Dynamics model abstraction scheme using radial basis functions

  • Authors:
  • Silvia Tolu;Mauricio Vanegas;Rodrigo Agís;Richard Carrillo;Antonio Cañas

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Architecture and Technology, CITIC ETSI Informática y de Telecomunicación, University of Granada, Spain;Department of Biophysical and Electronic Engineering, University of Genoa, Italy;Department of Computer Architecture and Technology, CITIC ETSI Informática y de Telecomunicación, University of Granada, Spain;Department of Computer Architecture and Technology, CITIC ETSI Informática y de Telecomunicación, University of Granada, Spain;Department of Computer Architecture and Technology, CITIC ETSI Informática y de Telecomunicación, University of Granada, Spain

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Control Science and Engineering - Special issue on Dynamic Neural Networks for Model-Free Control and Identification
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

This paper presents a control model for object manipulation. Properties of objects and environmental conditions influence the motor control and learning. System dynamics depend on an unobserved external context, for example, work load of a robot manipulator. The dynamics of a robot arm change as it manipulates objects with different physical properties, for example, the mass, shape, or mass distribution. We address active sensing strategies to acquire object dynamical models with a radial basis function neural network (RBF). Experiments are done using a real robot's arm, and trajectory data are gathered during various trials manipulating different objects. Biped robots do not have high force joint servos and the control system hardly compensates all the inertia variation of the adjacent joints and disturbance torque on dynamic gait control. In order to achieve smoother control and lead tomore reliable sensorimotor complexes, we evaluate and compare a sparse velocity-driven versus a dense position-driven control scheme.