A new simulation metric to determine safe environments and controllers for systems with unknown dynamics
We consider the problem of extracting safe environments and controllers for reach-avoid
objectives for systems with known state and control spaces, but unknown dynamics. In a …
objectives for systems with known state and control spaces, but unknown dynamics. In a …
Providing Safety Assurances for Systems With Unknown Dynamics
As autonomous systems become more complex and integral in our society, the need to
accurately model and safely control these systems has increased significantly. In the past …
accurately model and safely control these systems has increased significantly. In the past …
Formal safety verification of unknown continuous-time systems: a data-driven approach
This work studies formal verification of continuous-time continuous-space systems with
unknown dynamics against safety specifications. The proposed framework is based on a …
unknown dynamics against safety specifications. The proposed framework is based on a …
Formal verification of unknown discrete-and continuous-time systems: A data-driven approach
This article is concerned with a formal verification scheme for both discrete-and continuous-
time deterministic systems with unknown mathematical models. The main target is to verify …
time deterministic systems with unknown mathematical models. The main target is to verify …
Safety verification of stochastic systems: A repetitive scenario approach
A Salamati, M Zamani - IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we develop a data-driven approach for the safety verification of stochastic
systems with unknown dynamics. First, we use a notion of barrier certificates in order to cast …
systems with unknown dynamics. First, we use a notion of barrier certificates in order to cast …
Model-free safety-critical control for robotic systems
This letter presents a framework for the safety-critical control of robotic systems, when safety
is defined on safe regions in the configuration space. To maintain safety, we synthesize a …
is defined on safe regions in the configuration space. To maintain safety, we synthesize a …
Maximal Ellipsoid Method for Guaranteed Reachability of Unknown Fully Actuated Systems
T Shafa, M Ornik - 2022 IEEE 61st Conference on Decision and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the face of an adverse event, autonomous systems may undergo abrupt changes in their
dynamics. In such an event, systems should be able to determine their continuing …
dynamics. In such an event, systems should be able to determine their continuing …
A barrier-based scenario approach to verifying safety-critical systems
We detail an approach to safety-critical verification using barrier functions. Our method
requires limited system data to verify a system's ability to keep positive a candidate barrier …
requires limited system data to verify a system's ability to keep positive a candidate barrier …
Data-driven safe controller synthesis for deterministic systems: A posteriori method with validation tests
In this work, we investigate the data-driven safe control synthesis problem for unknown
dynamic systems. We first formulate the safety synthesis problem as a robust convex …
dynamic systems. We first formulate the safety synthesis problem as a robust convex …
Experimental Evaluation and Formal Analysis of High‐Level Tasks with Dynamic Obstacle Anticipation on a Full‐Sized Autonomous Vehicle
B Johnson, F Havlak, H Kress‐Gazit… - Journal of Field …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Certifying the behavior of autonomous systems is essential to the development and
deployment of systems in safety‐critical applications. This paper presents an approach to …
deployment of systems in safety‐critical applications. This paper presents an approach to …