Credits
=======

This project was initiated and developed by Adam Peichl for the purpose of designing input shapers and delay-based controllers, which rely on spectral methods for time-delay systems. 
The software is based on the `TDS-CONTROL <https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/u0011378/tds-control>` (:cite:`appeltans2023analysis`) in Matlab , developed by Prof. Dr. ir. Wim Michiels and Dr. ir. Pieter Appeltans in 2023. 
The initial motivation for creating ``tdcpy`` was to create a Python version of the toolbox intended for Python users or for those without access to MATLAB.
The software is currently in its early stages of development, and we are actively working on adding new features and improving the existing ones. 
We welcome contributions from the community, and we encourage users to report any issues or suggest new features that they would like to see in the software. 


Citing this work
----------------

If you publish work that makes a good use of this python package, please cite
the repository

.. code-block:: bibtex

   @misc{tdcpy,
     author    = {Peichl, Adam and Saldanha, Adrian and Torres-Garcia, Diego},
     title     = {tdcpy},
     year      = {2026},
     version   = {1.0.0},
     url       = {https://github.com/LockeErasmus/tdcpy},
   }

Additionaly, we encourage you to cite the original article from which the
specific algorithm comes from. We always include reference in the docstrings.

Team
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- **Adam Peichl**: Developer, Czech Technical University

  .. image:: _static/team/adam.jpg
   :width: 100
   :alt: Adam Peichl

- **Adrian Saldanha**: Developer, Czech Technical University, KU Leuven

  .. image:: _static/team/adrian.jpg
   :width: 100
   :alt: Adrian Saldanha

- **Diego Torres-Garcia**: Developer, KU Leuven

  .. image:: _static/team/diego.jpg
   :width: 100
   :alt: Diego Garcia

Contributors
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Place for contributors outside of a team.

Scientific Advisors
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- **Prof. Dr. ir. Wim Michiels**: Co-developer TDS-CONTROL, KU Leuven

  .. image:: _static/team/wim.jpg
   :width: 100
   :alt: Wim Michiels

- **Prof. Ing. Tomaš Vyhlídal**: Czech Technical University
  
  .. image:: _static/team/tomas.jpg
   :width: 100
   :alt: Tomas Vyhlidal


Acknowledgements
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The presented research was supported by the European Union under the project
ROBOPROX - Robotics and advanced industrial production, reg. no.
CZ.02.01.01/00/22\_008/0004590 and by the Czech Science Foundation project
24-10301S.