Learned Uncertainty Tubes via Recurrent Neural Networks for Planning Robust Robot Motions
Abstract
In the context of generating robust robot motions, it is
crucial to consider the effects of parameter uncertainties on the robot
model. One approach to address this challenge is to compute ’uncertainty
tubes’ that envelop the robot state for any combination of
parameters within a given range, and to use these tubes to robustly
check for collisions within a motion planning algorithm. However,
computing them directly can be computationally expensive due to
the need to solve and integrate potentially numerous nonlinear ordinary
differential equations (ODEs) associated with robot dynamics.
To overcome this limitation, we propose a GRU-based architecture
that provides fast and accurate estimation of the uncertainty tubes.
We demonstrate that GRUs achieve the best compromise between
prediction accuracy, prediction time, and network size compared to
RNNs and LSTMs, justifying our choice. Finally, we showcase the
efficiency of the learning process within a motion planning framework
for an aerial vehicle.
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