Reservoir Computing for Robotic Control

MATLAB Live Script with accompanying code that shows how the reservoir computing framework can be used to control a single pendulum.

The reservoir computing framework offers an alternative method of control and offers potentail signficant advantages when dealing with complex robotic systems. This tutorial indroduces the idea of reservoir control for a fully actuated pendulum enabling the showcasing of the pendulum's dynamics to be embedded within the reservoir itself. It shows how this framework can be used to replace a PID controller and offers insight into whether it is possible to control an underactuated pendulum using the same system or similar system.