New Trends in Fuzzy Control System Applications in Complex Industrial Processes and Energy Systems

A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Process Control and Monitoring".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 1113

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School of Mathematics, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
Interests: nonlinear control; fuzzy intelligent control; underactuated system

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Institute of Machine Intelligence, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
Interests: distributed control; adaptive control; robotics
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Institute of Machine Intelligence, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
Interests: table tennis robot; motion control; image processing

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Dear Colleagues,

With the growing complexity of modern industrial processes and energy systems, fuzzy control systems and intelligent control methods have become essential tools for addressing nonlinearities, disturbances, and time delays. By combining fuzzy logic, neural networks (NNs), and iterative learning control (ILC), these approaches enable innovative control strategies that significantly improve performance, stability, and energy efficiency across diverse applications. This Special Issue aims to gather pioneering research on both theoretical developments and practical implementations of these advanced control techniques, pushing the frontiers of intelligent control design in complex systems.

This Special Issue on “New Trends in Fuzzy Control System Applications in Complex Industrial Processes and Energy Systems” seeks high quality research focusing on the latest novel advances fuzzy/NN/ILC intelligent control and other nonlinear control methods for both theoretical analysis and practical applications. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Intelligent control for nonlinear systems with time delay, disturbances, and a predetermined performance index for energy saving; 
  • Finite time/fixed time fuzzy control/NN control/ ILC/ model-free control design for the motion control  of several different types of robotics, such as USV, AUV, UAV, WMR, Table Tennis Robot, Inspection robot, and so on;
  • Distributed control/formation control/leader–follower tracking control design with fuzzy rule for nonlinear systems;
  • New LLM/video data/image processing technology, algorithm design, applications and modeling.

Prof. Dr. Hua Chen
Dr. Gang Wang
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Dr. Yunfeng Ji
Guest Editor Assistant

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Keywords

  • fuzzy control
  • nonlinear systems
  • robot
  • USV
  • time delay
  • predetermined performance index
  • LLM
  • video data
  • algorithms

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Intelligent Model-Free Control for Power Line Inspection Robots: Tackling Input Time Delays with Data-Driven Solutions
by Nan Zhang, Jingyi Su, Jiahui Huang, Xinyuan Long and Hua Chen
Processes 2024, 12(11), 2430; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12112430 - 4 Nov 2024
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This article presents an innovative approach to model-free adaptive control designed for power line inspection robots facing challenges with input time delays. The strategy begins by employing a compact-form dynamic linearization technique to transform the original system into a data-driven model. Subsequently, utilizing [...] Read more.
This article presents an innovative approach to model-free adaptive control designed for power line inspection robots facing challenges with input time delays. The strategy begins by employing a compact-form dynamic linearization technique to transform the original system into a data-driven model. Subsequently, utilizing real-time input and output information, the system’s pseudo-partial derivatives are assessed online. Leveraging these assessment parameters, a weighted one-step prediction control mechanism is designed, and a compact-form dynamic linearization model-free adaptive control framework is established. Moreover, the research incorporates compression mapping to thoroughly confirm the convergence of the algorithm, thereby ensuring its stability. Ultimately, the effectiveness and practicality of this control method are substantiated through a series of simulation experiments, demonstrating its robust performance. Full article
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