This paper presents a model predictive control approach for regulating the attitude of magnetically actuated satellites. Unlike other contributions in this area, a predictive control approach is developed which guarantees closed-loop stability of satellite configurations with unstable open-loop pitch dynamics. With the pitch axis being unstable, two magnetic dipoles are used exclusively for reg...

We present an agent-based model for studying the societal implications of attitude change theories. Various psychological theories persuasive communication at individual level are implemented as simulation experiments. The allows us to investigate effects contagion and assimilation, motivated cognition, polarity, source credibility, idiosyncratic formation. Simulations show that different produ...

Based on dynamic modeling, robust trajectory tracking control of attitude and position of a spherical mobile robot is proposed. In this paper, the spherical robot is composed of a spherical shell and three independent rotors which act as the inner driver mechanism. Owing to rolling without slipping assumption, the robot is subjected to two nonholonomic constraints. The state space representatio...