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Empirical Study of Q-Learning Based Elemental Hose Transport Control

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Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems (HAIS 2011)

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Non-rigid physical elements attached to robotic systems introduce non-linear dynamics that requires innovative control approaches. This paper describes some of our results applying Q-Learning to learn the control commands to solve a hose transportation problem. The learning process is developed in a simulated environment. Computationally expensive but dynamically accurate Geometrically Exact Dynamic Splines (GEDS) have been used to model the hose to be transported by a single robot, showing the difficulties of controlling flexible elastic passive linking elements.

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Lopez-Guede, J.M., Fernandez-Gauna, B., GraƱa, M., Zulueta, E. (2011). Empirical Study of Q-Learning Based Elemental Hose Transport Control. In: Corchado, E., Kurzyński, M., WoÅŗniak, M. (eds) Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems. HAIS 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6679. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21222-2_55

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