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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…
In this paper, we leverage the rapid advances in imitation learning, a topic of intense recent focus in the Reinforcement Learning (RL) literature, to develop new sample complexity results and performance guarantees for data-driven Model…
Implementation of Model Predictive Control (MPC) on hardware with limited computational resources remains a challenge. Especially for long-distance maneuvers that require small sampling times, the necessary horizon lengths prevent its…
We show that Funnel MPC, a novel Model Predictive Control (MPC) scheme, allows tracking of smooth reference signals with prescribed performance for nonlinear multi-input multi-output systems of relative degree one with stable internal…
This paper develops computationally efficient data-driven model predictive control (MPC) for Agile quadrotor flight. Agile quadrotors in high-speed flights can experience high levels of aerodynamic effects. Modeling these turbulent…
Harmonic model predictive control (HMPC) is a model predictive control (MPC) formulation which displays several benefits over other MPC formulations, especially when using a small prediction horizon. These benefits, however, come at the…
Model predictive control (MPC) has established itself as the primary methodology for constrained control, enabling general-purpose robot autonomy in diverse real-world scenarios. However, for most problems of interest, MPC relies on the…
In this paper we propose a parallel coordinate descent algorithm for solving smooth convex optimization problems with separable constraints that may arise e.g. in distributed model predictive control (MPC) for linear network systems. Our…
Model Predictive Control (MPC) is widely used for torque-controlled robots, but classical formulations often neglect real-time force feedback and struggle with contact-rich industrial tasks under collision constraints. Deburring in…
Sampling-based Model Predictive Control (MPC) is a flexible control framework that can reason about non-smooth dynamics and cost functions. Recently, significant work has focused on the use of machine learning to improve the performance of…
We analyse the closed-loop performance of a model predictive control (MPC) for tracking formulation with artificial references. It has been shown that such a scheme guarantees closed-loop stability and recursive feasibility for any…
We propose and analyse a model predictive control (MPC) strategy tailored for networks of underwater agents tasked with maintaining formation while following a shared path and using acoustic communication channels. The strategy accommodates…
Sampling-based model-predictive control (MPC) is a promising tool for feedback control of robots with complex, non-smooth dynamics, and cost functions. However, the computationally demanding nature of sampling-based MPC algorithms has been…
We model, simulate and control the guiding problem for a herd of evaders under the action of repulsive drivers. The problem is formulated in an optimal control framework, where the drivers (controls) aim to guide the evaders (states) to a…
This paper designs traffic signal control policies for a network of signalized intersections without knowing the demand and parameters. Within a model predictive control (MPC) framework, control policies consist of an algorithm that…
Robotic systems must be able to quickly and robustly make decisions when operating in uncertain and dynamic environments. While Reinforcement Learning (RL) can be used to compute optimal policies with little prior knowledge about the…
Model Predictive Control (MPC) is a method to control nonlinear systems with guaranteed stability and constraint satisfaction but suffers from high computation times. Approximate MPC (AMPC) with neural networks (NNs) has emerged to address…
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…
To efficiently deploy robotic systems in society, mobile robots must move autonomously and safely through complex environments. Nonlinear model predictive control (MPC) methods provide a natural way to find a dynamically feasible trajectory…
High-precision manipulation has always been a developmental goal for aerial manipulators. This paper investigates the kinematic coordinate control issue in aerial manipulators. We propose a predictive kinematic coordinate control method,…