用离散欧拉-拉格朗日方程构建保持物理结构的高斯过程,仅凭位置数据实现稳定预测。
Structure-Preserving Gaussian Processes Via Discrete Euler-Lagrange Equations

- 基于离散受力欧拉-拉格朗日方程构造高斯过程条件算子
- 仅需稀疏位置数据即可学习物理一致的动力学模型
- 适用于运动捕捉等只有位置测量的实际场景
本文提出拉格朗日高斯过程(LGP),通过离散受力欧拉-拉格朗日方程实现动力学的概率性、数据高效建模。该方法在无外力作用时,从构造上保持了拉格朗日-达朗贝尔原理的几何结构,从而避免系统能量的错误漂移,实现长期稳定预测。核心在于利用离散受力欧拉-拉格朗日方程与变分离散化方案构建高斯过程的线性条件算子,无需速度或动量即可从离散位置快照中学习动力学,这在运动捕捉和视觉伺服等仅有位置测量的实际场景中尤为关键。我们在多个合成与真实世界案例中验证了LGP的数据效率与泛化能力,包括具有滞后特性的真实软体机器人。实验表明,LGP仅凭稀疏位置数据即可学习物理一致的动力学并量化不确定性,实现稳定长期预测。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
In this paper, we propose Lagrangian Gaussian Processes (LGPs) for probabilistic and data-efficient learning of dynamics via discrete forced Euler-Lagrange equations. Importantly, the geometric structure of the Lagrange-d'Alembert principle, which governs the motion of dynamical systems, is preserved by construction in the absence of external forces. This allows learning physically consistent models that overcome erroneous drift in the system's energy, thereby providing stable long-term predictions. At the core of our approach lie linear operators for Gaussian process conditioning, constructed from discrete forced Euler-Lagrange equations and variational discretization schemes. Thereby and unlike prior work, the method enables learning dynamics from discrete position snapshots, i.e., without access to a system's velocities or momenta. This is particularly relevant for a large class of practical scenarios where only position measurements are available, for instance, in motion capture or visual servoing applications. We demonstrate the data-efficiency and generalization capabilities of the LGPs in various synthetic and real-world case studies, including a real-world soft robot with hysteresis. The experimental results underscore that the LGPs learn physically consistent dynamics with uncertainty quantification solely from sparse positional data and enable stable long-term predictions.
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