Geometric Fault-Tolerant Neural Network Tracking Control of Unknown Systems on Matrix Lie Groups

TL;DR

This paper introduces a geometric neural network-based control method for systems on matrix Lie groups that handles unknown dynamics and faults, ensuring stability and global optimality without parameterization singularities.

Contribution

It proposes a Lie group-compatible neural network tracking controller that is intrinsically geometric, avoids singularities, and guarantees boundedness of errors in systems with unknown dynamics and faults.

Findings

Successful simulation on multi-agent formation control on SE(3)

Guarantees of ultimate boundedness of errors

Compatibility with Lie group structure without explicit parameterization

Abstract

We present a geometric neural network-based tracking controller for systems evolving on matrix Lie groups under unknown dynamics, actuator faults, and bounded disturbances. Leveraging the left-invariance of the tangent bundle of matrix Lie groups, viewed as an embedded submanifold of the vector space $\R^{N\times N}$, we propose a set of learning rules for neural network weights that are intrinsically compatible with the Lie group structure and do not require explicit parameterization. Exploiting the geometric properties of Lie groups, this approach circumvents parameterization singularities and enables a global search for optimal weights. The ultimate boundedness of all error signals -- including the neural network weights, the coordinate-free configuration error function, and the tracking velocity error -- is established using Lyapunov's direct method. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed method, we provide illustrative simulation results for decentralized formation control of multi-agent systems on the Special Euclidean group.