Realizing optimal control performance for continuum robots(CRs) poses huge challenges on traditional modelbased optimal control approaches due to their high degrees of freedom,complex nonlinear dynamics and soft conti...Realizing optimal control performance for continuum robots(CRs) poses huge challenges on traditional modelbased optimal control approaches due to their high degrees of freedom,complex nonlinear dynamics and soft continuum morphologies which are difficult to explicitly model.This paper proposes a model-free adaptive optimal control algorithm(ADAPT)for CRs.In our strategy,we consider CRs as a class of nonlinear continuous-time dynamical systems in the state space,wherein the position of the end-effector is considered as the state and the input torque is mapped as the control input.Then,the optimized Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman(HJB) equation is derived by optimal control principles,and subsequently solved by the proposed ADAPT algorithm without requiring knowledge of the original system dynamics.Under some mild assumptions,the global stability and convergence of the closed-loop control approach are guaranteed.Several simulation experiments are conducted on a magnetic CR(MCR) to demonstrate the practicality and effectiveness of the ADAPT algorithm.展开更多
基金supported in part by the Innovation and Technology Commission of Hong Kong,China(ITS/136/20,ITS/234/21,MHP/096/22,ITS/235/22)Multi-Scale Medical Robotics Center,InnoHK,China(8312051)+1 种基金Research Grants Council(RGC) of Hong Kong,China(CUHK 14217822,CUHK14207823,AoE/E-407/24-N)The Chinese University of Hong Kong(CUHK) Direct Grant。
文摘Realizing optimal control performance for continuum robots(CRs) poses huge challenges on traditional modelbased optimal control approaches due to their high degrees of freedom,complex nonlinear dynamics and soft continuum morphologies which are difficult to explicitly model.This paper proposes a model-free adaptive optimal control algorithm(ADAPT)for CRs.In our strategy,we consider CRs as a class of nonlinear continuous-time dynamical systems in the state space,wherein the position of the end-effector is considered as the state and the input torque is mapped as the control input.Then,the optimized Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman(HJB) equation is derived by optimal control principles,and subsequently solved by the proposed ADAPT algorithm without requiring knowledge of the original system dynamics.Under some mild assumptions,the global stability and convergence of the closed-loop control approach are guaranteed.Several simulation experiments are conducted on a magnetic CR(MCR) to demonstrate the practicality and effectiveness of the ADAPT algorithm.
