Model learning for robot control: a survey

D Nguyen-Tuong, J Peters - Cognitive processing, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Models are among the most essential tools in robotics, such as kinematics and
dynamics models of the robot's own body and controllable external objects. It is widely …

On-line regression algorithms for learning mechanical models of robots: a survey

O Sigaud, C Salaün, V Padois - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2011 - Elsevier
With the emergence of more challenging contexts for robotics, the mechanical design of
robots is becoming more and more complex. Moreover, their missions often involve …

R-iac: Robust intrinsically motivated exploration and active learning

A Baranes, PY Oudeyer - IEEE Transactions on Autonomous …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intelligent adaptive curiosity (IAC) was initially introduced as a developmental mechanism
allowing a robot to self-organize developmental trajectories of increasing complexity without …

The hierarchical operational space formulation: Stability analysis for the regulation case

A Dietrich, C Ott, J Park - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Operational Space Formulation (OSF) from the 1980s is probably the most frequently
applied task-space controller in robotics. In multipriority control of redundant robots via the …

Task accuracy enhancement for a surgical macro-micro manipulator with probabilistic neural networks and uncertainty minimization

F Cursi, W Bai, EM Yeatman… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate robot kinematic modelling is a major component for autonomous robot control to
guarantee safety and precision during task execution. In surgical robotics complex robotic …

Augmented neural network for full robot kinematic modelling in SE (3)

F Cursi, W Bai, W Li, EM Yeatman… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the increasing complexity of robotic structures, modelling robots is becoming more
and more challenging, and analytical models are very difficult to build. Machine learning …

Model learning with backlash compensation for a tendon-driven surgical robot

F Cursi, W Bai, EM Yeatman… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robots for minimally invasive surgery are becoming more and more complex, due to
miniaturization and flexibility requirements. The vast majority of surgical robots are tendon …

Adaptive kinematic modelling for multiobjective control of a redundant surgical robotic tool

F Cursi, GP Mylonas, P Kormushev - Robotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Accurate kinematic models are essential for effective control of surgical robots. For tendon
driven robots, which are common for minimally invasive surgery, the high nonlinearities in …

Robot learning

J Peters, DD Lee, J Kober, D Nguyen-Tuong… - Springer Handbook of …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Machine learning offers to robotics a framework and set of tools for the design of
sophisticated and hard-to-engineer behaviors; conversely, the challenges of robotic …

Subspace-oriented energy distribution for the time domain passivity approach

C Ott, J Artigas, C Preusche - 2011 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Time Domain Passivity Control Approach (TDPA) is a powerful tool to guarantee
passive interaction between a robot and its environment. Rather than establishing fixed …