Gaussian process-based nonlinearity compensation for pneumatic soft actuators

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Autoren

  • Alexander Pawluchin
  • Michael Meindl
  • Ive Weygers
  • Thomas Seel
  • Ivo Boblan

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Externe Organisationen

  • Berliner Hochschule für Technik (BHT)
  • Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
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Titel in ÜbersetzungEine auf Gauß-Prozessen basierende Kompensation der Nichtlinearitäten für weiche pneumatische Aktuatoren
OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)440-448
Seitenumfang9
FachzeitschriftAt-Automatisierungstechnik
Jahrgang72
Ausgabenummer5
Frühes Online-Datum7 Mai 2024
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 27 Mai 2024

Abstract

Highly compliant Pneumatic Soft Actuators (PSAs) have the potential to perform challenging tasks in a broad range of applications that require shape-adaptive capabilities. Achieving accurate tracking control for such actuators with complex geometries and material compositions typically involves many time-consuming and laborious engineering steps. In this work, we propose a data-driven learning-based control approach to address reference tracking tasks, incorporating self-adaptation in situ. We utilize a short interaction maneuver, recorded a priori, to collect the quasi-static data affected by severe hysteresis. Besides a linear feedback controller, we use two Gaussian process models to predict the feedforward control input to compensate for the nonlinearity in a one-shot learning setting. The proposed control approach demonstrates accurate tracking performance even under realistic varying configurations, such as alterations in mass and orientation, without any parameter tuning. Notably, training was achieved with only 25-50 s of experimental interaction, which emphasizes the plug-and-play capabilities in diverse real-world applications.

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Gaussian process-based nonlinearity compensation for pneumatic soft actuators. / Pawluchin, Alexander; Meindl, Michael; Weygers, Ive et al.
in: At-Automatisierungstechnik, Jahrgang 72, Nr. 5, 27.05.2024, S. 440-448.

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelForschungPeer-Review

Pawluchin A, Meindl M, Weygers I, Seel T, Boblan I. Gaussian process-based nonlinearity compensation for pneumatic soft actuators. At-Automatisierungstechnik. 2024 Mai 27;72(5):440-448. Epub 2024 Mai 7. doi: 10.1515/auto-2023-0237
Pawluchin, Alexander ; Meindl, Michael ; Weygers, Ive et al. / Gaussian process-based nonlinearity compensation for pneumatic soft actuators. in: At-Automatisierungstechnik. 2024 ; Jahrgang 72, Nr. 5. S. 440-448.
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