Learning-Based Dynamics Modeling and Robust Control for Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots

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Autores principales: Zou, Ziqing, Qiu, Ke, Wang, Fei, Lu, Haojian, Xiong, Rong, Wang, Yue
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Publicado: 2026
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author Zou, Ziqing
Qiu, Ke
Wang, Fei
Lu, Haojian
Xiong, Rong
Wang, Yue
author_facet Zou, Ziqing
Qiu, Ke
Wang, Fei
Lu, Haojian
Xiong, Rong
Wang, Yue
contents Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots (TDCRs) pose significant modeling and control challenges due to complex nonlinearities, such as frictional hysteresis and transmission compliance. This paper proposes a differentiable learning framework that integrates high-fidelity dynamics modeling with robust neural control. We develop a GRU-based dynamics model featuring bidirectional multi-channel connectivity and residual prediction to effectively suppress compounding errors during long-horizon auto-regressive prediction. By treating this model as a gradient bridge, an end-to-end neural control policy is optimized through backpropagation, allowing it to implicitly internalize compensation for intricate nonlinearities. Experimental validation on a physical three-section TDCR demonstrates that our framework achieves accurate tracking and superior robustness against unseen payloads, outperforming Jacobian-based methods by eliminating self-excited oscillations.
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spellingShingle Learning-Based Dynamics Modeling and Robust Control for Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots
Zou, Ziqing
Qiu, Ke
Wang, Fei
Lu, Haojian
Xiong, Rong
Wang, Yue
Robotics
Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots (TDCRs) pose significant modeling and control challenges due to complex nonlinearities, such as frictional hysteresis and transmission compliance. This paper proposes a differentiable learning framework that integrates high-fidelity dynamics modeling with robust neural control. We develop a GRU-based dynamics model featuring bidirectional multi-channel connectivity and residual prediction to effectively suppress compounding errors during long-horizon auto-regressive prediction. By treating this model as a gradient bridge, an end-to-end neural control policy is optimized through backpropagation, allowing it to implicitly internalize compensation for intricate nonlinearities. Experimental validation on a physical three-section TDCR demonstrates that our framework achieves accurate tracking and superior robustness against unseen payloads, outperforming Jacobian-based methods by eliminating self-excited oscillations.
title Learning-Based Dynamics Modeling and Robust Control for Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.25691