Path Searching of Robot Manipulator Using Reinforcement Learning-Reduction of Searched Configuration Space Using SOM and Multistage Learning

Autor: Kenji Hiraoka, Seiji Aoyagi
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics. 22:532-541
ISSN: 1883-8049
0915-3942
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2010.p0532
Popis: Reinforcement learning is applicable to a robot manipulator required to search for a path adaptable to an unknown environment. Searching for an optimal path in configuration space (C-space), i.e., joint angle space, however, takes much convergence time and memory resources. We propose two ways to overcome this problem. One is restructuring C-space by using Self-Organizing Maps (SOM). Another is doing reinforcement learning at multistage, stage 1 of which searches a path in C-space without considering obstacles, so does stage 2 with considering them near path 1, reducing searched space and convergence time. We propose further reducing searched space by adjusting the path in stage 2 to that in stage 1 through dynamic programming (DP) matching.
Databáze: OpenAIRE