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    • Robotics and Control Systems
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Machine Learning

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    • Robot manipulation in uncertain, time-varying environments presents significant control challenges.
    • Accurate modeling of unknown environmental dynamics, including stochastic elements, is crucial for effective interaction.
    • Existing control methods often struggle with the complexities of real-world, dynamic environments.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a novel stochastic optimal control method for robot manipulators interacting with dynamic and uncertain environments.
    • To integrate learned environmental dynamics into the control framework for improved performance.
    • To optimize key manipulation parameters, including feedforward force, reference trajectory, and impedance parameters.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) to learn the external dynamics of the time-varying, uncertain environment.
    • Developed a complete interaction system dynamics model by integrating learned external dynamics and stochastic uncertainties.
    • Presented an iterative linear quadratic Gaussian with learned external dynamics (ILQG-LEDs) method for optimal control parameter calculation.

    Main Results:

    • Comparative simulation studies demonstrated the superiority of the proposed ILQG-LEDs method.
    • Experimental validation on a peg-hole insertion task confirmed the method's capability in handling complex manipulation scenarios.
    • The method effectively optimized feedforward force, reference trajectory, and impedance parameters under time-varying dynamics.

    Conclusions:

    • The novel stochastic optimal control method provides a robust solution for robot manipulation in challenging environments.
    • The integration of GPR for learning and ILQG-LEDs for control offers significant advantages over traditional approaches.
    • This research advances the field of robotic manipulation, enabling more sophisticated and adaptive autonomous systems.