Q-Learning Based Optimal Tracking Control of Free-Flying Space Manipulators with Unknown Dynamics
Hongxu Zhu, Shufan Wu, Qiang Shen, Ran Sun · 2022 41st Chinese Control Conference (CCC) · 2022
This paper investigates a Q-learning based optimal tracking problem of a free-flying space manipulator with unknown dynamics. First, via a series of equivalent transformations, we obtain a simplified model-free solution form of the original optimal tracking problem. Then we construct a Q-learning based policy iteration mechanism with an actor/critic neural network structure to solve the optimal control policy. By following a Lyapunov analysis we prove the asymptotical stability of the closed-loop system. Finally, a numerical simulation of a 2-DOF space manipulator verifies the effectiveness of the proposed method.