Automatic Control (RT)

Automatic control is the art of making technical systems behave as we want.

Photo credit David BrohedeThe activities within the division include a broad spectrum of problems in sensor fusion, system identification, robotics and autonomous systems, optimization for control applications and complex networks, and they aim at a good and productive balance between theoretical developments and industrial applications.

Sensor fusion deals with how to combine information from different sensors in the best way, and system identification concerns data driven modelling of dynamical systems. Within robotics and autonomous systems the focus is on planning and controlling the position and orientation of a system with a minimum of manual interaction. The activities within optimization include algorithm development for model predictive control, and the complex networks area deals with different types of interactions in dynamic networks.

Examples of application areas of industrial importance are modelling and control of industrial robots, sensor fusion and decision support in cars, ships and aerial vehicles, and planning and control of autonomous vehicles.

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Presentation by Lotten Juhlin.

ISY Day 2025 – sustainability in academia, industry, and society

This years theme for the ISY Day was “Sustainability in Academia, Industry, and Society”, featuring lectures, discussions, and examples of how sustainability can be integrated into research, education, and industrial development.

Portrait (Gustaf Hendeby).

Blurred borders between civilian and military

A tense political situation in the world, a war in Europe and an everyday life with increasing threats to our security – what do the researchers do? More than you might think and there will be even more. Defence research is more active than ever.

Picture of award ceremony.

PhD Workshop 2024 – A Successful Initiative

For the second time, the Department of Electrical Engineering (ISY) organized a full-day conference for its PhD students – PhD Workshop 2024. A successful initiative with a focus on presenting the department's research.

Research and collaborations in Automatic Control

Research areas

Research projects and collaborations

SEDDIT

SEDDIT is a competence center funded within the framework of Vinnova's initiative in Advanced Digitalization, where universities and companies collaborate to conduct research and education in digital societal transformation.

LINK-SIC researchers.

LINK-SIC - Linköping Center for Sensor Informatics and Control

LINK-SIC is a Vinnova Competence Center for industry-academia cooperation in the general area of control systems and signal processing. The center's operational period was between 2017 and 2023.

WASP at LiU

WASP - Wallenberg Autonomy and Software Program

LiU is home to WASP – Sweden’s largest ever individual research program. The research is financed by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, and focusses on autonomous systems and software development.


WASP - Wallenberg Autonomy and Software Program

Education in Automatic Control

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Publications

2025

Ziyu Cao, William Talbot, Kailai Li (2025) RESPLE: Recursive Spline Estimation for LiDAR-Based Odometry IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 10, p. 10666-10673 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
William Nordström, Magnus Malmström, Niclas Granström, Patrik Hedström, Ashwani Koul, Gustaf Hendeby (2025) Long-Term Evolution-based Time Synchronization in Distributed Sensor Networks Proceedings of 28th International Conference on Information Fusion (Conference paper) Continue to DOI
Joakim Rydell, Anja Hellander, Jacob Eek, Gustaf Hendeby (2025) Localization Using DVB-T Signals: Experimental Insights and Validation Proceedings of the 2025 28th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION 2025, p. 1-8 (Conference paper) Continue to DOI
Heidi B. Borges, Johannes Zaar, Emina Alickovic, Christian B. Christensen, Preben Kidmose (2025) The speech reception threshold can be estimated using EEG electrodes in and around the ear Journal of Neural Engineering, Vol. 22, Article 056008 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Eric Sevonius, Fredrik Gustafsson, Gustaf Hendeby (2025) Exploring the Properties of Multi-Agent Terrain-Aided Navigation 2025 28th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION), p. 1-8 (Conference paper) Continue to DOI

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