Abstract:Pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) enable compliant actuation for soft wearable, assistive, and interactive robots. When arranged antagonistically, PAMs can provide variable impedance through co-contraction but exhibit coupled, nonlinear, and hysteretic dynamics that challenge modeling and control. This paper presents a hybrid neural ordinary differential equation (Neural ODE) framework that embeds physical structure into a learned model of antagonistic PAM dynamics. The formulation combines parametric joint mechanics and pneumatic state dynamics with a neural network force component that captures antagonistic coupling and rate-dependent hysteresis. \rev{The forward model was trained on 29 selected co-contraction conditions and predicted joint motion and chamber pressures over 196 held-out conditions with a mean R$^2$ of 0.88.} An inverse formulation, derived from the learned dynamics, computes pressure commands offline for desired motion and stiffness profiles, tracked in closed loop during execution. Experimental validation demonstrates reliable stiffness control across 126-176 N/mm and consistent impedance behavior across operating velocities, in contrast to a static model, which shows degraded stiffness consistency at higher velocities.
From: Jonathan Realmuto [view email]
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