Guaranteeing Safety of Learned Perception Modules via Measurement-Robust Control Barrier Functions

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2010.16001v1
• Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 00:19:01 GMT
• Title: Guaranteeing Safety of Learned Perception Modules via Measurement-Robust Control Barrier Functions
• Authors: Sarah Dean, Andrew J. Taylor, Ryan K. Cosner, Benjamin Recht, Aaron D. Ames
• Abstract summary: We seek to unify techniques from control theory and machine learning to synthesize controllers that achieve safety. We define a Measurement-Robust Control Barrier Function (MR-CBF) as a tool for determining safe control inputs. We demonstrate the efficacy of MR-CBFs in achieving safety with measurement model uncertainty on a simulated Segway system.
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• Abstract: Modern nonlinear control theory seeks to develop feedback controllers that endow systems with properties such as safety and stability. The guarantees ensured by these controllers often rely on accurate estimates of the system state for determining control actions. In practice, measurement model uncertainty can lead to error in state estimates that degrades these guarantees. In this paper, we seek to unify techniques from control theory and machine learning to synthesize controllers that achieve safety in the presence of measurement model uncertainty. We define the notion of a Measurement-Robust Control Barrier Function (MR-CBF) as a tool for determining safe control inputs when facing measurement model uncertainty. Furthermore, MR-CBFs are used to inform sampling methodologies for learning-based perception systems and quantify tolerable error in the resulting learned models. We demonstrate the efficacy of MR-CBFs in achieving safety with measurement model uncertainty on a simulated Segway system.

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