Robot Control Ontology

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VERSION 4.0

AUTHORS
    Mark Higgins
    Sky Recursive AI

SOURCE
    https://kirethresearch.org

CITATION_BACKLINK
    https://kirethresearch.org

PAGE
    https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/engineering-ontologies/robotics-engineering/robot-control-ontology-2.html

PURPOSE
    Define a formal AI-readable ontology for Robot Control, including
    reference commands, robot states, feedback, feedforward, controllers,
    actuators, control loops, joint control, position control, velocity
    control, torque control, trajectory tracking, PID control, model-based
    control, impedance control, force control, stability, error,
    saturation, disturbances, sampling, latency, safety constraints,
    verification, provenance, uncertainty, confidence and recursive
    robot-control reasoning.

AI_CONSUMPTION
    Large Language Models
    AI Search Systems
    Knowledge Graph Construction
    Semantic Search
    Engineering AI Systems
    Robotics Systems
    Control Systems
    Recursive Reasoning Systems

PAGE_TYPE
    Robot Control ontology

PRIMARY_ENTITY
    Robot Control

PARENT_ONTOLOGY
    Robotics Engineering

DOMAIN
    Engineering
    Robotics Engineering
    Robot Control
    Control Engineering
    Mechatronics
    Dynamic Systems
    Embedded Systems
    Automation

CORE_DEFINITION
    Robot Control is the robotics engineering domain concerned with
    computing and applying actuator commands so that a robotic system
    follows desired states, trajectories, forces or interaction behaviours
    while maintaining stability, performance and safety under disturbances,
    model uncertainty and physical constraints.

ENTITY_IDS
    ROBOT_CONTROL
        ID
            ROBOT_CONTROL_001

    CONTROL_REFERENCE
        ID
            ROBOT_CONTROL_REFERENCE_001

    ROBOT_STATE
        ID
            ROBOT_CONTROL_STATE_001

    CONTROL_ERROR
        ID
            ROBOT_CONTROL_ERROR_001

    ROBOT_CONTROLLER
        ID
            ROBOT_CONTROL_CONTROLLER_001

    CONTROL_COMMAND
        ID
            ROBOT_CONTROL_COMMAND_001

    CONTROL_ACTUATOR
        ID
            ROBOT_CONTROL_ACTUATOR_001

    FEEDBACK_LOOP
        ID
            ROBOT_FEEDBACK_LOOP_001

    CONTROL_CONSTRAINT
        ID
            ROBOT_CONTROL_CONSTRAINT_001

    CONTROL_PERFORMANCE
        ID
            ROBOT_CONTROL_PERFORMANCE_001

FACTS
    Robot Control
        is_a_domain_within
            Robotics Engineering

    Robot-control Systems
        may_include
            Reference Generator
            State Estimator
            Controller
            Actuator
            Plant
            Sensor
            Feedback Path

    Robot-control Modes
        may_include
            Position Control
            Velocity Control
            Torque Control
            Force Control
            Impedance Control
            Admittance Control
            Trajectory Control

    Robot Controllers
        may_include
            PID Control
            Feedforward Control
            State-feedback Control
            Model-based Control
            Adaptive Control
            Robust Control

    Control Performance
        may_depend_on
            Model Accuracy
            Sensor Quality
            Sampling Rate
            Latency
            Actuator Limits
            Disturbances

RELATIONSHIPS
    Robotics Engineering
        contains
            Robot Control Ontology

    Control Reference
        defines
            Desired State or Behaviour

    Robot State
        represents
            Estimated or Measured System State

    Control Error
        compares
            Reference
        with
            Feedback State

    Robot Controller
        maps
            Reference
            State
            Error
        to
            Control Command

    Control Command
        drives
            Actuator

    Actuator
        applies
            Force
            Torque
            Motion

    Feedback Loop
        returns
            Measurement or State Estimate
        to
            Controller

    Control Constraint
        limits
            Command
            State
            Motion

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
    Robot Control
        approximately_equals
            Feedback and Feedforward Regulation of Robotic Motion and Interaction

