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A Hidden Markov Framework for Physically Interpretable Arc Stability Dynamics in Welding Systems

Hidir Selcuk Nogay · 2026

Electric arc welding (EAW) exhibits strongly non stationary and temporally evolving behavior, making reliable assessment of arc stability difficult using conventional frame based approaches. In this s…

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A Hybrid STFT-Based Machine Learning Framework for Physically Interpretable Arc Stability Classification in Electric Arc Welding Systems

Tahir Cetin Akinci, Gokhan Gokmen, Alfredo A. Martinez-Morales · 2026

This study presents a physically informed hybrid time-frequency and machine learning (STFT-ML) framework for arc stability monitoring in electric arc welding systems. The primary current signal is mod…

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MARS-Dragonfly: Agile and Robust Flight Control of Modular Aerial Robot Systems

Rui Huang, Zhiqian Cai, Siyu Tang, Pengxuan Wei, Lidong Li, Xin Chen, Wenhan Cao, Zhenyu Zhang, Lin Zhao · 2026

Modular Aerial Robot Systems (MARS) comprise multiple drone units with reconfigurable connected formations, providing high adaptability to diverse mission scenarios, fault conditions, and payload capa…

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VA-FastNavi-MARL: Real-Time Robot Control with Multimedia-Driven Meta-Reinforcement Learning

Yang Zhang, Shengxi Jing, Fengxiang Wang, Yuan Feng, Hong Wang · 2026

Interpreting dynamic, heterogeneous multimedia commands with real-time responsiveness is critical for Human-Robot Interaction. We present VA-FastNavi-MARL, a framework that aligns asynchronous audio-v…

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A Three-Dimensional Path Loss Model for THz Band Aerial Communications

Sina Jorjani, Caglar Tunc, Ozgur Gurbuz, Akhtar Saeed · 2026

Accurate characterization of Terahertz (THz) band path loss is critical for reliable high-frequency communication, especially in aerial networks where transceivers may operate at different altitudes. …

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ARC: Alignment-based RPM Estimation with Curvature-adaptive Tracking

Weiheng Hua, Changyu Hao · 2026

Tacho-less rotational speed estimation is critical for vibration-based prognostics and health management (PHM) of rotating machinery, yet traditional methods--such as time-domain periodicity, cepstrum…

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COIN: Collaborative Interaction-Aware Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Self-Driving Systems

Yifeng Zhang, Jieming Chen, Tingguang Zhou, Tanishq Duhan, Jianghong Dong, Yuhong Cao, Guillaume Sartoretti · 2026

Multi-Agent Self-Driving (MASD) systems provide an effective solution for coordinating autonomous vehicles to reduce congestion and enhance both safety and operational efficiency in future intelligent…

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LATS: Large Language Model Assisted Teacher-Student Framework for Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning in Traffic Signal Control

Yifeng Zhang, Peizhuo Li, Tingguang Zhou, Mingfeng Fan, Guillaume Sartoretti · 2026

Adaptive Traffic Signal Control (ATSC) aims to optimize traffic flow and minimize delays by adjusting traffic lights in real time. Recent advances in Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) have sho…

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Training Diffusion Language Models for Black-Box Optimization

Zipeng Sun, Can Chen, Ye Yuan, Haolun Wu, Jiayao Gu, Christopher Pal, Xue Liu · 2026

We study offline black-box optimization (BBO), aiming to discover improved designs from an offline dataset of designs and labels, a problem common in robotics, DNA, and materials science with limited …

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MA-VLCM: A Vision Language Critic Model for Value Estimation of Policies in Multi-Agent Team Settings

Shahil Shaik, Aditya Parameshwaran, Anshul Nayak, Jonathon M. Smereka, Yue Wang · 2026

Multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) commonly relies on a centralized critic to estimate the value function. However, learning such a critic from scratch is highly sample-inefficient and often la…

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Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for UAV-Based Chemical Plume Source Localization

Zhirun Li, Derek Hollenbeck, Ruikun Wu, Michelle Sherman, Sihua Shao, Xiang Sun, Mostafa Hassanalian · 2026

Undocumented orphaned wells pose significant health and environmental risks to nearby communities by releasing toxic gases and contaminating water sources, with methane emissions being a primary conce…

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Less is More: Robust Zero-Communication 3D Pursuit-Evasion via Representational Parsimony

Jialin Ying, Zhihao Li, Zicheng Dong, Guohua Wu, Yihuan Liao · 2026

Asymmetric 3D pursuit-evasion in cluttered voxel environments is difficult under communication latency, partial observability, and nonholonomic maneuver limits. While many MARL methods rely on richer …

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Cognition to Control - Multi-Agent Learning for Human-Humanoid Collaborative Transport

Hao Zhang, Ding Zhao, H. Eric Tseng · 2026

Effective human-robot collaboration (HRC) requires translating high-level intent into contact-stable whole-body motion while continuously adapting to a human partner. Many vision-language-action (VLA)…

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HALyPO: Heterogeneous-Agent Lyapunov Policy Optimization for Human-Robot Collaboration

Hao Zhang, Yaru Niu, Yikai Wang, Ding Zhao, H. Eric Tseng · 2026

To improve generalization and resilience in human-robot collaboration (HRC), robots must handle the combinatorial diversity of human behaviors and contexts, motivating multi-agent reinforcement learni…

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TSC: Topology-Conditioned Stackelberg Coordination for Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning in Interactive Driving

Xiaotong Zhang, Gang Xiong, Yuanjing Wang, Siyu Teng, Alois Knoll, Long Chen · 2026

Safe and efficient autonomous driving in dense traffic is fundamentally a decentralized multi-agent coordination problem, where interactions at conflict points such as merging and weaving must be reso…

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Toward AI Autonomous Navigation for Mechanical Thrombectomy using Hierarchical Modular Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning (HM-MARL)

Harry Robertshaw, Nikola Fischer, Lennart Karstensen, Benjamin Jackson, Xingyu Chen, S.M.Hadi Sadati, Christos Bergeles, Alejandro Granados, Thomas C Booth · 2026

Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is typically the optimal treatment for acute ischemic stroke involving large vessel occlusions, but access is limited due to geographic and logistical barriers. Reinforcem…

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A Collaborative Safety Shield for Safe and Efficient CAV Lane Changes in Congested On-Ramp Merging

Bharathkumar Hegde, Melanie Bouroche · 2026

Lane changing in dense traffic is a significant challenge for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs). Existing lane change controllers primarily either ensure safety or collaboratively improve traff…

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In-Context System Identification for Nonlinear Dynamics Using Large Language Models

Linyu Lin · 2026

Sparse Identification of Nonlinear Dynamics (SINDy) is a powerful method for discovering parsimonious governing equations from data, but it often requires expert tuning of candidate libraries. We prop…

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RoboStriker: Hierarchical Decision-Making for Autonomous Humanoid Boxing

Kangning Yin, Zhe Cao, Wentao Dong, Weishuai Zeng, Tianyi Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Jingbo Wang, Jiangmiao Pang, Ming Zhou, Weinan Zhang · 2026

Achieving human-level competitive intelligence and physical agility in humanoid robots remains a major challenge, particularly in contact-rich and highly dynamic tasks such as boxing. While Multi-Agen…

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AoI-Driven Queue Management and Power Control in V2V Networks: A GNN-Enhanced MARL Approach

Hao Fang, Xiao Li, Chongtao Guo, Le Liang, Shi Jin · 2026

Queue management and resource allocation play a critical role in enabling cooperative status awareness in vehicular networks. This paper investigates the problem of age of information (AoI)-aware stat…

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