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In this paper, we consider the problem of periodic optimal control of nonlinear systems subject to online changing and periodically time-varying economic performance measures using model predictive control (MPC). The proposed economic MPC…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-21 Johannes Köhler , Matthias A. Müller , Frank Allgöwer

This paper proposes an adaptive stochastic Model Predictive Control (MPC) strategy for stable linear time invariant systems in the presence of bounded disturbances. We consider multi-input multi-output systems that can be expressed by a…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-12-03 Monimoy Bujarbaruah , Xiaojing Zhang , Francesco Borrelli

Industrial manipulators are normally operated in cluttered environments, making safe motion planning important. Furthermore, the presence of model-uncertainties make safe motion planning more difficult. Therefore, in practice the speed is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-16 Bernhard Wullt , Johannes Köhler , Per Mattsson , Mikeal Norrlöf , Thomas B. Schön

Achieving both target accuracy and robustness in dynamic maneuvers with long flight phases, such as high or long jumps, has been a significant challenge for legged robots. To address this challenge, we propose a novel learning-based control…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Chuong Nguyen , Abdullah Altawaitan , Thai Duong , Nikolay Atanasov , Quan Nguyen

Robotic manipulators are essential for precise industrial pick-and-place operations, yet planning collision-free trajectories in dynamic environments remains challenging due to uncertainties such as sensor noise and time-varying delays.…

Model Predictive Control (MPC) has become a popular framework in embedded control for high-performance autonomous systems. However, to achieve good control performance using MPC, an accurate dynamics model is key. To maintain real-time…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-26 Tim Salzmann , Elia Kaufmann , Jon Arrizabalaga , Marco Pavone , Davide Scaramuzza , Markus Ryll

We present a model predictive controller (MPC) for multi-contact locomotion where predictive optimizations are realized by time-optimal path parameterization (TOPP). A key feature of this solution is that, contrary to existing planners…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-10-12 Stéphane Caron , Quang-Cuong Pham

Driving simulators have been used in the automotive industry for many years because of their ability to perform tests in a safe, reproducible and controlled immersive virtual environment. The improved performance of the simulator and its…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-04-07 Akhil Chadha , Vishrut Jain , Andrea Michelle Rios Lazcano , Barys Shyrokau

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

Model Predictive Control (MPC) is a successful control methodology, which is applied to increasingly complex systems. However, real-time feasibility of MPC can be challenging for complex systems, certainly when an (extremely) large number…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-25 S. A. N. Nouwens , B. de Jager , M. M. Paulides , W. P. M. H. Heemels

The hybrid nature of multi-contact robotic systems, due to making and breaking contact with the environment, creates significant challenges for high-quality control. Existing model-based methods typically rely on either good prior knowledge…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Wei-Cheng Huang , Alp Aydinoglu , Wanxin Jin , Michael Posa

This paper presents a novel approach to enhance Model Predictive Control (MPC) for legged robots through Distributed Optimization. Our method focuses on decomposing the robot dynamics into smaller, parallelizable subsystems, and utilizing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-30 Lorenzo Amatucci , Giulio Turrisi , Angelo Bratta , Victor Barasuol , Claudio Semini

Modern Lightweight robots are constructed to be collaborative, which often results in a low structural stiffness compared to conventional rigid robots. Therefore, the controller must be able to handle the dynamic oscillatory effect mainly…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-28 Maged Iskandar , Christiaan van Ommeren , Xuwei Wu , Alin Albu-Schaffer , Alexander Dietrich

Stable gait generation is a crucial problem for legged robot locomotion as this impacts other critical performance factors such as, e.g. mobility over an uneven terrain and power consumption. Gait generation stability results from the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-18 Vyacheslav Kovalev , Anna Shkromada , Henni Ouerdane , Pavel Osinenko

Feedback control synthesis for large-scale particle systems is reviewed in the framework of model predictive control (MPC). The high-dimensional character of collective dynamics hampers the performance of traditional MPC algorithms based on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-27 Giacomo Albi , Sara Bicego , Michael Herty , Yuyang Huang , Dante Kalise , Chiara Segala

The use of exoskeleton robots is increasing due to the rising number of musculoskeletal injuries. However, their effectiveness depends heavily on the design of control systems. Designing robust controllers is challenging because of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Alireza Aliyari , Gholamreza Vossoughi

The aim of this work is to control the longitudinal position of an autonomous vehicle with an internal combustion engine. The powertrain has an inherent dead-time characteristic and constraints on physical states apply since the vehicle is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-15 André Kempf , Markus Herrmann-Wicklmayr , Steffen Müller

Data-driven model predictive control (MPC) has demonstrated significant potential for improving robot control performance in the presence of model uncertainties. However, existing approaches often require extensive offline data collection…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-10 Yu Mei , Xinyu Zhou , Shuyang Yu , Vaibhav Srivastava , Xiaobo Tan

Model predictive control (MPC) is an optimal control strategy where control input calculation is based on minimizing the predicted tracking error over a finite horizon that moves with time. This strategy has an advantage over conventional…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-28 Joseph Chai , Eran Medagoda , Erkan Kayacan

Model Predictive Control (MPC) has proven to be a powerful tool for the control of systems with constraints. Nonetheless, in many applications, a major challenge arises, that is finding the optimal solution within a single sampling instant…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-16 Valentina Breschi , Simone Formentin , Alberto Leva