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We study the problem of reducing the amount of communication in decentralized target tracking. We focus on the scenario where a team of robots are allowed to move on the boundary of the environment. Their goal is to seek a formation so as…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-08-24 Lifeng Zhou , Pratap Tokekar

Humanoid robots are expected to navigate in changing environments and perform a variety of tasks. Frequently, these tasks require the robot to make decisions online regarding the speed and precision of following a reference path. For…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-08-02 Kunal S. Narkhede , Dhruv A. Thanki , Abhijeet M. Kulkarni , Ioannis Poulakakis

The sudden appearance of a static obstacle on the road, i.e. the moose test, is a well-known emergency scenario in collision avoidance for automated driving. Model Predictive Control (MPC) has long been employed for planning and control of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-20 Leila Gharavi , Simone Baldi , Yuki Hosomi , Tona Sato , Bart De Schutter , Binh-Minh Nguyen , Hiroshi Fujimoto

Achieving persistent tracking of multiple dynamic targets over a large spatial area poses significant challenges for a single-robot system with constrained sensing capabilities. As the robot moves to track different targets, the ones…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Junbin Yuan , Brady Moon , Muqing Cao , Sebastian Scherer

This paper proposes a novel orientation-aware model predictive control (MPC) for dynamic humanoid walking that can plan footstep locations online. Instead of a point-mass model, this work uses the augmented single rigid body model (aSRBM)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-07-26 Yanran Ding , Charles Khazoom , Matthew Chignoli , Sangbae Kim

This paper proposes an MPC-based controller to efficiently execute multiple hierarchical tasks for underactuated and constrained robotic systems. Existing task-space controllers or whole-body controllers solve instantaneous optimization…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-09-15 Jaemin Lee , Seung Hyeon Bang , Efstathios Bakolas , Luis Sentis

Parametrized motion planning algorithms have high degrees of universality and flexibility, as they are designed to work under a variety of external conditions, which are viewed as parameters and form part of the input of the underlying…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2021-10-15 Daniel C. Cohen , Michael Farber , Shmuel Weinberger

Active debris removal (ADR) missions have garnered significant interest as means of mitigating collision risks in space. This work proposes a convex optimization-based model predictive control (MPC) approach to provide guidance for such…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-21 Minduli Wijayatunga , Roberto Armellin , Harry Holt , Laura Pirovano , Claudio Bombardelli

In this paper, we propose an event-based sampling policy to implement a constraint-tightening, robust MPC method. The proposed policy enjoys a computationally tractable design and is applicable to perturbed, linear time-invariant systems…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-11 Arman Sharifi Kolarijani , Sander Bregman , Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani , Tamas Keviczky

This comment presents the results of using chance-constrained model predictive control (MPC) to solve a one-horizon benchmark collision avoidance problem.

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-06-05 Hai Zhu , Javier Alonso-Mora

In this paper, we address the problem of real-time motion planning for multiple robotic manipulators that operate in close proximity. We build upon the concept of dynamic fabrics and extend them to multi-robot systems, referred to as…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-20 Saray Bakker , Luzia Knoedler , Max Spahn , Wendelin Böhmer , Javier Alonso-Mora

Multi-robot control in cluttered environments is a challenging problem that involves complex physical constraints, including robot-robot collisions, robot-obstacle collisions, and unreachable motions. Successful planning in such settings…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-24 Jiabao Ji , Yongchao Chen , Yang Zhang , Ramana Rao Kompella , Chuchu Fan , Gaowen Liu , Shiyu Chang

In this paper, we propose a novel model predictive control (MPC) framework for output tracking that deals with partially unknown constraints. The MPC scheme optimizes over a learning and a backup trajectory. The learning trajectory aims to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-10 Raffaele Soloperto , Ali Mesbah , Frank Allgöwer

Motion planning in an autonomous agent is responsible for providing smooth, safe and efficient navigation. Many solutions for dealing this problem have been offered, one of which is, Artificial Potential Fields (APF). APF is a simple and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-05-11 Javad Amiryan , Mansour Jamzad

Many robotics domains use some form of nonconvex model predictive control (MPC) for planning, which sets a reduced time horizon, performs trajectory optimization, and replans at every step. The actual task typically requires a much longer…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-06-11 Avik Jain , Lawrence Chan , Daniel S. Brown , Anca D. Dragan

In this paper, a risk-aware motion control scheme is considered for mobile robots to avoid randomly moving obstacles when the true probability distribution of uncertainty is unknown. We propose a novel model predictive control (MPC) method…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-01-15 Astghik Hakobyan , Insoon Yang

Online trajectory planning enables robot manipulators to react quickly to changing environments or tasks. Many robot trajectory planners exist for known environments but are often too slow for online computations. Current methods in online…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Thies Oelerich , Christian Hartl-Nesic , Florian Beck , Andreas Kugi

As a core part of autonomous driving systems, motion planning has received extensive attention from academia and industry. However, real-time trajectory planning capable of spatial-temporal joint optimization is challenged by nonholonomic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-04-11 Zhichao Han , Yuwei Wu , Tong Li , Lu Zhang , Liuao Pei , Long Xu , Chengyang Li , Changjia Ma , Chao Xu , Shaojie Shen , Fei Gao

In this work, we present an extension to a linear Model Predictive Control (MPC) scheme that plans external contact forces for the robot when given multiple contact locations and their corresponding friction cone. To this end, we set up a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-08-18 Sean Mason , Nicholas Rotella , Stefan Schaal , Ludovic Righetti

Safety in obstacle avoidance is critical for autonomous driving. While model predictive control (MPC) is widely used, simplified prediction models such as linearized or single-track vehicle models introduce discrepancies between predicted…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-17 Shiming Fang , Xilin Li , Changzhi Wu , Kaiyan Yu