Deep RL- Tuned Mo del-Free Adaptive Control for Lower-Limb Exoskeletons During Sit-to-Stand Transitions

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.22040v1
• Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 13:35:47 GMT
• Title: Deep RL- Tuned Mo del-Free Adaptive Control for Lower-Limb Exoskeletons During Sit-to-Stand Transitions
• Abstract summary: Sit-to-stand (STS) transitions impose significant joint-loading demands on elderly individuals.<n> accurate trajectory tracking during STS is challenging due to complex, time-varying human exoskeleton interaction dynamics.<n>This paper presents an intelligent model free adaptive backstepping strategy for a bilateral lower-limb during STS motion.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Sit-to-stand (STS) transitions impose significant joint-loading demands on elderly individuals, making them a primary target for lower-limb exoskeleton assistance. However, accurate trajectory tracking during STS is challenging due to complex, time-varying human exoskeleton interaction dynamics and inter-subject variability that render model-based control approaches difficult to apply in practice. This paper presents an intelligent model free adaptive backstepping control strategy for a bilateral lower-limb exoskeleton during STS motion. The proposed controller design uses an ultra-local second-order model to avoid explicit system identification, while a Gaussian radial basis function (RBF) neural network estimates the unknown lumped dynamics online. To further improve phase-aware tracking performance, a Twin Delayed Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (TD3) reinforcement learning agent is integrated as a supervisory gain scheduler that adaptively adjusts controller gains across the distinct phases of STS motion. The proposed controller is evaluated through co-simulation in MATLAB/Simulink and Simscape Multibody using OpenSim-derived reference trajectories and benchmarked against state-of-the-art controllers. Results demonstrate that the proposed controller achieves the lowest average RMSE of 0.078 degree across all joints, representing improvements of 60.2%, 54.4%, 48.7%, and 42.6% over proportional integral derivative (PID), model-free adaptive control (MFAC), linear quadratic regulator (LQR), and sliding-mode control (SMC), respectively. TD3 integration further reduces tracking error by 35%, 33%, and 79% at the hip, knee, and ankle joints compared to the standalone RBF-MFAC baseline. These results demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed controller design for assistive exoskeleton control during STS transitions.

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