relation: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/4012/ title: Model Predictive Control of Nonholonomic Mobile Robots Without Stabilizing Constraints and Costs creator: Worthmann, Karl creator: Mehrez, Mohamed W. creator: Zanon, Mario creator: Mann, George K. I. creator: Gosine, Raymond G. creator: Diehl, Moritz subject: T Technology (General) description: The problem of steering a nonholonomic mobile robot to a desired position and orientation is considered. In this paper, a model predictive control (MPC) scheme based on tailored nonquadratic stage cost is proposed to fulfill this control task. We rigorously prove asymptotic stability while neither stabilizing constraints nor costs are used. To this end, we first design suitable maneuvers to construct bounds on the value function. Second, these bounds are exploited to determine a prediction horizon length such that the asymptotic stability of the MPC closed loop is guaranteed. Finally, numerical simulations are conducted to explain the necessity of having nonquadratic running costs. publisher: IEEE date: 2016 type: Article type: PeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/4012/1/07312445.pdf identifier: Worthmann, Karl and Mehrez, Mohamed W. and Zanon, Mario and Mann, George K. I. and Gosine, Raymond G. and Diehl, Moritz Model Predictive Control of Nonholonomic Mobile Robots Without Stabilizing Constraints and Costs. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 24 (4). pp. 1394-1406. ISSN 1063-6536 (2016) relation: http://doi.org/10.1109/TCST.2015.2488589 relation: doi:10.1109/TCST.2015.2488589