This book introduces the reader to the hottest topics in current control sciences and robotics, as seen by scientists from Poland and other European countries.

Volume 2 comprises 42 chapters, which specifically address topics connected to statistical and stochastic methods in control engineering applications, to optimization and quantum computing, to biological, medical, and ecological systems, to new applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in automated and connected vehicles, to design and control of autonomous marine, robotics, and vehicles systems, and to other modern topics. The contributions were presented during XXI Polish Control Conference, held in Gliwice, Poland, from June 26 to 29, 2023.

This book is extremely useful to all persons who want to know the latest trends in automation and robotics.

Table of Contents

1. Modeling, Identification, and Analysis of Automation Systems
2. Development of Information Technologies for the Research of Technical Systems
3. On Mikhailov Stability Conditions for a Class of Integer- and Commensurate Fractional-Order Discrete-Time Systems
4. Verification of a Building Simulator in Real Experiments
5. Aspects of Measurement Data Acquisition and Optimisation in the Energy Transformation of Industrial Facilities
6. Continuous-Time Dynamic Model Identification Using Binary-Valued Observations of Input and Output Signals
7. Time Series Identification Using Monte Carlo Method
8. Calculation Method of the Centrifugal Pump Flow Rate Based on Its Nominal Data and Pump Head Increase
9. A Majorization-Minimization Algorithm for Optimal Sensor Location in Distributed Parameter Systems
10. Earned Value Method in Public Project Monitoring
11. A Tube-Based MPC Structure for Fractional-Order Systems
12. Creep Testing Machine Identification for Power System Load Optimization
13. Development and Testing of the RFID Gripper Prototype for the Astorino Didactic Robot
14. Development of an "Artificial Lung" System for Use in Indoor Air Quality Testing
15. Recent Advances in Artificial Autonomous Decision Systems and Their Applications
16. Modeling of Thermal Processes in a Microcontroller System with the Use of Hybrid, Fractional Order Transfer Functions
17. Identification of Magnetorheological Damper Model for Off-Road Vehicle Suspension
18. Physics-Informed Hybrid Neural Network Model for MPC: A Fuzzy Approach
19. Evaluating Hydrodynamic Indices of the Underground Gas Storage Operation Based upon a Two-Phase Filtration Model
20. New Metrics of Fault Distinguishability
21. Active Noise Control with Passive Error Signal Shaping - A Critical Case Study
22. Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control
23. Neural Network Based Active Fault Diagnosis with a Statistical Test
24. Fault-Tolerant Fast Power Tracking Control for Wind Turbines Above Rated Wind Speed
25. A Multiple Actuator and Sensor Fault Estimation for Dynamic Systems
26. Enhancing Power Generation Efficiency of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Systems: A Performance Analysis
27. Power Quality Issues of Photovoltaic Stations in Electric Grids and Control of Main Parameters Electromagnetic Compatibility
28. Integration of Fault-Tolerant Design and Fault-Tolerant Control of Automated Guided Vehicles
29. Problems of Using Eddy Current Arrays NDT
30. Calibration of a High Sampling Frequency MEMS-Based Vibration Measurement System
31. Design of Control Systems
32. Configurable Dynamics of Electromagnetic Suspension by Fuzzy Takagi-Sugeno Controller
33. Consistent Design of PID Controllers for Time-Delay Plants
34. Synchronization of Four Different Chaotic Communication Systems with the Aim of Secure Communication
35. Design of Robust H Control of an Active Inerter-Based Vehicle Suspension System
36. Nonlinear Adaptive Control with Invertible Fuzzy Model
37. On the Choice of the Cost Function for Nonlinear Model Predictive Control: A Multi-criteria Evaluation
38. Adaptive Sliding Mode control of Traffic Flow in Uncertain Urban Networks
39. An Application of the Dynamic Decoupling Techniques for a Nonlinear TITO Plant
40. Attitude Control of an Earth Observation Satellite with a Solar Panel