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Data-Efficient Model Learning for Control with Jacobian-Regularized Dynamic-Mode Decomposition}
Brian E. Jackson, Jeong Hun Lee, Kevin Tracy +1
We present a data-efficient algorithm for learning models for model-predictive control (MPC). Our approach, Jacobian-Regularized Dynamic-Mode Decomposition (JDMD), offers improved…
DiffPills: Differentiable Collision Detection for Capsules and Padded Polygons
Kevin Tracy, Taylor A. Howell, Zachary Manchester
Collision detection plays an important role in simulation, control, and learning for robotic systems. However, no existing method is differentiable with respect to the configuratio…
Practical limits on Nanosatellite Telescope Pointing: The Impact of Disturbances and Photon Noise
Ewan S. Douglas, Kevin Tracy, Zachary Manchester
Accurate and stable spacecraft pointing is a requirement of many astronomical observations. Pointing particularly challenges nanosatellites because of an unfavorable surface area t…
Stability of a Light Sail Riding on a Laser Beam
Zachary Manchester, Abraham Loeb
The stability of a light sail riding on a laser beam is analyzed both analytically and numerically. Conical sails on Gaussian beams, which have been studied in the past, are shown…