Velocity-Form Data-Enabled Predictive Control of Soft Robots under Unknown External Payloads

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Main Authors: Wang, Huanqing, Zhang, Kaixiang, Lee, Kyungjoon, Mei, Yu, Srivastava, Vaibhav, Sheng, Jun, Song, Ziyou, Li, Zhaojian
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author Wang, Huanqing
Zhang, Kaixiang
Lee, Kyungjoon
Mei, Yu
Srivastava, Vaibhav
Sheng, Jun
Song, Ziyou
Li, Zhaojian
author_facet Wang, Huanqing
Zhang, Kaixiang
Lee, Kyungjoon
Mei, Yu
Srivastava, Vaibhav
Sheng, Jun
Song, Ziyou
Li, Zhaojian
contents Data-driven control methods such as data-enabled predictive control (DeePC) have shown strong potential in efficient control of soft robots without explicit parametric models. However, in object manipulation tasks, unknown external payloads and disturbances can significantly alter the system dynamics and behavior, leading to offset error and degraded control performance. In this paper, we present a novel velocity-form DeePC framework that achieves robust and optimal control of soft robots under unknown payloads. The proposed framework leverages input-output data in an incremental representation to mitigate performance degradation induced by unknown payloads, eliminating the need for weighted datasets or disturbance estimators. We validate the method experimentally on a planar soft robot and demonstrate its superior performance compared to standard DeePC in scenarios involving unknown payloads.
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spellingShingle Velocity-Form Data-Enabled Predictive Control of Soft Robots under Unknown External Payloads
Wang, Huanqing
Zhang, Kaixiang
Lee, Kyungjoon
Mei, Yu
Srivastava, Vaibhav
Sheng, Jun
Song, Ziyou
Li, Zhaojian
Robotics
Systems and Control
Data-driven control methods such as data-enabled predictive control (DeePC) have shown strong potential in efficient control of soft robots without explicit parametric models. However, in object manipulation tasks, unknown external payloads and disturbances can significantly alter the system dynamics and behavior, leading to offset error and degraded control performance. In this paper, we present a novel velocity-form DeePC framework that achieves robust and optimal control of soft robots under unknown payloads. The proposed framework leverages input-output data in an incremental representation to mitigate performance degradation induced by unknown payloads, eliminating the need for weighted datasets or disturbance estimators. We validate the method experimentally on a planar soft robot and demonstrate its superior performance compared to standard DeePC in scenarios involving unknown payloads.
title Velocity-Form Data-Enabled Predictive Control of Soft Robots under Unknown External Payloads
topic Robotics
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.04509