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Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-25 Julian Berberich , Johannes Köhler , Matthias A. Müller , Frank Allgöwer

The computational power of mobile robots is currently insufficient to achieve torque level whole-body Model Predictive Control (MPC) at the update rates required for complex dynamic systems such as legged robots. This problem is commonly…

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In this paper, we present a data-driven distributed model predictive control (MPC) scheme to stabilise the origin of dynamically coupled discrete-time linear systems subject to decoupled input constraints. The local optimisation problems…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-14 Matthias Köhler , Julian Berberich , Matthias A. Müller , Frank Allgöwer

We propose a robust data-driven model predictive control (MPC) scheme to control linear time-invariant (LTI) systems. The scheme uses an implicit model description based on behavioral systems theory and past measured trajectories. In…

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This paper presents a data-driven control framework for quadrotor systems that integrates a deep Koopman operator with model predictive control (DK-MPC). The deep Koopman operator is trained on sampled flight data to construct a…

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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

This paper presents a Model-Inspired Distributionally Robust Data-enabled Predictive Control (MDR-DeePC) framework for systems with partially known and uncertain dynamics. The proposed method integrates model-based equality constraints for…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-01 Shihao Li , Jiachen Li , Christopher Martin , Soovadeep Bakshi , Dongmei Chen

The configuration of most robotic systems lies in continuous transformation groups. However, in mobile robot trajectory tracking, many recent works still naively utilize optimization methods for elements in vector space without considering…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-13 Jiawei Tang , Shuang Wu , Bo Lan , Yahui Dong , Yuqiang Jin , Guangjian Tian , Wen-An Zhang , Ling Shi

In the realm of control systems, model predictive control (MPC) has exhibited remarkable potential; however, its reliance on accurate models and substantial computational resources has hindered its broader application, especially within…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-14 Amin Vahidi-Moghaddam , Kaian Chen , Kaixiang Zhang , Zhaojian Li , Yan Wang , Kai Wu

Willems' fundamental lemma has recently received an impressive amount of attention from the data-driven control community. In this paper, we formulate a version of this celebrated result based on frequency-domain data. In doing so, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-09 T. J. Meijer , K. J. A. Scheres , S. A. N. Nouwens , V. S. Dolk , W. P. M. H. Heemels

We provide a comprehensive review and practical implementation of a recently developed model predictive control (MPC) framework for controlling unknown systems using only measured data and no explicit model knowledge. Our approach relies on…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-03 Julian Berberich , Johannes Köhler , Matthias A. Müller , Frank Allgöwer

Robot navigation around humans can be a challenging problem since human movements are hard to predict. Stochastic model predictive control (MPC) can account for such uncertainties and approximately bound the probability of a collision to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-22 Yunfan Gao , Florian Messerer , Niels van Duijkeren , Moritz Diehl

Motivated by the application of using model predictive control (MPC) for motion planning of autonomous mobile robots, a form of output tracking MPC for non-holonomic systems and with non-convex constraints is studied. Although the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Matthias Lorenzen , Teodoro Alamo , Martina Mammarella , Fabrizio Dabbene

Data-driven predictive control promises model-free wave-dampening strategies for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) in mixed traffic flow. However, its performance relies on data quality, which suffers from unknown noise and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-03 Shuai Li , Chaoyi Chen , Haotian Zheng , Jiawei Wang , Qing Xu , Keqiang Li

Controlling mixed platoons, which consist of both connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) and human-driven vehicles (HDVs), poses significant challenges due to the uncertain and unknown human driving behaviors. Data-driven control methods…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-14 Shuai Li , Chaoyi Chen , Haotian Zheng , Jiawei Wang , Qing Xu , Jianqiang Wang , Keqiang Li

In this paper, we propose a novel framework on force-and-moment-based Model Predictive Control (MPC) for dynamic legged robots. Specifically, we present a formulation of MPC designed for 10 degree-of-freedom (DoF) bipedal robots using…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-07 Junheng Li , 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.…

Spacecraft are vital to space exploration and are often equipped with lightweight, flexible appendages to meet strict weight constraints. These appendages pose significant challenges for modeling and control due to their inherent…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-14 Huanqing Wang , Kaixiang Zhang , Amin Vahidi-Moghaddam , Haowei An , Nan Li , Daning Huang , Zhaojian Li

Performing acrobatic maneuvers like dynamic jumping in bipedal robots presents significant challenges in terms of actuation, motion planning, and control. Traditional approaches to these tasks often simplify dynamics to enhance…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-21 Zhicheng He , Jiayang Wu , Jingwen Zhang , Shibowen Zhang , Yapeng Shi , Hangxin Liu , Lining Sun , Yao Su , Xiaokun Leng

This paper presents a novel Representation-Free Model Predictive Control (RF-MPC) framework for controlling various dynamic motions of a quadrupedal robot in three dimensional (3D) space. Our formulation directly represents the rotational…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-01-18 Yanran Ding , Abhishek Pandala , Chuanzheng Li , Young-Ha Shin , Hae-Won Park