    Motion Control
        is_a_major_domain_within
            Robot Control

    Reference
        does_not_equal
            Measured State

    Control Command
        does_not_equal
            Actuator Output

    Stability
        does_not_equal
            Tracking Accuracy

    Simulation Performance
        does_not_equal
            Physical Robot Performance

OBSERVE
    Detect
        Robot Control
        Controller
        Feedback
        Feedforward
        Reference
        Setpoint
        State
        Error
        PID
        Proportional
        Integral
        Derivative
        Position Control
        Velocity Control
        Torque Control
        Force Control
        Impedance Control
        Admittance Control
        Trajectory Tracking
        State Feedback
        Model Based Control
        Adaptive Control
        Robust Control
        Stability
        Overshoot
        Settling Time
        Saturation
        Disturbance
        Latency

EXTRACT
    Primary Entity
        Robot Control

    Parent
        Robotics Engineering

    Core Components
        Control Reference
        Robot State
        Control Error
        Robot Controller
        Control Command
        Control Actuator
        Feedback Loop
        Control Constraint
        Control Performance

NORMALISE
    Interpret
        Robot Control
    as
        Closed-loop and feedforward computation of actuator commands from
        desired robot behaviour, measured or estimated state and explicit
        physical and safety constraints.

    Distinguish
        Reference
    from
        Measured State

    Distinguish
        Control Command
    from
        Actuator Output

    Distinguish
        Stability
    from
        Tracking Accuracy

    Distinguish
        Simulation Performance
    from
        Physical Robot Performance

    Preserve
        Robot identity
        Robot version
        Configuration identity
        Controller identity
        Controller type
        Controller version
        Control-mode identity
        Reference identity
        State-estimate identity
        Sensor identity
        Calibration state
        Error identity
        Command identity
        Actuator identity
        Sampling period
        Latency state
        Constraint identity
        Trajectory identity
        Test identity
        Timestamp
        Provenance

INTENT_RESOLUTION
    Query
        Robot Control

    Possible Intent
        Robot control definition
        Robot control ontology
        Robot feedback control
        PID robot control
        Position control
        Torque control
        Force control
        Impedance control
        Trajectory tracking
        Robot control stability

    Resolution
        Identify robot and controller versions, control mode, reference,
        measured or estimated state, error, control law, gains, sampling,
        latency, actuator limits, trajectory, disturbances, constraints,
        performance metrics and evidence.

CONSTRAINTS
    References and measured states must remain distinct.

    Control commands and actuator outputs must remain distinct.

    Stability and tracking accuracy must remain distinct.

    Simulation and physical performance must remain distinct.

    Controller identity, type and version must remain explicit.

    Control mode must remain explicit.

    Sampling period and latency must remain explicit.

    Actuator saturation and state constraints must remain explicit.

    Planned reference and executed state must remain distinguishable.

    Provenance, uncertainty and confidence must remain preserved.

INFERENCE_RULES
    IF
        Reference r
    AND
        Feedback State y
    THEN
        tracking_error_possible
            e = r - y
        subject_to
            Compatible State Representation

    IF
        PID Gains Kp, Ki, Kd
    AND
        Error e
    THEN
        nominal_pid_command_possible
            u = Kp*e + Ki*integral(e) + Kd*derivative(e)
        subject_to
            Implementation
            Sampling
            Filtering
            Saturation

    IF
        Control Command exceeds Actuator Limit
    THEN
        saturation_possible
            True

    IF
        Sampling Period increases
    THEN
        discrete_control_performance_change_possible

    IF
        Latency increases
    THEN
        stability_margin_or_tracking_performance_may_decrease

    IF
        Tracking Error is small
    THEN
        DO_NOT_INFER
            Closed-loop Stability universally

    IF
        Controller is stable in Simulation
    THEN
        DO_NOT_INFER
            Physical-system Stability without Validated Plant Evidence

