Prof. Dr. Wallace M. Bessa
Wallace Moreira Bessa is Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte and Research Fellow of the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). He also serves as Associate Editor of Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (Springer) and as Member of the Committee for Dynamics of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (ABCM). He graduated at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, earned his master degree at the Brazilian Military Institute of Engineering, and received his doctoral degree at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. From 2015 to 2017, he was a CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellow at the Institute of Mechanics and Ocean Engineering of the Hamburg University of Technology. His research interests include control theory, intelligent systems, robotics, mechatronics and nonlinear dynamics.
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
⚬ W. M. Bessa: Sliding mode control of dynamical systems subject to dead-zone inputs with application to the dynamic positioning of remotely operated vehicles. Doctoral thesis (in Portuguese), 2005. PDF
⚬ W. M. Bessa: Moving loads over structures by means of a multidisciplinary modeling approach. Master thesis (in Portuguese), 2000. PDF
Invited Talks:
⚬ "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: TRICK OR THREAT?"
26/11/2019, VI Conference on Psycobiology (Natal, Brazil)
⚬ "A FRAMEWORK FOR THE INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS"
18/07/2017 at Universität Hamburg , Workshop der AG Dynamische Systeme
⚬ "INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF UNCERTAIN UNDERACTUATED MECHANICAL SYSTEMS"
01/12/2016 at Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (Tübingen)
12/07/2016 at Multiscale Methods for Interface Coupling - Leibniz Universität Hannover
07/06/2016 at Institut für Technische und Numerische Mechanik - Universität Stuttgart
02/06/2016 at Institut für Technische Mechanik - Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
01/06/2016 at Dynamics and Vibrations Group - Technische Universität Darmstadt
23/05/2016 at Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Mechanik - Technische Universität München
27/04/2016 at Institut für Mechanik - Technische Universität Berlin
02/12/2015 at Institut für Mechanik und Meerestechnik- Technische Universität Hamburg
⚬ "CONTROLE INTELIGENTE DE SISTEMAS MECÂNICOS NÃO LINEARES"
27/03/2015 at MECANON - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
⚬ "CONTROLE NÃO-LINEAR NO DESENVOLVIMENTO DE SISTEMAS MECÂNICOS INTELIGENTES"
13/01/2014 at LNCC - Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica
⚬ "INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF NONLINEAR MECHANICAL SYSTEM"
19/06/2013 at Institut für Mechanik und Meerestechnik- Technische Universität Hamburg
⚬ "NICHTLINEARE REGELUNG VON MECHANISCHEN SYSTEMEN"
11/04/2011 at Institut für Mechanik und Meerestechnik- Technische Universität Hamburg
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Wallace Moreira Bessa
Laboratório de Manufatura
Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Av. Sen. Salgado Filho 3000, Campus Lagoa Nova
CEP 59078-970, Natal - RN, Brasil
E-mail: wmbessa@ct.ufrn.br
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