On the Computation of Sensitivity Tubes

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Názov: On the Computation of Sensitivity Tubes
Autori: Andrea Pupa, Tommaso Belvedere, Cristian Secchi, Paolo Robuffo Giordano
Prispievatelia: Marchand, Eric
Zdroj: IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 10:8802-8809
Informácie o vydavateľovi: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2025.
Rok vydania: 2025
Predmety: Integrated Planning and Control, [INFO.INFO-RB] Computer Science [cs]/Robotics [cs.RO], Planning under Uncertainty, Optimization and Optimal Control
Popis: Achieving robust robot control requires explicit treatment of model uncertainties. Closed-loop sensitivity has emerged as a powerful tool to analyze how parameter errors map into state and input deviations through so-called "sensitivity tubes", traditionally built from ellipsoidal uncertainty sets and used to robustify system constraints. These ellipsoids, however, are themselves smooth approximations of underlying hyperboxes in the parameter space, leading to an inaccurate estimation of the parameter set. This paper extends that framework by proposing two new formulations that more precisely represent the real closed-loop behavior of the system through improved computation of the sensitivity tubes. The first constructs tubes directly from hyperboxes, exactly preserving the original parameter bounds but producing a non-differentiable description. The second employs superquadrics, which smoothly approximate the hyperbox with user-tunable fidelity while preserving differentiability, as in the ellipsoidal case. Both methods are validated through an extensive simulation campaign, where the resulting input tubes ensure actuator constraints are respected. The results demonstrate that the new tubes better enclose the perturbed trajectories with respect to ellipsoidal ones, enhancing robustness for both online and offline trajectory planning.
Druh dokumentu: Article
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ISSN: 2377-3774
DOI: 10.1109/lra.2025.3587562
Prístupová URL adresa: https://hal.science/hal-05158394v1/document
https://doi.org/10.1109/lra.2025.3587562
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Rights: IEEE Copyright
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Prístupové číslo: edsair.doi.dedup.....d6533a18484d6f4814e2829fc8fb8be6
Databáza: OpenAIRE
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Abstrakt:Achieving robust robot control requires explicit treatment of model uncertainties. Closed-loop sensitivity has emerged as a powerful tool to analyze how parameter errors map into state and input deviations through so-called "sensitivity tubes", traditionally built from ellipsoidal uncertainty sets and used to robustify system constraints. These ellipsoids, however, are themselves smooth approximations of underlying hyperboxes in the parameter space, leading to an inaccurate estimation of the parameter set. This paper extends that framework by proposing two new formulations that more precisely represent the real closed-loop behavior of the system through improved computation of the sensitivity tubes. The first constructs tubes directly from hyperboxes, exactly preserving the original parameter bounds but producing a non-differentiable description. The second employs superquadrics, which smoothly approximate the hyperbox with user-tunable fidelity while preserving differentiability, as in the ellipsoidal case. Both methods are validated through an extensive simulation campaign, where the resulting input tubes ensure actuator constraints are respected. The results demonstrate that the new tubes better enclose the perturbed trajectories with respect to ellipsoidal ones, enhancing robustness for both online and offline trajectory planning.
ISSN:23773774
DOI:10.1109/lra.2025.3587562