Real-Time Algorithms for Model Predictive Control of Hybrid Dynamical Systems

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Hauptverfasser: Nurkanović, Armin, Pozharskiy, Anton, Diehl, Moritz
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Veröffentlicht: 2026
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author Nurkanović, Armin
Pozharskiy, Anton
Diehl, Moritz
author_facet Nurkanović, Armin
Pozharskiy, Anton
Diehl, Moritz
contents Model predictive control (MPC) of hybrid dynamical systems is challenging because the associated optimization problem is nonsmooth and the resulting feedback law is discontinuous. This paper develops real-time MPC algorithms for nonlinear hybrid systems modeled as dynamical complementarity systems. The resulting optimal control problems are formulated as mathematical programs with complementarity constraints (MPCCs). We show that the solution map of parametric MPCCs is discontinuous, and that standard nonlinear-programming-based approaches may become infeasible when the hybrid system switches. To address this, we introduce three real-time hybrid MPC schemes whose feedback phase solves a quadratic program with complementarity constraints per sample, yielding local discontinuous piecewise affine approximations of the MPC feedback law. Moreover, we derive continuity and differentiability results for parametric MPCCs, and establish conditions under which the approximation error of our new hybrid MPC algorithms remains uniformly bounded despite solution discontinuities. The algorithms are demonstrated on a robotic manipulation example, where contact sequences are discovered online.
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spellingShingle Real-Time Algorithms for Model Predictive Control of Hybrid Dynamical Systems
Nurkanović, Armin
Pozharskiy, Anton
Diehl, Moritz
Optimization and Control
Model predictive control (MPC) of hybrid dynamical systems is challenging because the associated optimization problem is nonsmooth and the resulting feedback law is discontinuous. This paper develops real-time MPC algorithms for nonlinear hybrid systems modeled as dynamical complementarity systems. The resulting optimal control problems are formulated as mathematical programs with complementarity constraints (MPCCs). We show that the solution map of parametric MPCCs is discontinuous, and that standard nonlinear-programming-based approaches may become infeasible when the hybrid system switches. To address this, we introduce three real-time hybrid MPC schemes whose feedback phase solves a quadratic program with complementarity constraints per sample, yielding local discontinuous piecewise affine approximations of the MPC feedback law. Moreover, we derive continuity and differentiability results for parametric MPCCs, and establish conditions under which the approximation error of our new hybrid MPC algorithms remains uniformly bounded despite solution discontinuities. The algorithms are demonstrated on a robotic manipulation example, where contact sequences are discovered online.
title Real-Time Algorithms for Model Predictive Control of Hybrid Dynamical Systems
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.18432