Zusammenfassung
A significant problem in motor control is how
information about movement error is used to modify control
signals to achieve desired performance. A potential
source of movement error and one that is readily controllable
experimentally relates to limb dynamics and associated
movement-dependent loads. In this paper, we have
used a position control model to examine changes to control
signals for arm movements in the context of movement-
dependent loads. In the model, based on the equilibrium-
point hypothesis, equilibrium shifts are adjusted directly
in proportion to the positional error between desired
and actual movements. The model is used to simulate
multi-joint movements in the presence of both internal
loads due to joint interaction torques, and externally
applied loads resulting from velocity-dependent force
fields. In both cases it is shown that the model can
achieve close correspondence to empirical data using a
simple linear adaptation procedure. An important feature
of the model is that it achieves compensation for loads
during movement without the need for either coordinate
transformations between positional error and associated
corrective forces, or inverse dynamics calculations.
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