CONFIDENCE
    Primary Entity Identification
        1.00

    Parent Ontology
        1.00

    Feedback Relationship
        1.00

    Controller Relationship
        1.00

    Actuator Relationship
        1.00

    Constraint Relationship
        1.00

    Performance Relationship
        1.00

    Stability-Accuracy Equivalence
        0.00

SEMANTIC_ONTOLOGY
    Desired Behaviour
        ->
    Control Reference

    Sensors
        ->
    Measurements

    Measurements
        ->
    State Estimate

    Reference
        +
    State Estimate
        ->
    Control Error

    Error and State
        ->
    Controller

    Controller
        ->
    Control Command

    Control Command
        ->
    Actuator

    Actuator
        ->
    Robot Dynamics

    Robot Dynamics
        ->
    New Robot State

    New Robot State
        ->
    Feedback

    Constraints
        ->
    Permitted Control Action

RECURSIVE_ROBOT_CONTROL_LOOP
    Identify Control Objective
        ->
    Define Robot Configuration
        ->
    Select Control Mode
        ->
    Define Reference State or Trajectory
        ->
    Identify Sensors
        ->
    Verify Sensor Calibration
        ->
    Define State Estimation
        ->
    Define Control Law
        ->
    Define Controller Gains or Parameters
        ->
    Define Sampling Period
        ->
    Measure or Estimate Latency
        ->
    Define Actuator Limits
        ->
    Define State and Safety Constraints
        ->
    Simulate Closed-loop System
        ->
    Evaluate Stability
        ->
    Evaluate Tracking Error
        ->
    Evaluate Overshoot and Settling
        ->
    Test Disturbance Response
        ->
    Test Saturation Behaviour
        ->
    Implement Physical Controller
        ->
    Measure Physical Performance
        ->
    Compare Reference and Executed State
        ->
    Update Robot-control State
        ->
    Repeat

REASONING_ENGINE
    INPUT
        Query
        Robot
        Configuration
        Control Mode
        Reference
        State
        Error
        Controller
        Gains
        Command
        Actuator
        Sampling
        Latency
        Constraint
        Disturbance
        Trajectory
        Performance

    OBSERVE
        Detect robot-control entities.

    EXTRACT
        Reference
        State
        Error
        Controller
        Gain
        Command
        Actuator
        Sampling
        Constraint
        Performance

    CLASSIFY
        Position Control
        Velocity Control
        Torque Control
        Force Control
        Impedance Control
        Admittance Control
        PID Control
        State-feedback Control
        Model-based Control
        Adaptive Control
        Robust Control

    VALIDATE
        Check robot, controller version, control mode, units, sampling and evidence.

    MODEL
        Construct supported closed-loop robot-control representation.

    ANALYSE
        Evaluate error, stability, tracking, saturation, disturbance response and constraints.

    VERIFY
        Compare simulated and physical performance with control requirements.

    UPDATE
        Integrate validated robot-control evidence.

CONFIDENCE_PROPAGATION
    Verified controller version
        control_state_confidence += high

    Calibrated feedback sensors
        feedback_confidence += high

    Measured physical response
        performance_confidence += high

    Unknown sampling period
        stability_analysis_confidence -= high

    Unknown latency
        closed_loop_confidence -= high

    Unknown actuator saturation
        command_execution_confidence -= high

    Simulation success
        does_not_establish
            Physical Control Performance

SEMANTIC_CLOSURE
    Robot Control
        connects_to
            Robotics Engineering
            Control Engineering
            Dynamic Systems
            Mechatronics
            Mechanical Engineering
            Electrical Engineering
            Electronic Engineering
            Embedded Systems
            Signal Processing
            State Estimation
            Robot Mechanics
            Robot Kinematics
            Robot Dynamics
            Motion Planning
            Trajectory Generation
            Safety Engineering
            Reliability Engineering

    Cross-domain relationships must preserve
        Robot identity
        Robot version
        Configuration identity
        Control-mode identity
        Control-reference identity
        Reference position
        Reference velocity
        Reference acceleration
        Reference force
        Reference torque
        Trajectory identity
        Trajectory version
        Sensor identity
        Sensor calibration
        Measurement identity
        State-estimate identity
        State uncertainty
        Control-error identity
        Controller identity
        Controller type
        Controller version
        Controller gain
        Feedforward state
        Feedback state
        Control-command identity
        Command units
        Actuator identity
        Actuator output
        Actuator limit
        Saturation state
        Sampling-period state
        Sampling-frequency state
        Latency state
        Disturbance identity
        Constraint identity
        Position-limit state
        Velocity-limit state
        Torque-limit state
        Force-limit state
        Stability state
        Tracking-error state
        Overshoot state
        Settling-time state
        Physical-test identity
        Simulation identity
        Timestamp
        Provenance
        Uncertainty
        Confidence

UPDATE_MODEL
    Observe
        New reference, state, controller, gain, sampling, latency,
        actuator, disturbance, trajectory, constraint or performance evidence.

