Distributed Optimization of Modular Production Systems using Model-based Reinforcement Learning with Inverse Models

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This paper presents a novel approach for data-driven self-learning control of highly flexible, modular manufacturing systems. Specifically, we employ a novel framework for model-based reinforcement learning which introduces approximate inverse process models within the training of reinforcement policies. This approach disentangles the learning of actuation dynamics and the dynamics in state space, resulting in RL-based training solely within the task space. We propose a lightweight feedforward architecture for approximate inverse models and integrate them within the policy network of standard...