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Summary Iterative learning control (ILC) algorithms enable high‐performance control design using only approximate models of the system. To deal with severe modeling errors, a robustness filter Q is typically employed. Irrespective of the large performance enhancement, these approaches thus require a modeling effort and are subject to a performance/robustness tradeoff. The aim of this paper is to develop a fully data‐driven ILC approach that does not require a modeling effort and mitigates the performance/robustness tradeoff. The main idea is to replace the use of a model by dedicated experiments on the system. Convergence conditions are developed in a finite‐time framework, and insight in the convergence aspects is presented using a frequency‐domain analysis. Extensions to increase the convergence speed are proposed. The developed framework is validated through experiments on a multivariable industrial flatbed printer. Both increased performance and robustness are demonstrated in a comparison with closely related model‐based ILC algorithms. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.