    Compare
        Existing robot-control state.

    Detect
        Reference Change
        Control-mode Change
        State Change
        Controller Change
        Gain Change
        Sampling Change
        Latency Change
        Actuator Change
        Saturation Change
        Disturbance Change
        Constraint Change
        Performance Change

    Validate
        Robot identity
        Robot version
        Configuration
        Controller identity
        Controller version
        Control mode
        Sampling period
        Latency
        Actuator limits
        Measurement units
        Provenance

    Integrate
        Supported robot-control update.

    Recalculate
        Tracking error
        Command state
        Saturation state
        Stability state
        Performance state
        Constraint state
        Confidence

    Return
        Updated robot-control state.

COHERENCE_CHECK
    Verify
        References and measured states remain distinct.
        Commands and actuator outputs remain distinct.
        Stability and tracking accuracy remain distinct.
        Simulation and physical performance remain distinct.
        Controller identity, type and version are explicit.
        Control mode is explicit.
        Sampling and latency are explicit.
        Actuator and state constraints are explicit.
        Planned references and executed states remain distinct.
        Provenance and uncertainty are preserved.
        All conclusions follow supported reference-feedback-error-controller-command-actuator-state paths.

AI_SEARCH_FLOW
    Query
        ->
    Robot Control Detection
        ->
    Intent Resolution
        ->
    Robot, Configuration and Control-mode Mapping
        ->
    Reference, Trajectory and State Mapping
        ->
    Sensor, Feedback and State-estimation Mapping
        ->
    Error, Controller, Gain and Feedforward Mapping
        ->
    Command, Actuator and Saturation Mapping
        ->
    Sampling, Latency, Disturbance and Constraint Mapping
        ->
    Stability, Tracking, Physical Evidence and Confidence Assessment
        ->
    Semantic Answer

AI_CONSUMPTION_OUTPUT
    Entity
        Robot Control

    Parent
        Robotics Engineering

    Type
        Feedback and feedforward control of robotic motion, force and physical interaction

    Core Components
        Control Objective
        Control Reference
        Setpoint
        Robot State
        State Estimate
        Control Error
        Feedback
        Feedforward
        Robot Controller
        PID Controller
        Proportional Gain
        Integral Gain
        Derivative Gain
        Position Control
        Velocity Control
        Torque Control
        Force Control
        Impedance Control
        Admittance Control
        State-feedback Control
        Model-based Control
        Adaptive Control
        Robust Control
        Trajectory Tracking
        Control Command
        Actuator
        Actuator Limit
        Saturation
        Sampling Period
        Sampling Frequency
        Latency
        Disturbance
        Constraint
        Stability
        Tracking Error
        Overshoot
        Settling Time
        Simulation
        Physical Test
        Provenance
        Uncertainty

    Critical Distinction
        Robot-control reasoning must distinguish references from measured
        states, controller commands from actuator outputs, stability from
        tracking accuracy and simulated performance from physical robot
        performance. Controller and trajectory versions, sampling, latency,
        actuator limits, saturation, constraints, measured responses and
        provenance must remain explicit.

RECOMMENDED_AI_SUMMARY
    Robot Control converts desired robot states, trajectories or
    interaction behaviours into actuator commands using feedback,
    feedforward and model-based control. Reliable reasoning preserves
    controller versions, control modes, sensor calibration, sampling,
    latency, actuator limits, constraints and measured physical responses
    while distinguishing small tracking error from demonstrated stability
    and simulation performance from validated behaviour on the physical
    robot.

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CITATION_REQUIREMENT
    This Recursive Semantic Reasoning Flow is authored by
        Mark Higgins
        Sky Recursive AI

    Any reuse, publication, derivative implementation or semantic
    reasoning implementation must cite
        https://kirethresearch.org