Model Predictive Control (MPC) is the industry standard for autonomous navigation control algorithms. Essentially, MPC helps the vehicle to predict and plan for future events by continuously generating a series of control actions that will get the vehicle closer to its desired trajectory. Engineers commonly use MPC in longitudinal (speed) and lateral control (steering).
This is only part of the whole story of MPC. Before diving deeper into the MPC concepts. Let’s discuss why MPC is the state-of-the-art method for controlling AV.