Guaranteed Robust Nonlinear MPC via Disturbance Feedback

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Main Authors: Leeman, Antoine P., Köhler, Johannes, Zeilinger, Melanie N.
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Published: 2025
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author Leeman, Antoine P.
Köhler, Johannes
Zeilinger, Melanie N.
author_facet Leeman, Antoine P.
Köhler, Johannes
Zeilinger, Melanie N.
contents Robots must satisfy safety-critical state and input constraints despite disturbances and model mismatch. We introduce a robust model predictive control (RMPC) formulation that is fast, scalable, and compatible with real-time implementation. Our formulation guarantees robust constraint satisfaction, input-to-state stability (ISS) and recursive feasibility. The key idea is to decompose the uncertain nonlinear system into (i) a nominal nonlinear dynamic model, (ii) disturbance-feedback controllers, and (iii) bounds on the model error. These components are optimized jointly using sequential convex programming. The resulting convex subproblems are solved efficiently using a recent disturbance-feedback MPC solver. The approach is validated across multiple dynamics, including a rocket-landing problem with steerable thrust. An open-source implementation is available at https://github.com/antoineleeman/robust-nonlinear-mpc.
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spellingShingle Guaranteed Robust Nonlinear MPC via Disturbance Feedback
Leeman, Antoine P.
Köhler, Johannes
Zeilinger, Melanie N.
Optimization and Control
Robotics
Systems and Control
Robots must satisfy safety-critical state and input constraints despite disturbances and model mismatch. We introduce a robust model predictive control (RMPC) formulation that is fast, scalable, and compatible with real-time implementation. Our formulation guarantees robust constraint satisfaction, input-to-state stability (ISS) and recursive feasibility. The key idea is to decompose the uncertain nonlinear system into (i) a nominal nonlinear dynamic model, (ii) disturbance-feedback controllers, and (iii) bounds on the model error. These components are optimized jointly using sequential convex programming. The resulting convex subproblems are solved efficiently using a recent disturbance-feedback MPC solver. The approach is validated across multiple dynamics, including a rocket-landing problem with steerable thrust. An open-source implementation is available at https://github.com/antoineleeman/robust-nonlinear-mpc.
title Guaranteed Robust Nonlinear MPC via Disturbance Feedback
topic Optimization and Control
Robotics
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18760