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Event-triggered-based Decentralized Optimal Control of Modular Robot Manipulators Using RNN Identifier

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In this paper, an event-triggered-based decentralized tracking control method is proposed for modular robot manipulators (MRMs) using a recurrent neural network (RNN) and neuro-dynamic programming (NDP). The joint torque feedback (JTF) technique is introduced to model the MRM subsystems. The cost function of each subsystem consists of a tracking error fusion function and a term summarizing the RNN identifier errors. The event-triggered Hamiltonian-Jacobi-Bellman (ETHJB) equation is solved by constructing a critic neural network using NDP, and a decentralized optimal tracking control policy under the event-triggered framework can be obtained. The closed-loop MRM system is shown to be uniformly ultimately bounded under the Lyapunov stability theorem. Finally, the experimental results verify that the proposed control method is superior to the time-triggered optimal control policy and the observer-critic-based event-triggered optimal control policy proposed in the previous work of the author.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 62173047), the Scientific Technological Development Plan Project in Jilin Province of China (Grant no. YDZJ202201ZYTS508) and the Science and Technology project of Jilin Provincial Education Department of China during the 13th Five-Year Plan Period (Grant no. JJKH20220689KJ).

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Fan Zhou: Software. Qiang Pan: Writing-original draft. Yuanchun Li: Supervision. Bing Ma: Conceptualization, Methodology. Tianjiao An: Data curation.

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Pan, Q., Li, Y., Ma, B. et al. Event-triggered-based Decentralized Optimal Control of Modular Robot Manipulators Using RNN Identifier. J Intell Robot Syst 106, 55 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-022-01746-6

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