Systems and methods for drilling machines

A control system for adjusting operation of a drill string of a drilling machine, the control system comprising:

• a classifier module including a neural network configured, during a drilling process, to classify a ground condition, and based on the ground condition to output a set of parameters for controlling operation of the drill string, and a range of permissible values for each parameter of the set of parameters;
• a genetic algorithm module configured to receive as inputs i) the output from the classifier module, and ii) a cost function, the genetic algorithm module configured to output, for each parameter of the set of parameters, a predetermined value within the range of permissible values, based on the inputs,
• wherein the cost function includes a value corresponding to performance of the drill string and lifetime of consumables of the drill string;
• and
• a parameter setpoint module configured to receive, as an input, the predetermined values, the parameter setpoint module configured to adjust operation of the drill string based on the predetermined values.