Selected Publications

⚬ G. S. Lima, S. Trimpe, W. M. Bessa: Sliding Mode Control with Gaussian Process Regression for Underwater Robots, Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2020.   PDF   DOI

⚬ W. M. Bessa, S. Otto, E. Kreuzer, R. Seifried: An adaptive fuzzy sliding mode controller for uncertain underactuated mechanical systems, Journal of Vibration and Control 25(9), 1521-1535, 2019.   PDF   DOI

⚬ J. D. B. dos Santos, W. M. Bessa: Intelligent control for accurate position tracking of electrohydraulic actuators, Electronics Letters 55(2), 78-80, 2019.   PDF   DOI

⚬ W. M. Bessa, G. Brinkmann, D.-A. Duecker, E. Kreuzer, E. Solowjow: A Biologically Inspired Framework for the Intelligent Control of Mechatronic Systems and its Application to a Micro Diving Agent, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, v. 2018, Article ID 9648126, 2018.   PDF   DOI

⚬ G. Brinkmann, W. M. Bessa, D.-A. Duecker, E. Kreuzer, E. Solowjow: Reinforcement Learning of Depth Stabilization with a Micro Diving Agent, ICRA 2018 - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Brisbane, May 21-25, 2018.   PDF   DOI

⚬ W. M. Bessa, E. Kreuzer, J. Lange, M.-A. Pick, E. Solowjow: Design and Adaptive Depth Control of a Micro Diving Agent. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2(4) 1871-1877, 2017.   PDF   DOI

⚬ W. M. Bessa, A. S. de Paula, M. A. Savi: Adaptive fuzzy sliding mode control of a chaotic pendulum with noisy signals. Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik 94(3) 256-263, 2014.   PDF   DOI

⚬ A. S. de Paula ; M. V. S. dos Santos, M. A. Savi, W. M. Bessa: Controlling a Shape Memory Alloy Two-Bar Truss Using Delayed Feedback Method. International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, p. 1440032, 2014.   PDF   DOI

⚬ W. M. Bessa, A. S. de Paula, M. A. Savi: Adaptive fuzzy sliding mode control of smart structures. The European Physical Journal. Special Topics 222, 1541-1551, 2013.   PDF   DOI

⚬ W. M. Bessa, M. S. Dutra, E. Kreuzer: Dynamic Positioning of Underwater Robotic Vehicles with Thruster Dynamics Compensation. International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems 10(9), 2013.   PDF   DOI

⚬ M. C. Tanaka, J. M. M. Fernandes, W. M. Bessa: Feedback Linearization with Fuzzy Compensation for Uncertain Nonlinear Systems. International Journal of Computers, Communications & Control 8(5) 736-743, 2013.   PDF

⚬ W. M. Bessa, A. S. de Paula, M. A. Savi: Sliding mode control with adaptive fuzzy dead-zone compensation for uncertain chaotic systems. Nonlinear Dynamics 70(3) 1989-2001, 2012.   PDF   DOI

⚬ W. M. Bessa, R. S. S. Barrêto: Adaptive fuzzy sliding mode control of uncertain nonlinear systems. Controle & Automação 21(2) 117-126, 2010.   PDF   DOI

⚬ W. M. Bessa, M. S. Dutra, E. Kreuzer: An adaptive fuzzy sliding mode controller for remotely operated underwater vehicles. Robotics and Autonomous Systems 58(1) 16-26, 2010.   PDF   DOI

⚬ W. M. Bessa, M. S. Dutra, E. Kreuzer: Sliding Mode Control with Adaptive Fuzzy Dead-Zone Compensation of an Electro-hydraulic Servo-System. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems 58, 3-16, 2010.   PDF   DOI

⚬ W. M. Bessa, M. S. Dutra, E. Kreuzer: An adaptive fuzzy dead-zone compensation scheme and its application to electro-hydraulic systems. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering 32(1) 1-7, 2010.   PDF   DOI

⚬ W. M. Bessa: Some remarks on the boundedness and convergence properties of smooth sliding mode controllers. International Journal of Automation and Computing 6(2) 154-158, 2009.   PDF   DOI

⚬ W. M. Bessa, A. S. de Paula, M. A. Savi: Chaos control using an adaptive fuzzy sliding mode controller with application to a nonlinear pendulum. Chaos Solitons & Fractals 42(2) 784-791, 2009.   PDF   DOI

⚬ W. M. Bessa, M. S. Dutra, E. Kreuzer: Depth control of remotely operated underwater vehicles using an adaptive fuzzy sliding mode controller. Robotics and Autonomous Systems 56(8) 670-677, 2008.   PDF   DOI



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