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Impacts in Sri Lanka (NAPCCI-SL). In another project, a group of immediate impact on our lives.
researchers are actively working on
Another group of researchers optimizing the electrical power grid Communication channels connecting
are working on developing to react smartly when renewable nations and continents via optical
control algorithms for Unmanned power sources are used under cables laid on the seabed is a
Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) that can varying climate conditions. In a topic for another research group
fly avoiding obstacles between future world with high energy at SLTC. They study the losses in
given destinations. These are demand and less availability of such communication channels
applicable in disaster management fossil fuels, this project has an and optimizing the available
situations, and aerial surveys. bandwidth for actual information.

Geometric PID Control

Applications to
• Spherical robots • Bi-ped robots • Satellites

T.W.U. Madhushani, D.H.S. Maithripala,
J.V. Wijayakulasooriya and J.M. Berg,
“Semi-globally Exponential Trajectory
Tracking for a Class of Spherical Robots”,
Automatica, vol. 57, September 2017
T.W.U. Madhushani, D.H.S. Maithripala,
and J.M. Berg, “Feedback regularization and
geometric PID control for trajectory tracking of
mechanical systems: Hoop robots on an inclined
plane,” 2017 American Control Conference,
Seattle, WA, USA, May 24—26, 2017
W.M.L.T.Weerakoon, T. W. U. Madhushani,
D.H.S.Maithripala and J.M.Berg, “Feedback
Regularization and Geometric PID Control
for Robust Stabilization of a Planar Three-link
Hybrid Bipedal Walking Model”, 2018 American
Control Conference, June 27 — 29, MW, USA
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