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On the Nesterov's acceleration: A NAIM perspective

Rachit Mehra, M Parimi, Amol Yerudkar, S.R. Wagh, Navdeep Singh · 2026

We present a unifying Nearly Asymptotically Invariant Manifold (NAIM) framework for understanding Nesterovs Accelerated Gradient (NAG) method. By lifting the first-order gradient flow into a second-or…

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FlowS: One-Step Motion Prediction via Local Transport Conditioning

Leandro Di Bella, Adrian Munteanu, Bruno Cornelis · 2026

Generative motion prediction must satisfy three simultaneous requirements for real-world autonomy: high accuracy, diverse multimodal futures, and strictly bounded latency. Diffusion models meet the fi…

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Slot-hopping Enabled Loiter Guidance and Automation for Fixed-wing UAV Corridors

Pradeep J, Siddhardha Kedarisetty, Ashwini Ratnoo · 2026

This paper addresses the problem of traffic congestion management in fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) corridors by further developing a recently introduced loiter-lane framework. A semi-cooper…

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VEHRON: A Configuration-Driven BEV Simulation Framework for Subsystem-Level Studies

Subramanyam Natarajan · 2026

In practical early-stage battery-electric vehicle studies, analysis workflows may become fragmented across spreadsheets, notebooks, and project-specific scripts, making reuse, audit, and extension har…

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Deep Learning-Enabled Dissolved Oxygen Sensing in Biofouling Environments for Ocean Monitoring

Nikolaos Salaris, Adrien Desjardins, Manish K. Tiwari · 2026

The escalating climate crisis and ecosystem degradation demand intelligent, low-cost sensors capable of robust, long-term monitoring in real-world environments. Absolute dissolved oxygen (DO) concentr…

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Extracting Exact Lie Derivatives Without Backpropagation: A Dual Compiler for Neural Control Barrier Functions

Mohammadreza Kamaldar · 2026

Deploying neural-network control barrier functions (CBFs) on embedded hardware requires evaluating the barrier value and its Lie derivatives along the system vector fields at every control cycle. The …

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QuietWalk: Physics-Informed Reinforcement Learning for Ground Reaction Force-Aware Humanoid Locomotion Under Diverse Footwear

Hanze Hu, Luying Feng, Silu Chen, Tianjiang Zheng, Dexin Jiang, Wei Chen, Chi Zhang, Guilin Yang, Yaochu Jin · 2026

Humanoid robots operating in human-centered environments (e.g., homes, hospitals, and offices) must mitigate foot--ground impact transients, as impact-induced vibration and noise degrade user experien…

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Equivariant Filter for Radar-Inertial Odometry

Giulio Delama, Jan Michalczyk, Morten Nissov, Martin Scheiber, Alessandro Fornasier, Kostas Alexis, Stephan Weiss · 2026

Radar-Inertial Odometry (RIO) based on the Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) relies on accurate extrinsic calibration between the radar and the Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and is sensitive to disturban…

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Characterizing pitch and roll torque coupling in insect-sized flapping-wing robots using a microfabricated gimbal

Aaron Weber, Daksh Dhingra, Sawyer B. Fuller · 2026

Sub-gram flapping-wing flying insect robots (FIRs) are challenging to model because of mechanical complexity in their wings, unsteady aerodynamic flow, and the difficulty of making precise measurement…

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Airspeed Forward-Invariance for Unpowered Fixed-Wing Aircraft

Huseyin Emre Tekaslan, Ella M. Atkins · 2026

Autonomous fixed-wing flight is becoming a key capability in aerial robotics, enabling sensing, mobility, and contingency operations across both small-scale Uncrewed Aircraft Systems and large-scale A…

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Algebraic Diversity: Principles of a Group-Theoretic Approach to Signal Processing

Mitchell A. Thornton · 2026

We present principles of algebraic diversity (AD), a group-theoretic approach to signal processing exploiting signal symmetry to extract more information per observation, complementing classical metho…

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Sparsification of Precoding Codebooks for PAPR Reduction via Grassmannian Representations

Joe Asano, Yuto Hama, Hiroki Iimori, Szabolcs Malomsoky, Naoki Ishikawa · 2026

In this letter, we propose a sparsification method for precoding codebooks that reduces the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) while preserving the achievable rate. By exploiting the fact that precode…

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Thrust Regulation Through Wing Linkage Modulation on the Aerobat Platform: Piezoelectric Slip-Stick Actuated Regulator Development

Luca Ciampaglia · 2026

Aerobat is a bat-inspired flapping-wing robot with a wing gait generate by the computational structure, a planar linkage of carbon fiber links driven by a single motor. This design minimizes weight bu…

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CADRE: Card-Agnostic Domain-Aligned RF Embeddings for Virtual PIN Pads on Passive NFC Cards

Dickson Akuoko Sarpong, Hongzhi Guo · 2026

Near Field Communication (NFC) cards are widely used for identification, but their passive nature often limits the ability to incorporate additional security mechanisms. As a result, anyone holding th…

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Iterated Invariant EKF for Quadruped Robot Odometry

Hilton Marques Souza Santana, Joao Carlos Virgolino Soares, Sven Goffin, Ylenia Nistico, Silvere Bonnabel, Claudio Semini, Marco Antonio Meggiolaro · 2026

Kalman filter-based algorithms are fundamental for mobile robots, as they provide a computationally efficient solution to the challenging problem of state estimation. However, they rely on two main as…

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Scale-Invariant Sampling in Multi-Arm Bandit Motion Planning for Object Extraction

Servet B. Bayraktar, Andreas Orthey, Marc Toussaint · 2026

Object extraction tasks often occur in disassembly problems, where bolts, screws, or pins have to be removed from tight, narrow spaces. In such problems, the distance to the environment is often on th…

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Neuromorphic Spiking Ring Attractor for Proprioceptive Joint-State Estimation

Federica Ferrari, Flavia Davidhi, Bernard Maacaron, Alberto Motta, Luuk van Keeken, Elisa Donati, Giacomo Indiveri, Chiara De Luca, Chiara Bartolozzi · 2026

Maintaining stable internal representations of continuous variables is fundamental for effective robotic control. Continuous attractor networks provide a biologically inspired mechanism for encoding s…

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Complementarity by Construction: A Lie-Group Approach to Solving Quadratic Programs with Linear Complementarity Constraints

Arun L. Bishop, Micah I. Reich, Zachary Manchester · 2026

Many problems in robotics require reasoning over a mix of continuous dynamics and discrete events, such as making and breaking contact in manipulation and locomotion. These problems are locally well m…

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Using Unwrapped Full Color Space Recording to Measure the Exposedness of Vehicle Exterior Parts for External Human Machine Interfaces

Jose Gonzalez-Belmonte, Jaerock Kwon · 2026

One of the concerns with autonomous vehicles is their ability to communicate their intent to other road users, specially pedestrians, in order to prevent accidents. External Human-Machine Interfaces (…

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Natural Gradient Gaussian Approximation Filter on Lie Groups for Robot State Estimation

Tianyi Zhang, Wenhan Cao, Chang Liu, Yao Lyu, Shengbo Eben Li · 2026

Accurate state estimation for robotic systems evolving on Lie group manifolds, such as legged robots, is a prerequisite for achieving agile control. However, this task is challenged by nonlinear obser…

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