User preference optimization for control of ankle exoskeletons using sample efficient active learning
One challenge to achieving widespread success of augmentative exoskeletons is accurately adjusting the controller to provide cooperative assistance with their wearer. Often, the controller parameters are "tuned" to optimize a physiological or biomechanical objective. However, these approaches are resource intensive, while typically only enabling optimization of a single objective. In reality, the exoskeleton user experience is likely derived from many factors, including comfort, fatigue, and stability, among others. This work introduces an approach to conveniently tune the four parameters of an exoskeleton controller to maximize user preference. Our overarching strategy is to leverage the wearer to internally balance the experiential factors of wearing the system. We used an evolutionary algorithm to recommend potential parameters, which were ranked by a neural network that was pretrained with previously collected user preference data. The controller parameters that had the highest preference ranking were provided to the exoskeleton, and the wearer responded with real-time feedback as a forced-choice comparison. Our approach was able to converge on controller parameters preferred by the wearer with an accuracy of 88% on average when compared with randomly generated parameters. User-preferred settings stabilized in 43 ± 7 queries. This work demonstrates that user preference can be leveraged to tune a partial-assist ankle exoskeleton in real time using a simple, intuitive interface, highlighting the potential for translating lower-limb wearable technologies into our daily lives.
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2023 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8 |
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Science robotics - 8(2023), 83 vom: 25. Okt., Seite eadg3705 |
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Date Completed 23.10.2023 Date Revised 30.10.2023 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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