Networked Control Systems (NCSs):
Networked Control System belongs to a class of sampled-data systems where a shared real-time communication network connects sensor, controller and an actuator. The advantages of using an NCS in terms of reduced wiring, increased configurability, seamless connectivity with data acquisition and monitoring systems etc. over conventional feedback control system. The main challenges in an NCS are network constraints/imperfections such as:
Random packet drop
Constant/time varying communication delays
Quantization
Varying sampling interval
by the underlying network. In addition to degrading performance, these can also result in closed loop system instability.
Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs):
A group of two or more consecutive CAVs which travel at the same speed with a short inter-vehicular distance is called a vehicle platoon system. The first vehicle in the fleet also known as platoon leader, usually dictates the platoon speed, which is then imposed to the other vehicles in the string, denoted as followers, through control systems. The organization of CAVs in platoons offers several benefits in highway driving scenarios such as road safety, highway utility and fuel economy.
The vehicles exchange their information with the neighbors using wireless communication systems like vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) to maintain the cooperative motion of vehicles in a platoon.
Ongoing Projects as Investigator:
Project’s title: Robust Control of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles; Project’s funding agency: Seed-Grant IIT Mandi.
Project’s title: Data-Driven Cloud-based Control of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles; Project’s funding agency: MoE-Scheme for Transformational and Advanced Research in Sciences (STARS), MoE, MHRD, Govt. of India.
Approved Project as Investigator:
Project’s title: Data-Driven, Resource-aware, Reliable, and Secured Intelligent Control of Connected and Autonomous Robot Systems; Project’s funding agency: DST-RSF, Govt. of India.
Supervision
PhD Students:
Aswin V. J. , Distributed Robust Control of Connected & Autonomous Vehicles, 2023-Present.
Saikat Mukherjee, Stability & Performance Analysis of Networked Control Systems, 2024-Present.
Divyam, Distributed Observer-based Control of Multi-agent Systems, 2024-Present.
Hareesh Bondugula, Optimal Control of Connected Autonomous Systems, 2024-Present.
Postgraduate Students (M.Tech (R)):
Vipul Grover, Estimation of SoC for Battery Management System in Electric Vehicles, 2023-2024
Isha Choudhary, Distributed PID Control of Connected & Autonomous Vehicles, 2023-Present.
Imran Ali, Adaptive Control of Connected Autonomous Robot systems, 2023-Present.
Navkirti, Powertrain Estimation and Control of Electric Vehicles , 2023-Present.
Bhargab Protim Ligira, Stability Analysis of Switched Systems, 2024-Present.
Swara Sharma, Performance Analysis of Connected & Autonomous Vehicles under Digital Twin Framework.
Achyut Kaushal, Formation Control of Multi-agent Systems, 2024-Present.
Tejender Thakur, Control of Cyber-physical Systems, 2024-Prtesent.
Abhay Thakur, Data-driven Control of Connected Autonomous Systems, 2024-Present.