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Systems and methods for controlling a robot

US11662731B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 12, 2021
Grant dateMay 30, 2023
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Expiry dateNov 1, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB25J9/163
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Systems and methods described herein relate to controlling a robot. One embodiment receives an initial state of the robot, an initial nominal control trajectory of the robot, and a Kullback-Leibler (KL) divergence bound between a modeled probability distribution for a stochastic disturbance and an unknown actual probability distribution for the stochastic disturbance; solves a bilevel optimization problem subject to the modeled probability distribution and the KL divergence bound using an iterative Linear-Exponential-Quadratic-Gaussian (iLEQG) algorithm and a cross-entropy process, the iLEQG algorithm outputting an updated nominal control trajectory, the cross-entropy process outputting a risk-sensitivity parameter; and controls operation of the robot based, at least in part, on the updated nominal control trajectory and the risk-sensitivity parameter.

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