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Nonlinear Robust Model Predictive Control (RMPC) provides a very promising solution to the problem of automatic emergency maneuvering, which is capable of handling multiple possibly conflicting objectives of robustness and performance. Even…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-28 Vivek Bithar , Punit Tulpule , Shawn Midlam-Mohler

Gain-scheduled control based on linear parameter-varying (LPV) models derived from local linearizations is a widespread nonlinear technique for tracking time-varying setpoints. Recently, a nonlinear control scheme based on Control…

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In this paper, we present a nonlinear robust model predictive control (MPC) framework for general (state and input dependent) disturbances. This approach uses an online constructed tube in order to tighten the nominal (state and input)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-05 Johannes Köhler , Raffaele Soloperto , Matthias A. Müller , Frank Allgöwer

In this paper, we present a robust adaptive model predictive control (MPC) scheme for linear systems subject to parametric uncertainty and additive disturbances. The proposed approach provides a computationally efficient formulation with…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-12 Johannes Köhler , Elisa Andina , Raffaele Soloperto , Matthias A. Müller , Frank Allgöwer

Robots must satisfy safety-critical state and input constraints despite disturbances and model mismatch. We introduce a robust model predictive control (RMPC) formulation that is fast, scalable, and compatible with real-time implementation.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-24 Antoine P. Leeman , Johannes Köhler , Melanie N. Zeilinger

We propose a robust nonlinear model predictive control (MPC) scheme for trajectory-tracking control of autonomous vehicles at the limits of handling on non-planar road surfaces. We derive the dynamics from first principles and selectively…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-22 Joscha F. Bongard , Georg Jank , Simon Sagmeister , Boris Lohmann

This paper presents a theoretical overview of a Neural Contraction Metric (NCM): a neural network model of an optimal contraction metric and corresponding differential Lyapunov function, the existence of which is a necessary and sufficient…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-05 Hiroyasu Tsukamoto , Soon-Jo Chung , Jean-Jacques Slotine , Chuchu Fan

Motion control of underwater robotic vehicles is a demanding task with great challenges imposed by external disturbances, model uncertainties and constraints of the operating workspace. Thus, robust motion control is still an open issue for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-09-04 Shahab Heshmati-alamdari , Alexandros Nikou , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

This paper presents a new deep learning-based framework for robust nonlinear estimation and control using the concept of a Neural Contraction Metric (NCM). The NCM uses a deep long short-term memory recurrent neural network for a global…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-20 Hiroyasu Tsukamoto , Soon-Jo Chung

In this paper, the notion of contraction is used to solve the trajectory-tracking problem for a class of mechanical systems. Additionally, we propose a dynamic extension to remove velocity measurements from the controller while rejecting…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-04 N. Javanmardi , P. Borja , M. J. Yazdanpanah , J. M. A. Scherpen

This paper presents a computationally efficient approach for robust Model Predictive Control of nonlinear systems by combining Random Fourier Features with tube-based MPC. Tube-based Model Predictive Control provides robust constraint…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-21 Ákos M. Bokor , Tamás Dózsa , Felix Biertümpfel , Ádám Szabó

This paper presents a robust tracking controller for tracking curvature-constrained paths by vehicles/robots with uncertain Dubins dynamics. Although Dubins paths have been widely used in vehicular and robotic applications, robust and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-26 Xingjian Xue , Sze Zheng Yong

We propose a computationally tractable, tube-based robust nonlinear model predictive control (MPC) framework using difference-of-convex (DC) functions and sequential convex programming. For systems with differentiable discrete time…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Martin Doff-Sotta , Zaheen A-Rahman , Mark Cannon

In this paper, we provide non-averaged and transient performance guarantees for recently developed, tube-based robust economic model predictive control (MPC) schemes. In particular, we consider both tube-based MPC schemes with and without…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-17 Christian Klöppelt , Lukas Schwenkel , Frank Allgöwer , Matthias A. Müller

This paper proposes a novel tube-based Model Predictive Control (MPC) framework for tracking varying setpoint references with linear systems subject to additive and multiplicative uncertainties. The MPC controllers designed using this…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-10 Filippo Badalamenti , Sampath Kumar Mulagaleti , Alberto Bemporad , Boris Houska , Mario Eduardo Villanueva

Autonomous robots that are capable of operating safely in the presence of imperfect model knowledge or external disturbances are vital in safety-critical applications. In this paper, we present a planner-agnostic framework to design and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-26 Arun Lakshmanan , Aditya Gahlawat , Naira Hovakimyan

In this paper, we propose a learning framework for synthesizing a robust controller for dynamical systems evolving on a Lie group. A robust control contraction metric (RCCM) and a neural feedback controller are jointly trained to enforce…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-03 Yi Lok Lo , Longhao Qian , Hugh H. T. Liu

In this paper, a novel tube-based economic Model Predictive Control (MPC) scheme for uncertain systems that uses neither terminal costs nor terminal constraints is investigated. We show that the results from the undisturbed case can be…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-28 Lukas Schwenkel , Johannes Köhler , Matthias A. Müller , Frank Allgöwer

This paper proposes an adaptive tube framework for model predictive control (MPC) of discrete-time linear time-invariant systems subject to parametric uncertainty and additive disturbances. In contrast to conventional tube-based MPC schemes…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-18 Anchita Dey , Shubhendu Bhasin

We develop a tracking model predictive control (MPC) scheme for nonlinear systems using the linearized dynamics at the current state as a prediction model. Under reasonable assumptions on the linearized dynamics, we prove that the proposed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-20 Julian Berberich , Johannes Köhler , Matthias A. Müller , Frank Allgöwer