In this paper, a new contractive receding horizon scheme is proposed for the stabilization of constrained nonlinear systems. The proposed formulation uses a free finite prediction horizon without explicit use of a contraction stability constraint. Another appealing feature is the fact that the resulting receding horizon control is in pure feedback form unlike existing contractive schemes where open-loop phases or a memorized threshold are used to ensure the contraction property in closed loop. The control scheme is validating on the swing-up and stabilization problem of a simple and a double inverted pendulums.
