Analyzing Fitts' Law using Offline and Online Optimal Control with Motor Noise

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Autores principales: Bridges, Riley, Parham, Ethan, Li, Jing Shuang
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author Bridges, Riley
Parham, Ethan
Li, Jing Shuang
author_facet Bridges, Riley
Parham, Ethan
Li, Jing Shuang
contents The cause of the speed-accuracy tradeoff (typically quantified via Fitts' Law) is a debated topic of interest in motor neuroscience, and is commonly studied using tools from control theory. Two prominent theories involve the presence of signal dependent motor noise and planning variability -- these factors are generally incorporated separately. In this work, we study how well the simultaneous presence of both factors explains the speed-accuracy tradeoff. A human arm reaching model is developed with bio-realistic signal dependent motor noise, and a Gaussian noise model is used to deterministically approximate the motor noise. Both offline trajectory optimization and online model predictive control are used to simulate the planning and execution of several different reaching tasks with varying target sizes and movement durations. These reaching trajectories are then compared to experimental human reaching data, revealing that both models produce behavior consistent with humans, and the speed-accuracy tradeoff is present in both online and offline control. These results suggest the speed-accuracy tradeoff is likely caused by a combination of these two factors, and also that it plays a role in both offline and online computation.
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spellingShingle Analyzing Fitts' Law using Offline and Online Optimal Control with Motor Noise
Bridges, Riley
Parham, Ethan
Li, Jing Shuang
Systems and Control
The cause of the speed-accuracy tradeoff (typically quantified via Fitts' Law) is a debated topic of interest in motor neuroscience, and is commonly studied using tools from control theory. Two prominent theories involve the presence of signal dependent motor noise and planning variability -- these factors are generally incorporated separately. In this work, we study how well the simultaneous presence of both factors explains the speed-accuracy tradeoff. A human arm reaching model is developed with bio-realistic signal dependent motor noise, and a Gaussian noise model is used to deterministically approximate the motor noise. Both offline trajectory optimization and online model predictive control are used to simulate the planning and execution of several different reaching tasks with varying target sizes and movement durations. These reaching trajectories are then compared to experimental human reaching data, revealing that both models produce behavior consistent with humans, and the speed-accuracy tradeoff is present in both online and offline control. These results suggest the speed-accuracy tradeoff is likely caused by a combination of these two factors, and also that it plays a role in both offline and online computation.
title Analyzing Fitts' Law using Offline and Online Optimal Control with Motor Noise
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.02966