Learning for Adaptive and Reactive Robot Control

Preface xiii
Notation xix
I Introduction 1
1 Using and Learning Dynamical Systems for Robot Control--Overview 3
2 Gathering Data for Learning 27
II Learning a Controller 43
3 Learning a Control Law 45
4 Learning Multiple Control Laws 111
5 Learning Sequences of Control Laws 131
III Coupling and Modulating Controllers 173
6 Coupling and Synchronizing Controllers 175
7 Reaching for and Adapting to Moving Objects 195
8 Adapting and Modulating an Existing Control Law 219
9 Obstacle Avoidance 245
IV Compliant and Force Control with Dynamical Systems 267
10 Compliant Control 269
11 Force Control 295
12 Conclusion and Outlook 303
V Appendices 
A Background on Dynamical Systems Theory 307
B Background on Machine Learning 315
C Background on Robot Control 357
D Proofs and Derivations 361
Notes 379
Bibliography 383
Index 391