在肌肉骨系统中利用冗余来适应性和肌肉衰竭补偿:一种无模型的逆静态方法
Elijah Almanzor1, Taku Sugiyama2, Arsen Abdulali1
1Bio-Inspired Robotics Laboratory, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
|May 28, 2024
概括
本研究介绍了一种用于复杂的肌肉骨系统的新型无模型控制器. 它适应肌肉衰竭和环境变化而无需重新训练,利用肌肉冗余来提高弹性.
科学领域:
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
- 生物力学 生物力学
- 控制系统 控制系统
背景情况:
- 脊椎动物的肌肉骨系统通过肌肉冗余提供适应性.
- 肌肉骨系统提供了可变的刚性和弹性,但模型和控制复杂.
- 现有的无模型方法未充分利用肌肉冗余,需要重新培训或手动调整.
研究的目的:
- 为肌肉骨系统开发无模型控制器,克服现有方法的局限性.
- 能够适应复杂的结构,肌肉衰竭和环境变化,而无需明确的系统知识.
- 为了利用肌肉冗余的好处来实现强大的控制.
主要方法:
- 一个feedforward神经网络被训练使用运动的数据.
- 实施了局部逆静态方法来控制.
- 控制器在具有单关节和双关节肌肉的肌肉骨腿模型上进行了测试.
主要成果:
- 控制器表现出适应复杂的肌肉骨结构的能力.
- 它成功地弥补了体重变化和肌肉衰竭.
- 在不需要额外的再培训的情况下,环境相互作用得到管理.
结论:
- 开发的控制器有效地管理肌肉骨系统,具有冗余性.
- 它提供了对失败和环境变化的弹性,减少了对再培训的需求.
- 这种方法增强了肌肉骨机器人的实际应用.
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