed Reinforcement Learning for Cooperative Multi-Robot Object Manipulation. CoRR (2020)
Dominic Liao-McPherson, Terrence Skibik, Torbjørn Cunis, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, Marco M. Nicotra
A Feasibility Governor for Enlarging the Region of Attraction of Linear Model Predictive Controllers. CoRR (2020)
David J. Pasley, Marco M. Nicotra, Lucy Y. Pao, Jennifer King, Christopher J. Bay
Mobile Sensing for Wind Field Estimation in Wind Farms. ACC (2020)
Marco M. Nicotra, Dominic Liao-McPherson, Laurent Burlion, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky
Spacecraft Attitude Control With Nonconvex Constraints: An Explicit Reference Governor Approach. IEEE Trans. Autom. Control. 65 (8) (2020)
Thomas L. Dearing, Christopher D. Petersen, Marco M. Nicotra, Xudong Chen
Fuel-Balanced Formation Flight Control of Underactuated Satellites. ACC (2020)
Dominic Liao-McPherson, Marco M. Nicotra, Asen L. Dontchev, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, Vladimir M. Veliov
Sensitivity-Based Warmstarting for Nonlinear Model Predictive Control With Polyhedral State and Control Constraints. IEEE Trans. Autom. Control. 65 (10) (2020)
Marco M. Nicotra, Dominic Liao-McPherson, Laurent Burlion, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky
Spacecraft Attitude Control with Nonconvex Constraints: An Explicit Reference Governor Approach. CoRR (2019)
Asen L. Dontchev, Mike Huang, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, Marco M. Nicotra
Inexact Newton-Kantorovich Methods for Constrained Nonlinear Model Predictive Control. IEEE Trans. Autom. Control. 64 (9) (2019)
Tam Willy Nguyen, Marco M. Nicotra, Emanuele Garone
Technical Note for "A Geodesic Approach for the Control of Tethered Quadrotors". CoRR (2019)
Marco M. Nicotra, Dominic Liao-McPherson, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky
Embedding Constrained Model Predictive Control in a Continuous-Time Dynamic Feedback. IEEE Trans. Autom. Control. 64 (5) (2019)
Marco M. Nicotra, Tam Willy Nguyen, Emanuele Garone, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky
Explicit Reference Governor for the Constrained Control of Linear Time-Delay Systems. IEEE Trans. Autom. Control. 64 (7) (2019)
Asen L. Dontchev, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, Mikhail Ivanov Krastanov, Marco M. Nicotra, Vladimir M. Veliov
Lipschitz Stability in Discretized Optimal Control with Application to SQP. SIAM J. Control. Optim. 57 (1) (2019)
Dominic Liao-McPherson, Marco M. Nicotra, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky
A Semismooth Predictor Corrector Method for Suboptimal Model Predictive Control. ECC (2019)
Dominic Liao-McPherson, Marco M. Nicotra, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky
A Semismooth Predictor Corrector Method for Suboptimal Model Predictive Control. CoRR (2019)
Andres Cotorruelo, Marco M. Nicotra, Daniel Limón, Emanuele Garone
Explicit Reference Governor Toolbox (ERGT). RTSI (2018)
Kelly Merckaert, Bram Vanderborght, Marco M. Nicotra, Emanuele Garone
Constrained Control of Robotic Manipulators Using the Explicit Reference Governor. IROS (2018)
Emanuele Garone, Marco M. Nicotra, Lorenzo Ntogramatzidis
Explicit reference governor for linear systems. Int. J. Control 91 (6) (2018)
Laurent Burlion, Marco M. Nicotra, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky
A Fast Reference Governor for the Constrained Control of Linear Discrete-Time Systems with Parametric Uncertainties. CDC (2018)
Marco M. Nicotra, Dominic Liao-McPherson, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky
Dynamically Embedded Model Predictive Control. ACC (2018)
Dominic Liao-McPherson, Marco M. Nicotra, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky
A Semismooth Predictor Corrector Method for Real-Time Constrained Parametric Optimization with Applications in Model Predictive Control. CoRR (2018)
Dominic Liao-McPherson, Marco M. Nicotra, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky
A Semismooth Predictor Corrector Method for Real-Time Constrained Parametric Optimization with Applications in Model Predictive Control. CDC (2018)
Marco M. Nicotra, Roberto Naldi, Emanuele Garone
Nonlinear control of a tethered UAV: The taut cable case. Autom. 78 (2017)
Marco M. Nicotra, Dominic Liao-McPherson, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky
Embedding Constrained Model Predictive Control in a Continuous-Time Dynamic Feedback. CoRR (2017)
Raffaele Romagnoli, Luis D. Couto, Marco M. Nicotra, Michel Kinnaert, Emanuele Garone
Computationally-efficient constrained control of the state-of-charge of a Li-ion battery cell. CDC (2017)
Marco M. Nicotra, Tam Willy Nguyen, Emanuele Garone, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky
Explicit Reference Governor for the Constrained Control of Time-Delayed Linear Systems. CoRR (2017)
Marco M. Nicotra, Roberto Naldi, Emanuele Garone
Nonlinear Control of a Tethered UAV: the Taut Cable case. CoRR (2016)
Luis D. Couto, Julien Schorsch, Marco M. Nicotra, Michel Kinnaert
SOC and SOH estimation for Li-ion batteries based on an equivalent hydraulic model. Part I: SOC and surface concentration estimation. ACC (2016)
Marco M. Nicotra, Roberto Naldi, Emanuele Garone
A robust explicit reference governor for constrained control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. ACC (2016)
Marco M. Nicotra, Emanuele Garone
An Explicit Reference Governor for the robust constrained control of nonlinear systems. CDC (2016)
Emanuele Garone, Marco M. Nicotra
Explicit Reference Governor for Constrained Nonlinear Systems. IEEE Trans. Autom. Control. 61 (5) (2016)
Marco M. Nicotra, Emanuele Garone
Explicit reference governor for continuous time nonlinear systems subject to convex constraints. ACC (2015)
Marco M. Nicotra, Emanuele Garone
Control of Euler-Lagrange systems subject to constraints: An Explicit Reference Governor approach. CDC (2015)
Marco M. Nicotra, Roberto Naldi, Emanuele Garone
Sufficient conditions for the stability of a class of second order systems. Syst. Control. Lett. 84 (2015)
Marco M. Nicotra, Emanuele Garone, Roberto Naldi, Lorenzo Marconi
Nested saturation control of an UAV carrying a suspended load. ACC (2014)
S. Eeckhout, Marco M. Nicotra, Roberto Naldi, Emanuele Garone
Nonlinear control of an actuated tethered airfoil. MED (2014)
Emanuele Garone, Marco M. Nicotra
Explicit Reference Governor for Continuous Time Nonlinear Systems Subject to Convex Constraints. CoRR (2014)