Noncausal State Estimation for Iterative Learning Control

Journal Article (2026)
Author(s)

Kentaro Tsurumoto (University of Tokyo)

Wataru Ohnishi (University of Tokyo)

Takafumi Koseki (University of Tokyo)

Nard Strijbosch (Eindhoven University of Technology)

Tom Oomen (TU Delft - Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology)

Research Group
Team Jan-Willem van Wingerden
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1541/ieejjia.20250117 Final published version
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Publication Year
2026
Language
English
Research Group
Team Jan-Willem van Wingerden
Journal title
IEEJ Journal of Industry Applications
Issue number
3
Volume number
15
Pages (from-to)
332-345
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Abstract

Next-generation high-precision mechatronic systems require safe and precise control of unmeasurable states. State-tracking iterative learning control (ILC) can achieve extremely high state-tracking performance up to the performance of state estimation, with convergence guaranteed apriori through the frequency-domain characteristics of the state estimator. The aim of this study is to develop a noncausal state estimation framework with verifiable frequency-domain characteristics. In batch-operated systems such as ILC, the use of noncausal design leads to substantial performance improvements that surpass the fundamental limits of causal approaches. Furthermore, by analytically verifying the frequency-domain characteristics of the noncausal state estimator, the developed framework retains the benefit of guaranteeing convergence in ILC. The developed framework is validated both by simulation and experiment, confirming improved state-tracking with monotonic convergence of ILC, achieved by exploiting noncausality in state estimation.

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