Reinforcement Learning-Based Neuroadaptive Control of Robotic Manipulators under Deferred Constraints

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Main Authors: Nohooji, Hamed Rahimi, Zaraki, Abolfazl, Voos, Holger
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Published: 2025
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author Nohooji, Hamed Rahimi
Zaraki, Abolfazl
Voos, Holger
author_facet Nohooji, Hamed Rahimi
Zaraki, Abolfazl
Voos, Holger
contents This paper presents a reinforcement learning-based neuroadaptive control framework for robotic manipulators operating under deferred constraints. The proposed approach improves traditional barrier Lyapunov functions by introducing a smooth constraint enforcement mechanism that offers two key advantages: (i) it minimizes control effort in unconstrained regions and progressively increases it near constraints, improving energy efficiency, and (ii) it enables gradual constraint activation through a prescribed-time shifting function, allowing safe operation even when initial conditions violate constraints. To address system uncertainties and improve adaptability, an actor-critic reinforcement learning framework is employed. The critic network estimates the value function, while the actor network learns an optimal control policy in real time, enabling adaptive constraint handling without requiring explicit system modeling. Lyapunov-based stability analysis guarantees the boundedness of all closed-loop signals. The effectiveness of the proposed method is validated through numerical simulations.
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spellingShingle Reinforcement Learning-Based Neuroadaptive Control of Robotic Manipulators under Deferred Constraints
Nohooji, Hamed Rahimi
Zaraki, Abolfazl
Voos, Holger
Robotics
Systems and Control
This paper presents a reinforcement learning-based neuroadaptive control framework for robotic manipulators operating under deferred constraints. The proposed approach improves traditional barrier Lyapunov functions by introducing a smooth constraint enforcement mechanism that offers two key advantages: (i) it minimizes control effort in unconstrained regions and progressively increases it near constraints, improving energy efficiency, and (ii) it enables gradual constraint activation through a prescribed-time shifting function, allowing safe operation even when initial conditions violate constraints. To address system uncertainties and improve adaptability, an actor-critic reinforcement learning framework is employed. The critic network estimates the value function, while the actor network learns an optimal control policy in real time, enabling adaptive constraint handling without requiring explicit system modeling. Lyapunov-based stability analysis guarantees the boundedness of all closed-loop signals. The effectiveness of the proposed method is validated through numerical simulations.
title Reinforcement Learning-Based Neuroadaptive Control of Robotic Manipulators under Deferred Constraints
topic Robotics
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.14669