Scalable and Approximation-free Symbolic Control for Unknown Euler-Lagrange Systems

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Main Authors: Das, Ratnangshu, Sawarkar, Shubham, Jagtap, Pushpak
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author Das, Ratnangshu
Sawarkar, Shubham
Jagtap, Pushpak
author_facet Das, Ratnangshu
Sawarkar, Shubham
Jagtap, Pushpak
contents We propose a novel symbolic control framework for enforcing temporal logic specifications in Euler-Lagrange systems that addresses the key limitations of traditional abstraction-based approaches. Unlike existing methods that require exact system models and provide guarantees only at discrete sampling instants, our approach relies only on bounds on system parameters and input constraints, and ensures correctness for the full continuous-time trajectory. The framework combines scalable abstraction of a simplified virtual system with a closed-form, model-free controller that guarantees trajectories satisfy the original specification while respecting input bounds and remaining robust to unknown but bounded disturbances. We provide feasibility conditions for the construction of confinement regions and analyze the trade-off between efficiency and conservatism. Case studies on pendulum dynamics, a two-link manipulator, and multi-agent systems, including hardware experiments, demonstrate that the proposed approach ensures both correctness and safety while significantly reducing computational time and memory requirements. These results highlight its scalability and practicality for real-world robotic systems where precise models are unavailable and continuous-time guarantees are essential.
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spellingShingle Scalable and Approximation-free Symbolic Control for Unknown Euler-Lagrange Systems
Das, Ratnangshu
Sawarkar, Shubham
Jagtap, Pushpak
Systems and Control
Formal Languages and Automata Theory
Symbolic Computation
We propose a novel symbolic control framework for enforcing temporal logic specifications in Euler-Lagrange systems that addresses the key limitations of traditional abstraction-based approaches. Unlike existing methods that require exact system models and provide guarantees only at discrete sampling instants, our approach relies only on bounds on system parameters and input constraints, and ensures correctness for the full continuous-time trajectory. The framework combines scalable abstraction of a simplified virtual system with a closed-form, model-free controller that guarantees trajectories satisfy the original specification while respecting input bounds and remaining robust to unknown but bounded disturbances. We provide feasibility conditions for the construction of confinement regions and analyze the trade-off between efficiency and conservatism. Case studies on pendulum dynamics, a two-link manipulator, and multi-agent systems, including hardware experiments, demonstrate that the proposed approach ensures both correctness and safety while significantly reducing computational time and memory requirements. These results highlight its scalability and practicality for real-world robotic systems where precise models are unavailable and continuous-time guarantees are essential.
title Scalable and Approximation-free Symbolic Control for Unknown Euler-Lagrange Systems
topic Systems and Control
Formal Languages and Automata Theory
Symbolic Computation
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19859