We perform foundational research in dynamics and control, developing new and improved methodologies for designing and modeling mechanical and mechatronical systems and their controllers. Our work is based on a mathematical understanding of the underlying principles, and we rely heavily on optimization-based techniques, especially for optimal control and estimation as well as system design. We leverage and research modern machine-learning methods to accelerate existing and unlock new applications. Our applications, realized both in our laboratory and with industry and international academic partners, focus on robotics and machine autonomy.
Research areas
- dynamics
- control
- optimal control
- model predictive control
- multibody system dynamics
- artificially intelligent
- design assistants
- moving horizon estimation
- robotics
- mobile robotics
Infrastructure
Mobile robotics laboratory
Group leader
Henrik Ebel
Partners
We work with many local and international partners. Major international academic partners, e.g., with reciprocal research visits, joint projects and/or regular joint publications include:
- Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Prof. E.h. Peter Eberhard), University of Stuttgart, Germany
- Optimization-based Control (Prof. Dr. Karl Worthmann), University of Ilmenau, Germany
Further, within LUT, five doctoral students from thematically closely associated research areas are co-supervised by the head of the Dynamics and Control research group, where key collaborators include the Laboratories for Sustainable Mechatronics, located on our Lahti campus, as well as the Laboratories for Machine Dynamics, Machine Design, and Intelligent Mechatronics on the Lappeenranta campus. Conversely, we collaborate closely with the Laboratory of Control Engineering and Digital Systems from LUT's Department of Electrical Engineering, working with Prof. Pedro Nardelli on the joint future of communications and control.
Group members
