Successive Convexification for Nonlinear Model Predictive Control with Continuous-Time Constraint Satisfaction

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Main Authors: Uzun, Samet, Elango, Purnanand, Kamath, Abhinav G., Kim, Taewan, Acikmese, Behcet
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Published: 2024
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author Uzun, Samet
Elango, Purnanand
Kamath, Abhinav G.
Kim, Taewan
Acikmese, Behcet
author_facet Uzun, Samet
Elango, Purnanand
Kamath, Abhinav G.
Kim, Taewan
Acikmese, Behcet
contents We propose a nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) framework based on a direct optimal control method that ensures continuous-time constraint satisfaction and accurate evaluation of the running cost, without compromising computational efficiency. We leverage the recently proposed successive convexification framework for trajectory optimization, where: (1) the path constraints and running cost are equivalently reformulated by augmenting the system dynamics, (2) multiple shooting is used for exact discretization, and (3) a convergence-guaranteed sequential convex programming (SCP) algorithm, the prox-linear method, is used to solve the discretized receding-horizon optimal control problems. The resulting NMPC framework is computationally efficient, owing to its support for warm-starting and premature termination of SCP, and its reliance on first-order information only. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed NMPC framework by means of a numerical example with reference-tracking and obstacle avoidance. The implementation is available at https://github.com/UW-ACL/nmpc-ctcs
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spellingShingle Successive Convexification for Nonlinear Model Predictive Control with Continuous-Time Constraint Satisfaction
Uzun, Samet
Elango, Purnanand
Kamath, Abhinav G.
Kim, Taewan
Acikmese, Behcet
Optimization and Control
We propose a nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) framework based on a direct optimal control method that ensures continuous-time constraint satisfaction and accurate evaluation of the running cost, without compromising computational efficiency. We leverage the recently proposed successive convexification framework for trajectory optimization, where: (1) the path constraints and running cost are equivalently reformulated by augmenting the system dynamics, (2) multiple shooting is used for exact discretization, and (3) a convergence-guaranteed sequential convex programming (SCP) algorithm, the prox-linear method, is used to solve the discretized receding-horizon optimal control problems. The resulting NMPC framework is computationally efficient, owing to its support for warm-starting and premature termination of SCP, and its reliance on first-order information only. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed NMPC framework by means of a numerical example with reference-tracking and obstacle avoidance. The implementation is available at https://github.com/UW-ACL/nmpc-ctcs
title Successive Convexification for Nonlinear Model Predictive Control with Continuous-Time Constraint Satisfaction
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.00061