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Reducing the computation time of model predictive control (MPC) is important, especially for systems constrained by many state constraints. In this paper, we propose a new online constraint removal framework for linear systems, for which we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-29 S. A. N. Nouwens , M. M. Paulides , W. P. M. H. Heemels

Model Predictive Control (MPC) is often tuned by trial and error. When a baseline linear controller exists that is already well tuned in the absence of constraints and MPC is introduced to enforce them, one would like to avoid altering the…

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In this paper, based on real-time nonlinear receding horizon control methodology, a novel approach is developed for parameter estimation of time invariant and time varying nonlinear dynamical systems in chaotic environments. Here, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-21 Fei Sun , Kamran Turkoglu

A classic reachability problem for safety of dynamic systems is to compute the set of initial states from which the state trajectory is guaranteed to stay inside a given constraint set over a given time horizon. In this paper, we leverage…

We propose a robust adaptive Model Predictive Control (MPC) strategy with online set-based estimation for constrained linear systems with unknown parameters and bounded disturbances. A sample-based test applied to predicted trajectories is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-09 Xiaonan Lu , Mark Cannon

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

In this paper, we propose an intent-aware Model Predictive Control (MPC) approach for the remain-well-clear (RWC) functionality of a multi-agent aircraft detect-and-avoid (DAA) system and compare its performance with the standardized…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-01 Arash Bahari Kordabad , Arabinda Ghosh , Sybert Stroeve , Sadegh Soudjani

We propose a stochastic model predictive control (MPC) framework for linear systems subject to joint-in-time chance constraints under unknown disturbance distributions. Unlike existing approaches that rely on parametric or Gaussian…

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We consider sampled-data Model Predictive Control (MPC) of nonlinear continuous-time control systems. We derive sufficient conditions to guarantee recursive feasibility and asymptotic stability without stabilising costs and/or constraints.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-03 Willem Esterhuizen , Karl Worthmann , Stefan Streif

Recently, suboptimality estimates for model predictive controllers (MPC) have been derived for the case without additional stabilizing endpoint constraints or a Lyapunov function type endpoint weight. The proposed methods yield a posteriori…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-19 Thomas Jahn , Jürgen Pannek

Long prediction horizons in Model Predictive Control (MPC) often prove to be efficient, however, this comes with increased computational cost. Recently, a Robust Model Predictive Control (RMPC) method has been proposed which exploits models…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-17 Tim Brüdigam , Johannes Teutsch , Dirk Wollherr , Marion Leibold

This paper presents an adaptive horizon multi-stage model-predictive control (MPC) algorithm. It establishes appropriate criteria for recursive feasibility and robust stability using the theory of input-to-state practical stability (ISpS).…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-23 Zawadi Mdoe , Dinesh Krishnamoorthy , Johannes Jäschke

In this paper, we present an innovative risk-bounded motion planning methodology for stochastic multi-agent systems. For this methodology, the disturbance, noise, and model uncertainty are considered; and a velocity obstacle method is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-02-22 Xiaoxue Zhang , Jun Ma , Zilong Cheng , Masayoshi Tomizuka , Tong Heng Lee

This paper presents a robust adaptive learning Model Predictive Control (MPC) framework for linear systems with parametric uncertainties and additive disturbances performing iterative tasks. The approach refines the parameter estimates…

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Collision-free planning is essential for bipedal robots operating within unstructured environments. This paper presents a real-time Model Predictive Control (MPC) framework that addresses both body and foot avoidance for dynamic bipedal…

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This paper presents an uncertainty compensation-based robust adaptive model predictive control (MPC) framework for linear systems with both matched and unmatched nonlinear uncertainties subject to both state and input constraints. In…

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Navigating safely in dynamic and uncertain environments is challenging due to uncertainties in perception and motion. This letter presents the Chance-Constrained Unscented Model Predictive Path Integral (C2U-MPPI) framework, a robust…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-29 Ihab S. Mohamed , Mahmoud Ali , Lantao Liu

We present a receding-horizon optimal control for nonlinear continuous-time systems subject to state constraints. The cost is a quadratic finite-horizon integral. The key enabling technique is a new constrained approximate dynamic…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-03 Ricardo Gutierrez , Jesse B. Hoagg

Fast and reliable obstacle avoidance is an important task for mobile robots. In this work, we propose an efficient reactive system that provides high-quality obstacle avoidance while running at hundreds of hertz with minimal resource usage.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Victor Reijgwart , Michael Pantic , Roland Siegwart , Lionel Ott

A standard way of finding a feedback law that stabilizes a control system to an operating point is to recast the problem as an infinite horizon optimal control problem. If the optimal cost and the optmal feedback can be found on a large…

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