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We present a sequential distributed model predictive control (MPC) scheme for cooperative control of multi-agent systems with dynamically decoupled heterogeneous nonlinear agents subject to individual constraints. In the scheme, we explore…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-13 Matthias Köhler , Matthias A. Müller , Frank Allgöwer

This paper considers a risk-constrained motion planning problem and aims to find the solution combining the concepts of iterative model predictive control (MPC) and data-driven distributionally robust (DR) risk-constrained optimization. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-09 Alireza Zolanvari , Ashish Cherukuri

Reinforcement learning (RL) and model predictive control (MPC) offer complementary strengths, yet combining them at scale remains computationally challenging. We propose soft MPCritic, an RL-MPC framework that learns in (soft) value space…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Thomas Banker , Nathan P. Lawrence , Ali Mesbah

One major issue in learning-based model predictive control (MPC) for autonomous driving is the contradiction between the system model's prediction accuracy and computation efficiency. The more situations a system model covers, the more…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-04-11 Kang Zhao , Jianru Xue , Xiangning Meng , Gengxin Li , Mengsen Wu

Robust optimal or min-max model predictive control (MPC) approaches aim to guarantee constraint satisfaction over a known, bounded uncertainty set while minimizing a worst-case performance bound. Traditionally, these methods compute a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-04 J. Wehbeh , E. C. Kerrigan

In this paper, we present a novel Model Predictive Control method for autonomous robots subject to arbitrary forms of uncertainty. The proposed Risk-Aware Model Predictive Path Integral (RA-MPPI) control utilizes the Conditional…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-27 Ji Yin , Zhiyuan Zhang , Panagiotis Tsiotras

This paper presents VIMPPI, a novel control approach for underactuated double pendulum systems developed for the AI Olympics competition. We enhance the Model Predictive Path Integral framework by incorporating variational integration…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-15 Igor Alentev , Lev Kozlov , Ivan Domrachev , Simeon Nedelchev , Jee-Hwan Ryu

Model predictive control (MPC) has become the de facto standard action space for local planning and learning-based control in many continuous robotic control tasks, including autonomous driving. MPC solves a long-horizon cost optimization…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-10-02 Yuan-Yao Lou , Jonathan Spencer , Kwang Taik Kim , Mung Chiang

We present a data-driven optimal control framework that can be viewed as a generalization of the path integral (PI) control approach. We find iterative feedback control laws without parameterization based on probabilistic representation of…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-02-02 Yunpeng Pan , Evangelos A. Theodorou , Michail Kontitsis

This paper considers a risk-constrained infinite-horizon optimal control problem and proposes to solve it in an iterative manner. Each iteration of the algorithm generates a trajectory from the starting point to the target equilibrium state…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-29 Alireza Zolanvari , Ashish Cherukuri

Robots deployed in dynamic environments must remain safe even when key physical parameters are uncertain or change over time. We propose Parameter-Robust Model Predictive Path Integral (PRMPPI) control, a framework that integrates online…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-07 Matti Vahs , Jaeyoun Choi , Niklas Schmid , Jana Tumova , Chuchu Fan

The control of constrained systems using model predictive control (MPC) becomes more challenging when full state information is not available and when the nominal system model and measurements are corrupted by noise. Since these conditions…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-19 Joseph Lorenzetti , Marco Pavone

In this paper, we consider a class of continuous-time, continuous-space stochastic optimal control problems. Building upon recent advances in Markov chain approximation methods and sampling-based algorithms for deterministic path planning,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2012-02-27 Vu Anh Huynh , Sertac Karaman , Emilio Frazzoli

Sampling-based model predictive control methods like MPPI and CEM are essential for real-time control of nonlinear robotic systems, particularly where discontinuous dynamics preclude gradient-based optimization. However, these methods…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Vincent Pacelli , Akash Ratheesh , Evangelos A. Theodorou

Common approaches for direct model predictive control (MPC) for current reference tracking in power electronics suffer from the high computational complexity encountered when solving integer optimal control problems over long prediction…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-06-28 Bartolomeo Stellato , Tobias Geyer , Paul J. Goulart

Recent studies have shown that multi-step optimization based on Model Predictive Control (MPC) can effectively coordinate the increasing number of distributed renewable energy and storage resources in the power system. However, the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-06-02 Junyao Guo , Gabriela Hug , Ozan Tonguz

There has been much progress in data-driven artificial intelligence technology for medical image analysis in the last decades. However, it still remains challenging due to its distinctive complexity of acquiring and annotating image data,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-30 Chao Gou , Tianyu Shen , Wenbo Zheng , Huadan Xue , Hui Yu , Qiang Ji , Zhengyu Jin , Fei-Yue Wang

Safe navigation in uneven terrains is an important problem in robotic research. In this paper we propose a 2.5D navigation system which consists of elevation map building, path planning and local path following with obstacle avoidance. For…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-16 Stepan Dergachev , Kirill Muravyev , Konstantin Yakovlev

This paper proposes a multi-step probabilistic forecasting framework using a single neural-network based model to generate simultaneous point and interval forecasts. Our approach ensures non-crossing prediction intervals (PIs) through a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Worachit Amnuaypongsa , Yotsapat Suparanonrat , Pana Wanitchollakit , Jitkomut Songsiri

Sampling-based approaches are widely used in systems without analytic models to estimate risk or find optimal control. However, gathering sufficient data in such scenarios can be prohibitively costly. On the other hand, in many situations,…

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