Sarah Spurgeon
Professor of Control Engineering
Researches robust and sliding-mode control and directs the UCL Robotics Institute.
Sarah Spurgeon's lab at UCL works on planning, control & multi-robot systems. 36 papers since 2023, 1 at top venues, mostly CDC and IFAC.
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 9/ year
- at T1 venues
- 3%
- PhD students
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- MS students
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- alumni listed
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Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 10 papers2026 · T1 0 · collecting
- 9 papers2025 · T1 0
- 7 papers2024 · T1 0
- 10 papers2023 · T1 1
T1 venuesOtherVenues: CDC, IFAC, RA-L, TAC
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Planning, control & multi-robot systems32 papers
- robust3 papers
- robotics institute0 papers
- directs0 papers
- electrical engineering0 papers
Paper list
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202610 papers
- International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear ControlA Novel Dynamic Observer Based Decentralized Sliding Mode Control for Nonlinear Interconnected Systems With Uncertainties (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Systems JournalAdaptive Integral Action-Based Sliding Mode Output Trajectory Regulation in Large-Scale Systems With Unmodeled Coupling Topologies (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of the Franklin InstituteDecentralised sliding mode control for safety-critical speed tracking of under-actuated high-speed trains under uncertainties (opens in a new tab)
- International Journal of Systems ScienceDecentralised static output feedback tracking control for nonlinear interconnected systems using sliding mode techniques (opens in a new tab)
- Encyclopedia of Systems and Control EngineeringDecentralized Control Theory and Applications
- CDCDistributed Finite-Horizon Optimal Control for Consensus with Differential Privacy Guarantees (opens in a new tab)
- Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and ControlDynamic output feedback adaptive integral sliding mode predictive control based on a dual-loop Kalman filter (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Transactions on Transportation ElectrificationHigh-Agility Manoeuvring in Distributed-Drive Electric Vehicles via a Hierarchical Framework (opens in a new tab)
- IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and InformationModel-free adaptive integral sliding mode predictive control for nonlinear time-delay processes (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and EngineeringStability Guaranteed Integrated Control for a Class of Switched Large-Scale Systems with Sudden Actuator Failures (opens in a new tab)
20259 papers
- IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and EngineeringActuator fault estimation for a class of Euler-Lagrange Systems using Super-twisting Observers (opens in a new tab)
- IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and InformationDecentralized static output feedback sliding mode control for a class of nonlinear interconnected systems (opens in a new tab)
- Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and ControlDecentralized static output feedback sliding mode control for a class of nonlinear interconnected systems in the generalized regular form (opens in a new tab)
- Control Engineering PracticeDistributed model-free adaptive control for output-coupled interconnected processes (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and EngineeringDistributed Robust Model Predictive Control for Partial Output Consensus of Multi-rate Chain Interconnected Processes (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial ElectronicsModel-Free Adaptive State Feedback Control for General Nonlinear Systems With Time-Delay (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of Process ControlOutput consensus for interconnected systems via the internal model principle and a model predictive control based strategy (opens in a new tab)
- ECCSafe Control of Autonomous Vehicles in Overtaking Maneuvers Using Game-Theoretic Learning-Based Predictive Controller (opens in a new tab)
- ISA TransactionsStatic output feedback based distributed robust model predictive control for parallel systems in process networks (opens in a new tab)
20247 papers
- Journal of the Franklin InstituteData-driven integral sliding mode predictive control with optimal disturbance observer (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of Process ControlDistributed partial output consensus optimization for constrained chain interconnected systems (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS MAGAZINEEighth IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications
- Control Engineering PracticeModel-free adaptive tensor product control for a class of nonlinear systems (opens in a new tab)
- Control Engineering PracticeOutput consensus for interconnected heterogeneous systems via a combined model predictive control and integral sliding mode control with application to CSTRs (opens in a new tab)
- IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and InformationOutput feedback distributed economic model predictive control for parallel system in process networks (opens in a new tab)
- European Journal of ControlOutput feedback integral sliding mode predictive control for linear discrete time systems (opens in a new tab)
202310 papers
- IFACAn improved model-free adaptive integral sliding mode control for a class of nonlinear discrete-time systems (opens in a new tab)
- Cyber-Physical-Human SystemsConclusion and Perspectives
- Cyberphysicalhuman Systems Fundamentals and ApplicationsCyber–Physical–Human Systems: Fundamentals and Applications
- Journal of the Franklin InstituteDecentralized robust adaptive backstepping control for a class of non-minimum phase nonlinear interconnected systems (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and BionicsDeep Reinforcement Learning for Concentric Tube Robot Path Following (opens in a new tab)
- Cyberphysicalhuman Systems Fundamentals and ApplicationsIntroduction
- IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and EngineeringModel-Free Adaptive State Feedback Control for a Class of Nonlinear Systems (opens in a new tab)
- IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and InformationOutput feedback backstepping control for non-linear systems using an adaptive finite time sliding mode observer (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LSim2Real Transfer of Reinforcement Learning for Concentric Tube Robots (opens in a new tab)
- TAC (T1)Sliding Mode Control of Nonlinear Systems With Input Distribution Uncertainties (opens in a new tab)
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