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MPC (Model predictive control)-based motion planning and trajectory generation are essential in applications such as unmanned aerial vehicles, robotic manipulators, and rocket control. However, the real-time implementation of such…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Haotian Tan , Yuan-Hua Ni

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…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-04 Hannes Petrenz , Johannes Köhler , Francesco Borrelli

This paper reports on a new error-state Model Predictive Control (MPC) approach to connected matrix Lie groups for robot control. The linearized tracking error dynamics and the linearized equations of motion are derived in the Lie algebra.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-01-24 Sangli Teng , Dianhao Chen , William Clark , Maani Ghaffari

Model-Predictive Control (MPC) is a powerful tool for controlling complex, real-world systems that uses a model to make predictions about future behavior. For each state encountered, MPC solves an online optimization problem to choose a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-15 Mohak Bhardwaj , Sanjiban Choudhury , Byron Boots

Automated driving at unsignalized intersections is challenging due to complex multi-vehicle interactions and the need to balance safety and efficiency. Model Predictive Control (MPC) offers structured constraint handling through…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Saeed Rahmani , Gözde Körpe , Zhenlin , Xu , Bruno Brito , Simeon Craig Calvert , Bart van Arem

Heavy-duty hydraulic manipulators (HHMs) operate under strict physical and safety-critical constraints due to their large size, high power, and complex nonlinear dynamics. Ensuring that both joint-level and end-effector trajectories remain…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Alvaro Paz , Mahdi Hejrati , Pauli Mustalahti , Jouni Mattila

Model predictive control (MPC) is a de facto standard control algorithm across the process industries. There remain, however, applications where MPC is impractical because an optimization problem is solved at each time step. We present a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-10 Robert J. Lovelett , Felix Dietrich , Seungjoon Lee , Ioannis G. Kevrekidis

We present a model predictive controller (MPC) that automatically discovers collision-free locomotion while simultaneously taking into account the system dynamics, friction constraints, and kinematic limitations. A relaxed barrier function…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-26 Magnus Gaertner , Marko Bjelonic , Farbod Farshidian , Marco Hutter

Model Predictive Control (MPC) provides interpretable, tunable locomotion controllers grounded in physical models, but its robustness depends on frequent replanning and is limited by model mismatch and real-time computational constraints.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-15 Se Hwan Jeon , Ho Jae Lee , Seungwoo Hong , Sangbae Kim

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

This paper focuses on the trajectory tracking control problem for an articulated unmanned ground vehicle. We propose and compare two approaches in terms of performance and computational complexity. The first uses a nonlinear mathematical…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-26 Erkan Kayacan , Wouter Saeys , Herman Ramon , Calin Belta , Joshua M. Peschel

Model Predictive Control (MPC) relies heavily on the robot model for its control law. However, a gap always exists between the reduced-order control model with uncertainties and the real robot, which degrades its performance. To address…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-16 Xuanqi Zeng , Hongbo Zhang , Linzhu Yue , Zhitao Song , Linwei Zhang , Yun-Hui Liu

In this paper, we present a Deep Reinforcement Learning (RL)-driven Adaptive Stochastic Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (SNMPC) to optimize uncertainty handling, constraints robustification, feasibility, and closed-loop performance. To…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-09 Baha Zarrouki , Chenyang Wang , Johannes Betz

We provide a method to design adaptive controllers for nonlinear systems using model predictive control (MPC). By combining a certainty-equivalent MPC formulation with least-mean-square parameter adaptation, we obtain an adaptive controller…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-19 Johannes Köhler

A perception-aware Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) strategy aimed at performing vision-based target tracking and collision avoidance with a multi-rotor aerial vehicle is presented in this paper. The proposed control strategy…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-10 Andriy Dmytruk , Giuseppe Silano , Davide Bicego , Daniel Bonilla Licea , Martin Saska

We present a sample-based Learning Model Predictive Controller (LMPC) for constrained uncertain linear systems subject to bounded additive disturbances. The proposed controller builds on earlier work on LMPC for deterministic systems.…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2021-01-22 Ugo Rosolia , Francesco Borrelli

A Learning Model Predictive Controller (LMPC) for linear system in presented. The proposed controller is an extension of the LMPC [1] and it aims to decrease the computational burden. The control scheme is reference-free and is able to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-31 Ugo Rosolia , Francesco Borrelli

This paper formally develops a novel hierarchical planning and control framework for robust payload transportation by quadrupedal robots, integrating a model predictive control (MPC) algorithm with a gradient-descent-based adaptive updating…

This paper presents the development and implementation of a Model Predictive Control (MPC) framework for trajectory tracking in autonomous vehicles under diverse driving conditions. The proposed approach incorporates a modular architecture…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-06 Nitish Kumar , Rajalakshmi Pachamuthu

Koopman-based learning methods can potentially be practical and powerful tools for dynamical robotic systems. However, common methods to construct Koopman representations seek to learn lifted linear models that cannot capture nonlinear…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-05-18 Carl Folkestad , Joel W. Burdick