Quantum Machine Learning and Grover's Algorithm for Quantum Optimization of Robotic Manipulators

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Main Authors: Nigatu, Hassen, Gaokun, Shi, Jituo, Li, Jin, Wang, Guodong, Lu, Li, Howard
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Published: 2025
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author Nigatu, Hassen
Gaokun, Shi
Jituo, Li
Jin, Wang
Guodong, Lu
Li, Howard
author_facet Nigatu, Hassen
Gaokun, Shi
Jituo, Li
Jin, Wang
Guodong, Lu
Li, Howard
contents Optimizing high-degree of freedom robotic manipulators requires searching complex, high-dimensional configuration spaces, a task that is computationally challenging for classical methods. This paper introduces a quantum native framework that integrates quantum machine learning with Grover's algorithm to solve kinematic optimization problems efficiently. A parameterized quantum circuit is trained to approximate the forward kinematics model, which then constructs an oracle to identify optimal configurations. Grover's algorithm leverages this oracle to provide a quadratic reduction in search complexity. Demonstrated on simulated 1-DoF, 2-DoF, and dual-arm manipulator tasks, the method achieves significant speedups-up to 93x over classical optimizers like Nelder Mead as problem dimensionality increases. This work establishes a foundational, quantum-native framework for robot kinematic optimization, effectively bridging quantum computing and robotics problems.
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spellingShingle Quantum Machine Learning and Grover's Algorithm for Quantum Optimization of Robotic Manipulators
Nigatu, Hassen
Gaokun, Shi
Jituo, Li
Jin, Wang
Guodong, Lu
Li, Howard
Robotics
Optimizing high-degree of freedom robotic manipulators requires searching complex, high-dimensional configuration spaces, a task that is computationally challenging for classical methods. This paper introduces a quantum native framework that integrates quantum machine learning with Grover's algorithm to solve kinematic optimization problems efficiently. A parameterized quantum circuit is trained to approximate the forward kinematics model, which then constructs an oracle to identify optimal configurations. Grover's algorithm leverages this oracle to provide a quadratic reduction in search complexity. Demonstrated on simulated 1-DoF, 2-DoF, and dual-arm manipulator tasks, the method achieves significant speedups-up to 93x over classical optimizers like Nelder Mead as problem dimensionality increases. This work establishes a foundational, quantum-native framework for robot kinematic optimization, effectively bridging quantum computing and robotics problems.
title Quantum Machine Learning and Grover's Algorithm for Quantum Optimization of Robotic Manipulators
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07216