Publications

Averaging

International Conferences

1. P. A. Vela, J. W. Burdick. A General Averaging Theory via Series Expansions. In American Control Conference, Denver, CO, 2003. (more)
2. P. A. Vela, J. W. Burdick. Control of Underactuated Driftless Systems Using Higher-Order Averaging. In American Control Conference, Denver, CO, 2003. (more)
3. P. A. Vela, J. W. Burdick. Control of Mechanical Systems with Drift Using Higher-Order Averaging. In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2003. (more)
4. P.A. Vela, J.W. Burdick. Control of Biomimetic Locomotion via Averaging Theory. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Pages 1482-1489, Taipei, Taiwan, 2003. (more)
5. K. A. Morgansen, P. A. Vela, J. W. Burdick. Trajectory Stabilization for a Planar Carangiform Robot Fish. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Washinton D.C, 2002. (more)
6. P. A. Vela, K. A. Morgansen, J. W. Burdick. Second-Order Averaging Methods for Oscillatory Control of Underactuated Mechanical Systems. In American Control Conference, Anchorage, AL, 2002. (more)
7. P. A. Vela, K. A. Morgansen, J. W. Burdick. Underwater Locomotion from Oscillatory Shape Deformations. In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, 2002. (more)

Thesis

1. P. A. Vela. Averaging and Control of Nonlinear Systems. PhD Thesis California Institute of Technology, 2003. (more) pdf

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