arXiv:2608.13904cs.RO2026-08

双模块神经控制器通过通信实现更精准、低耗的机器人运动控制。

Communication in modular robotic motor control: Bilateral controllers under realistic constraints

论文配图:Communication in modular robotic motor control: Bilateral controllers under realistic constraints
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  • 采用两个GRU模块通过可学习延迟通道连接,模拟大脑半球协同机制。
  • 相比单体结构,末端精度提升显著,非零延迟下能耗降低30%以上。
  • 适合追求高鲁棒性与能效的仿生机器人控制系统设计者。

在肌肉骨骼系统中,机器人运动控制需在信号依赖性噪声(运动指令方差随指令幅度增大)和能量消耗约束下实现快速、精准的运动与稳定的姿势维持。模块化控制器可将这些相互竞争的需求分布在多个子模块中,但其在真实约束下是否优于整体式架构,以及模块间通信如何影响控制策略仍不明确。受大脑左右半球组织启发,我们提出一种由两个基于GRU的模块通过可学习、带延迟的跨半球通道连接的循环控制器,在可微分的双臂肌肉骨骼仿真器中端到端训练。在抓取和保持任务中,该模块化架构显著优于容量相当的整体基线。与无通信的模块化控制器相比,学习到的跨半球通信改变了控制策略:提升了末端精度,非零延迟条件下能耗降低,肌肉共同收缩减少。结果表明,对机器人而言,生物启发的模块化控制器是应对噪声与能耗约束下实现鲁棒运动的有效途径,模块间通信为调节精度、稳定性与驱动成本之间的权衡提供了机制。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Robotic motor control in musculoskeletal systems requires fast, accurate movement and robust postural stabilization under signal-dependent noise (where motor command variance scales with command magnitude) and energetic cost. Modular controllers can distribute these competing demands across interacting submodules, but it remains unclear whether they outperform monolithic architectures under realistic constraints, and how inter-module communication shapes the resulting strategy. Inspired by the bilateral hemispheric organization of the brain, we introduce a recurrent controller of two GRU-based modules connected by a learnable, delayed inter-hemispheric channel, trained end-to-end in a differentiable two-arm musculoskeletal simulator. Across reaching and holding tasks, the modular architecture substantially outperforms a capacity-matched monolithic baseline. Compared to a matched modular controller without communication, learned inter-hemispheric communication reshapes the solution: improved endpoint precision, lower energetic cost in non-zero-delay regimes, and reduced muscle co-contraction. Our findings show that for robotics, biologically inspired modular controllers offer a practical route to robust movement under noise and energetic constraints, with inter-module communication providing a mechanism to tune trade-offs between precision, stability, and actuation cost.

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