Dynamics Model Abstraction Scheme Using Radial Basis Functions

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...

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Main Authors: Silvia Tolu, Mauricio Vanegas, Rodrigo Agís, Richard Carrillo, Antonio Cañas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Control Science and Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/761019
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Summary: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 to more reliable sensorimotor complexes, we evaluate and compare a sparse velocity-driven versus a dense position-driven control scheme.
ISSN:1687-5249
1687-5257