Title
Supervisory teleoperation with online learning and optimal control.
Abstract
We present a general approach for online learning and optimal control of manipulation tasks in a supervisory teleoperation context, targeted to underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). We use an online Bayesian nonparametric learning algorithm to build models of manipulation motions as task-parametrized hidden semi-Markov models (TP-HSMM) that capture the spatiotemporal characteristics of demonstrated motions in a probabilistic representation. Motions are then executed autonomously using an optimal controller, namely a model predictive control (MPC) approach in a receding horizon fashion. This way the remote system locally closes a high-frequency control loop that robustly handles noise and dynamically changing environments. Our system automates common and recurring tasks, allowing the operator to focus only on the tasks that genuinely require human intervention. We demonstrate how our solution can be used for a hot-stabbing motion in an underwater teleoperation scenario. We evaluate the performance of the system over multiple trials and compare with a state-of-the-art approach. We report that our approach generalizes well with only a few demonstrations, accurately performs the learned task and adapts online to dynamically changing task conditions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1109/ICRA.2017.7989183
ICRA
Field
DocType
Volume
Teleoperation,Remotely operated underwater vehicle,Control theory,Optimal control,Control theory,Supervisory control,Model predictive control,Control engineering,Engineering,Control system,Probabilistic logic
Conference
2017
Issue
Citations 
PageRank 
1
3
0.45
References 
Authors
11
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ioannis Havoutis111619.82
Sylvain Calinon21897117.63