%T Regulation of Differential Drive Robots using Continuous Time MPC without Stabilizing Constraints or Costs %I Elsevier %R doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.11.272 %J IFAC-PapersOnLine %L eprints4017 %P 129-135 %N 23 %X In this paper, model predictive control (MPC) of differential drive robots is considered. Here, we solve the set point stabilization problem without incorporating stabilizing constraints and/or costs in the MPC scheme. In particular, we extend recent results obtained in a discrete time setting to the continuous time domain. To this end, so called swaps and replacements are introduced in order to validate a growth condition on the value function and, thus, to rigorously prove asymptotic stability of the MPC closed loop for nonholonomic robots. %K nonholonomic mobile robots; model predictive control; regulation; nonlinear control %D 2015 %A Karl Worthmann %A Mohamed W. Mehrez %A Mario Zanon %A George K.I. Mann %A Raymond G. Gosine %A Moritz Diehl %V 48