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Function-based Parametric Co-Design Optimization of Dexterous Hands

Mohammad Amin Mirzaee, Harsh Gupta, Wenzhen Yuan · 2026

Despite advances in dexterous hand manipulation, robotic hand design is still largely decoupled from task-driven evaluation and control, limiting systematic optimization. Existing robotic hand co-desi…

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Feedback Linearization of Hyperbolic PDEs with Volterra Nonlinearities

Miroslav Krstic · 2026

Alberto Isidori's framework of geometric nonlinear control, and particularly of feedback linearization, is the inspiration behind PDE backstepping: apply a transfromation of the state to cast the plan…

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Partition-of-Unity Gaussian Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks

Amir Nooeizadegan · 2026

Gaussian basis functions provide an efficient and flexible alternative to spline activations in KANs. In this work, we introduce the partition-of-unity Gaussian KAN (PU-GKAN), a Shepard-type normalize…

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Mass Matrix Assembly on Tensor Cores for Implicit Particle-In-Cell Methods

Luca Pennati, Stefano Markidis · 2026

Matrix-multiply-accumulate (MMA) units, or tensor cores, are now widespread across modern computing architectures. Yet, their use for particle-grid operators remains limited. In implicit particle meth…

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An Implicit Compact-Kernel Material Point Method for Computational Solid Mechanics

Qirui Fu, Yupeng Jiang, Minchen Li · 2026

The numerical performance of the material point method (MPM) is strongly governed by the particle-grid kernel, which controls the trade-off among smoothness, locality, numerical diffusion, contact acc…

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Incremental learning for audio classification with Hebbian Deep Neural Networks

Riccardo Casciotti, Francesco De Santis, Alberto Antonietti, Annamaria Mesaros · 2026

The ability of humans for lifelong learning is an inspiration for deep learning methods and in particular for continual learning. In this work, we apply Hebbian learning, a biologically inspired learn…

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Matrix-Free 3D SIMP Topology Optimization with Fused Gather-GEMM-Scatter Kernels

Shaoliang Yang, Jun Wang, Yunsheng Wang · 2026

The matrix-free gather-batched-GEMM-scatter pattern eliminates global stiffness assembly for three-dimensional SIMP topology optimization, but the conventional three-stage implementation forces avoida…

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Leveraging Kernel Symmetry for Joint Compression and Error Mitigation in Edge Model Transfer

Anis Hamadouche, Mathini Sellathurai · 2026

This paper investigates communication-efficient neural network transmission by exploiting structured symmetry constraints in convolutional kernels. Instead of transmitting all model parameters, we pro…

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Dynamic Regret in Time-varying MDPs with Intermittent Information

Negin Musavi, Melkior Ornik · 2026

We study sequential decision-making in time-varying Markov decision processes (TVMDPs) under limited update rates, where the decision-maker observes the system and updates its model only intermittentl…

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Impact of Validation Strategy on Machine Learning Performance in EEG-Based Alcoholism Classification

Tahir Cetin Akinci, Yuksel Celik, Omer Faruk Ertugrul · 2026

Electroencephalography provides a non-invasive and cost-effective approach for analyzing neural patterns associated with alcohol dependence. However, reported classification performance in EEG-based a…

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Spectral Kernel Dynamics via Maximum Caliber: Fixed Points, Geodesics, and Phase Transitions

Jnaneshwar Das · 2026

We derive a closed-form geometric functional for kernel dynamics on finite graphs by applying the Maximum Caliber (MaxCal) variational principle to the spectral transfer function h(lambda) of the grap…

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Robust Nonlinear System Identification in Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces via Scenario Optimization

Jannis Lubsen, Annika Eichler · 2026

This paper proposes a method for constructing one-step prediction tubes for nonlinear systems using reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces. We approximate a bounded reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) …

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MapForest: A Modular Field Robotics System for Forest Mapping and Invasive Species Localization

Sandeep Zachariah, Francisco Yandun, Sachet Korada, Abhisesh Silwal · 2026

Monitoring and controlling invasive tree species across large forests, parks, and trail networks is challenging due to limited accessibility, reliance on manual scouting, and degraded under-canopy GNS…

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Koopman Lifted Finite Memory Identification via Truncated Grunwald Letnikov Kernels

Navid Mojahed, Mahdis Rabbani, Shima Nazari · 2026

We propose a data-driven linear modeling framework for controlled nonlinear hereditary systems that combines Koopman lifting with a truncated Grunwald-Letnikov memory term. The key idea is to model no…

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ComFree-Sim: A GPU-Parallelized Analytical Contact Physics Engine for Scalable Contact-Rich Robotics Simulation and Control

Chetan Borse, Zhixian Xie, Wei-Cheng Huang, Wanxin Jin · 2026

Physics simulation for contact-rich robotics is often bottlenecked by contact resolution: mainstream engines enforce non-penetration and Coulomb friction via complementarity constraints or constrained…

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Maximum-Entropy Random Walks on Hypergraphs

Anqi Dong, Anzhi Sheng, Xin Mao, Can Chen · 2026

Random walks are fundamental tools for analyzing complex networked systems, including social networks, biological systems, and communication infrastructures. While classical random walks focus on pair…

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The Deep-Match Framework for Event-Related Potential Detection in EEG

Marek Zylinski, Bartosz Tomasz Smigielski, Gerard Cybulski · 2026

Reliable detection of event-related potentials (ERPs) at the single-trial level remains a major challenge due to the low signal-to-noise ratio EEG recordings. In this work, we investigate whether inco…

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Learning Where the Physics Is: Probabilistic Adaptive Sampling for Stiff PDEs

Akshay Govind Srinivasan, Balaji Srinivasan · 2026

Modeling stiff partial differential equations (PDEs) with sharp gradients remains a significant challenge for scientific machine learning. While Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) struggle with …

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cuRoboV2: Dynamics-Aware Motion Generation with Depth-Fused Distance Fields for High-DoF Robots

Balakumar Sundaralingam, Adithyavairavan Murali, Stan Birchfield · 2026

Effective robot autonomy requires motion generation that is safe, feasible, and reactive. Current methods are fragmented: fast planners output physically unexecutable trajectories, reactive controller…

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SPIRIT: Perceptive Shared Autonomy for Robust Robotic Manipulation under Deep Learning Uncertainty

Jongseok Lee, Ribin Balachandran, Harsimran Singh, Jianxiang Feng, Hrishik Mishra, Marco De Stefano, Rudolph Triebel, Alin Albu-Schaeffer, Konstantin Kondak · 2026

Deep learning (DL) has enabled impressive advances in robotic perception, yet its limited robustness and lack of interpretability hinder reliable deployment in safety critical applications. We propose…

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