Rudy Negenborn Full Professor Main Publications Team & Themes Education Resume

Science in pictures To the point: Closed-loop scheduling and control of waterborne AGVs for energy-efficient Inter Terminal Transport "We propose closed-loop energy-efficient scheduling and control of an autonomous Inter Terminal Transport (ITT) system using waterborne Autonomous Guided Vessels (waterborne AGVs). A novel pick-up and delivery problem considering safe intervals between berthing time slots of different waterborne AGVs is proposed. Waterborne AGVs are controlled in a cooperative distributed way to carry out assigned ..." [More...] Closed-loop scheduling and control of waterborne AGVs for energy-efficient Inter Terminal Transport. H. Zheng, R.R. Negenborn, G. Lodewijks. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, vol. 105, pp. 261-278, September 2017.    Coordination of multiple vessels via distributed nonlinear model predictive control "This work presents a method for multi-robot trajectory planning and coordination based on nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC). In contrast to centralized approaches, we consider the distributed case where each robot has an on-board computation unit to solve a local NMPC problem and can communicate with other robots in its neighborhood. We show that, thanks to tailored interactions (i.e., int..." [More...] Coordination of multiple vessels via distributed nonlinear model predictive control. L. Ferranti, R.R. Negenborn, T. Keviczky, J. Alonso-Mora. In Proceedings of the 17th European Control Conference (ECC 2018), Limassol, Cyprus, pp. 2523-2528, June 2018.    Coordination of multiple vessels via distributed nonlinear model predictive control "This work presents a method for multi-robot trajectory planning and coordination based on nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC). In contrast to centralized approaches, we consider the distributed case where each robot has an on-board computation unit to solve a local NMPC problem and can communicate with other robots in its neighborhood. We show that, thanks to tailored interactions (i.e., int..." [More...] Coordination of multiple vessels via distributed nonlinear model predictive control. L. Ferranti, R.R. Negenborn, T. Keviczky, J. Alonso-Mora. In Proceedings of the 17th European Control Conference (ECC 2018), Limassol, Cyprus, pp. 2523-2528, June 2018.    Predictive path following with arrival time awareness for waterborne AGVs "Large ports are seeking innovative logistical ways to improve their competitiveness worldwide. This article proposes waterborne AGVs, inspired by conventional AGVs and Autonomous Surface Vessels, for transport over water. A predictive path following with arrival time awareness controller is proposed for such waterborne AGVs. The controller is able to achieve smooth tracking and energy efficiency w..." [More...] Predictive path following with arrival time awareness for waterborne AGVs. H. Zheng, R.R. Negenborn, G. Lodewijks. Transportation Research Part C, vol. 70, pp. 214-237, September 2016.    Coordination of multiple vessels via distributed nonlinear model predictive control "This work presents a method for multi-robot trajectory planning and coordination based on nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC). In contrast to centralized approaches, we consider the distributed case where each robot has an on-board computation unit to solve a local NMPC problem and can communicate with other robots in its neighborhood. We show that, thanks to tailored interactions (i.e., int..." [More...] Coordination of multiple vessels via distributed nonlinear model predictive control. L. Ferranti, R.R. Negenborn, T. Keviczky, J. Alonso-Mora. In Proceedings of the 17th European Control Conference (ECC 2018), Limassol, Cyprus, pp. 2523-2528, June 2018.    Multi-area predictive control for combined electricity and natural gas systems "The optimal operation of an integrated electricity and natural gas system is investigated. The couplings between these two systems are modeled by energy hubs, which serve as interface between the loads and the transmission infrastructures. Previously, we have applied a distributed control scheme to a static three-hub benchmark system. In this paper, we propose an extension of this distributed cont..." [More...] Multi-area predictive control for combined electricity and natural gas systems. M. Arnold, R.R. Negenborn, G. Andersson, B. De Schutter. In Proceedings of the European Control Conference 2009 (ECC'09), Budapest, Hungary, pp. 1408-1413, August 2009.    Even more to the point: