Efficient Model Identification for Tensegrity Locomotion

2018/04/12 by Zhu, Shaojun, Surovik, David, Bekris, Kostas E. +1
#Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #FOS: Electrical engineering #Machine Learning (cs.LG) #Robotics (cs.RO) #Systems and Control (eess.SY) #electronic engineering #information engineering

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1804.04696

Abstract

This paper aims to identify in a practical manner unknown physical parameters, such as mechanical models of actuated robot links, which are critical in dynamical robotic tasks. Key features include the use of an off-the-shelf physics engine and the Bayesian optimization framework. The task being considered is locomotion with a high-dimensional, compliant Tensegrity robot. A key insight, in this case, is the need to project the model identification challenge into an appropriate lower dimensional space for efficiency. Comparisons with alternatives indicate that the proposed method can identify the parameters more accurately within the given time budget, which also results in more precise locomotion control.

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