Collective Iterative Learning Control: Exploiting Diversity in Multi-Agent Systems for Reference Tracking Tasks

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  • Hochschule Karlsruhe (HKA)
  • Technische Universität Berlin
  • Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)1390-1402
Seitenumfang13
FachzeitschriftIEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
Jahrgang30
Ausgabenummer4
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Juli 2022
Extern publiziertJa

Abstract

Multi-agent systems (MASs) can autonomously learn to solve previously unknown tasks by means of each agent's individual intelligence as well as by collaborating and exploiting collective intelligence. This article considers a group of autonomous agents learning to track the same given reference trajectory in a possibly small number of trials. We propose a novel collective learning control method that combines iterative learning control (ILC) with a collective update strategy. We derive conditions for desirable convergence properties of such systems. We show that the proposed method allows the collective to combine the advantages of the agents' individual learning strategies and thereby overcomes trade-offs and limitations of single-agent ILC. This benefit is achieved by designing a heterogeneous collective, i.e., a different learning law is assigned to each agent. All theoretical results are confirmed in simulations and experiments with two-wheeled-inverted-pendulum robots (TWIPRs) that jointly learn to perform the desired maneuver.

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Collective Iterative Learning Control: Exploiting Diversity in Multi-Agent Systems for Reference Tracking Tasks. / Meindl, Michael; Molinari, Fabio; Lehmann, Dustin et al.
in: IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Jahrgang 30, Nr. 4, 01.07.2022, S. 1390-1402.

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Meindl M, Molinari F, Lehmann D, Seel T. Collective Iterative Learning Control: Exploiting Diversity in Multi-Agent Systems for Reference Tracking Tasks. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 2022 Jul 1;30(4):1390-1402. doi: 10.1109/TCST.2021.3109646, 10.48550/arXiv.2104.07620
Meindl, Michael ; Molinari, Fabio ; Lehmann, Dustin et al. / Collective Iterative Learning Control : Exploiting Diversity in Multi-Agent Systems for Reference Tracking Tasks. in: IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 2022 ; Jahrgang 30, Nr. 4. S. 1390-1402.
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