Terminal sliding mode control of an anthropomorphic manipulator with friction based observer (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Ali, K., Mehmood, A., & Iqbal, J. (2021). Terminal sliding mode control of an anthropomorphic manipulator with friction based observer. In 2021 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRAI54018.2021.9651323

The role of modern control techniques has been instrumental in today’s robotic applications because of their increasing requirements for reliability, accuracy, productivity and repeatability. Robotic manipulators are highly non-linear systems with co... Read More about Terminal sliding mode control of an anthropomorphic manipulator with friction based observer.

Finite-Time Attitude Control of Uncertain Quadrotor Aircraft via Continuous Terminal Sliding-Mode-Based Active Anti-Disturbance Approach (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Mechali, O., Iqbal, J., Mechali, A., Xie, X., & Xu, L. (2021). Finite-Time Attitude Control of Uncertain Quadrotor Aircraft via Continuous Terminal Sliding-Mode-Based Active Anti-Disturbance Approach. In IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2021 (1170-1175). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMA52036.2021.9512751

This research addresses the problem of robust attitude control for a quadrotor operating in an environment polluted with lumped disturbances. A new continuous terminal sliding mode-based active anti-disturbance control (CTSMBAADC) is proposed by inno... Read More about Finite-Time Attitude Control of Uncertain Quadrotor Aircraft via Continuous Terminal Sliding-Mode-Based Active Anti-Disturbance Approach.

Distributed Leader-Follower Formation Control of Quadrotors Swarm Subjected to Disturbances (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Mechali, O., Iqbal, J., Wang, J., Xie, X., & Xu, L. (2021). Distributed Leader-Follower Formation Control of Quadrotors Swarm Subjected to Disturbances. In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (1442-1447). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMA52036.2021.9512623

This paper proposes a novel control scheme for a group of quadrotors aircrafts that form a leader-follower configuration and are subjected to nonlinear behavior with lumped disturbances. For each aircraft, a distributed formation control law is desig... Read More about Distributed Leader-Follower Formation Control of Quadrotors Swarm Subjected to Disturbances.

Comparative review of pipelines monitoring and leakage detection techniques (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Aljuaid, K. G., Albuoderman, M. A., Alahmadi, E. A., & Iqbal, J. (2020). Comparative review of pipelines monitoring and leakage detection techniques. In 2nd International Conference on Computer and Information Sciences (ICCIS). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCIS49240.2020.9257602

The oil and gas industry owns expensive and widely-spread assets. Any fault in this complex transportation network may result in accidents and/or huge losses thereby triggering various environmental and economic issues. Thus, real-time monitoring and... Read More about Comparative review of pipelines monitoring and leakage detection techniques.

Modeling and Robust Control of Twin Rotor MIMO System (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Shah, S. H., Khan, S. G., Iqbal, J., & Alharthi, M. (2019). Modeling and Robust Control of Twin Rotor MIMO System. In International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRAI47710.2019.8967355

Recently, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have witnessed immense popularity in various fields, ranging from surveillance, rescue, and fire fighting to other more sophisticated military and commercial applications. However, due to their highly nonline... Read More about Modeling and Robust Control of Twin Rotor MIMO System.

Control of flexible joint robotic manipulator: Design and prototyping (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Alam, W., Ali, N., Wahaj Aziz, H. M., & Iqbal, J. (2018). Control of flexible joint robotic manipulator: Design and prototyping. In 2018 International Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEE.2018.8566796

Robots are now an integral part of automation sector, thus indicating the importance of the associated control strategies. In contrast with conventional rigid manipulators, flexible arms offer several benefits in terms of light weight and power effic... Read More about Control of flexible joint robotic manipulator: Design and prototyping.

Taxi model of unmanned aerial vehicle: Formulation and simulation (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Wasim, M., Ullah, M., & Iqbal, J. (2018). Taxi model of unmanned aerial vehicle: Formulation and simulation. In 2018 1st International Conference on Power, Energy and Smart Grid (ICPESG). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPESG.2018.8384506

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles cannot work efficiently without a control system. Before any form of control is applied to it, modeling of the system is necessary. This work focuses on the development of a Taxi model of UAV. The reformulated model has been... Read More about Taxi model of unmanned aerial vehicle: Formulation and simulation.

Design and analysis of 300MW solar configuration and its comparison with Quaid-e-Azam solar park (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Akram, I., Awais, M., Bashir, A., Khan, R. A. J., & Iqbal, J. (2018). Design and analysis of 300MW solar configuration and its comparison with Quaid-e-Azam solar park. In International Conference on Engineering and Emerging Technologies (ICEET). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEET1.2018.8338638

Pakistan's recent energy crisis demands efficient utilization of renewable energy resources. The country, being richest with respect to solar potential, is experiencing a remarkable progress in power generation from Photovoltaic sources. Quaid-e-Azam... Read More about Design and analysis of 300MW solar configuration and its comparison with Quaid-e-Azam solar park.

Super twisting control algorithm for blood glucose regulation in type 1 diabetes patients (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Alam, W., Ali, N., Ahmad, S., & Iqbal, J. (2018). Super twisting control algorithm for blood glucose regulation in type 1 diabetes patients. In 15th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST) (298-303). https://doi.org/10.1109/IBCAST.2018.8312239

This is an increasing belief that consequences due to hyperglycemia can be mitigated using a close loop control system. This paper investigates a robust non-linear control approach based on sliding mode control (SMC) algorithm for type 1 diabetes pat... Read More about Super twisting control algorithm for blood glucose regulation in type 1 diabetes patients.

Model order reduction of dynamical systems: An approach to investigate real and complex poles (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Bukhari, M., Ullah, M., Ali, M., & Iqbal, J. (2018). Model order reduction of dynamical systems: An approach to investigate real and complex poles. In 13th International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICET.2017.8281748

The process of model order reduction facilitates analysis and realization of complex systems while marinating the essential properties of the system and input/output behavior. This research proposes a novel method for model order reduction. The novel... Read More about Model order reduction of dynamical systems: An approach to investigate real and complex poles.