Title
Improving Input-Output Linearizing Controllers for Bipedal Robots via Reinforcement Learning
Abstract
The main drawbacks of input-output linearizing controllers are the need for precise dynamics models and not being able to account for input constraints. Model uncertainty is common in almost every robotic application and input saturation is present in every real world system. In this paper, we address both challenges for the specific case of bipedal robot control by the use of reinforcement learning techniques. Taking the structure of the aforementioned input-output linearizing controller, we use an additive learned term that compensates for model uncertainty. Moreover, by adding constraints to the learning problem we manage to boost the performance of the final controller when input limits are present. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the designed framework for different levels of uncertainty on the five-link planar robot RABBIT.
Year
Venue
DocType
2020
L4DC
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Castañeda Fernando100.68
Wulfman Mathias200.34
Ayush Agrawal353.90
Tyler Westenbroek424.18
Shankar Sastry5119771291.58
Tomlin Claire J.600.34
Koushil Sreenath735833.41