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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information

Learning and Control Model of the Arm for Loading

Kyoungsik KIM, Hiroyuki KAMBARA, Duk SHIN, Yasuharu KOIKE

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We propose a learning and control model of the arm for a loading task in which an object is loaded onto one hand with the other hand, in the sagittal plane. Postural control during object interactions provides important points to motor control theories in terms of how humans handle dynamics changes and use the information of prediction and sensory feedback. For the learning and control model, we coupled a feedback-error-learning scheme with an Actor-Critic method used as a feedback controller. To overcome sensory delays, a feedforward dynamics model (FDM) was used in the sensory feedback path. We tested the proposed model in simulation using a two-joint arm with six muscles, each with time delays in muscle force generation. By applying the proposed model to the loading task, we showed that motor commands started increasing, before an object was loaded on, to stabilize arm posture. We also found that the FDM contributes to the stabilization by predicting how the hand changes based on contexts of the object and efferent signals. For comparison with other computational models, we present the simulation results of a minimum-variance model.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information Vol.E92-D No.4 pp.705-716
Publication Date
2009/04/01
Publicized
Online ISSN
1745-1361
DOI
10.1587/transinf.E92.D.705
Type of Manuscript
PAPER
Category
Biocybernetics, Neurocomputing

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