Neural impedance adaption for assistive human–robot interaction

The problem of assistive human–robot interaction (HRI) with unknown impedance parameters is nontrivial and interesting. This problem becomes even more challenging if unknown reference trajectory and uncertain robot dynamics are involved. This study investigates an intelligence impedance adaption con...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rahimi, H.N., Howard, Ian, Cui, Lei
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66649
_version_ 1848761361815830528
author Rahimi, H.N.
Howard, Ian
Cui, Lei
author_facet Rahimi, H.N.
Howard, Ian
Cui, Lei
author_sort Rahimi, H.N.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description The problem of assistive human–robot interaction (HRI) with unknown impedance parameters is nontrivial and interesting. This problem becomes even more challenging if unknown reference trajectory and uncertain robot dynamics are involved. This study investigates an intelligence impedance adaption control scheme to assist human interaction with an unknown robot system. An algorithm is proposed to facilitate assistive HRI by optimizing the overall human–robot interaction performance. Neural networks (NN) and backpropagation are employed to tackle the optimization problem, based on an online adaption of impedance parameters. The tuned impedance model is integrated into the design of the neuroadaptive controller. The controller is modified by utilizing the barrier Lyapunov function technique to increase the safety, and to improve functionality of the NN during the system operation. The obtained controller can learn the robot dynamics online while coping with both the problems of trajectory-following and impedance model-following. Stability and uniform boundedness of the closed-loop system are verified through Lyapunov direct analysis. The effectiveness of the proposed control design is validated by theoretical analysis and numerical simulation.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T10:30:27Z
format Journal Article
id curtin-20.500.11937-66649
institution Curtin University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
last_indexed 2025-11-14T10:30:27Z
publishDate 2018
publisher Elsevier BV
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling curtin-20.500.11937-666492020-07-27T02:41:17Z Neural impedance adaption for assistive human–robot interaction Rahimi, H.N. Howard, Ian Cui, Lei The problem of assistive human–robot interaction (HRI) with unknown impedance parameters is nontrivial and interesting. This problem becomes even more challenging if unknown reference trajectory and uncertain robot dynamics are involved. This study investigates an intelligence impedance adaption control scheme to assist human interaction with an unknown robot system. An algorithm is proposed to facilitate assistive HRI by optimizing the overall human–robot interaction performance. Neural networks (NN) and backpropagation are employed to tackle the optimization problem, based on an online adaption of impedance parameters. The tuned impedance model is integrated into the design of the neuroadaptive controller. The controller is modified by utilizing the barrier Lyapunov function technique to increase the safety, and to improve functionality of the NN during the system operation. The obtained controller can learn the robot dynamics online while coping with both the problems of trajectory-following and impedance model-following. Stability and uniform boundedness of the closed-loop system are verified through Lyapunov direct analysis. The effectiveness of the proposed control design is validated by theoretical analysis and numerical simulation. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66649 10.1016/j.neucom.2018.02.025 Elsevier BV fulltext
spellingShingle Rahimi, H.N.
Howard, Ian
Cui, Lei
Neural impedance adaption for assistive human–robot interaction
title Neural impedance adaption for assistive human–robot interaction
title_full Neural impedance adaption for assistive human–robot interaction
title_fullStr Neural impedance adaption for assistive human–robot interaction
title_full_unstemmed Neural impedance adaption for assistive human–robot interaction
title_short Neural impedance adaption for assistive human–robot interaction
title_sort neural impedance adaption for assistive human–robot interaction
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66649