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Abstract Sim2Real through Approximate Information States

Yunfu Deng, Yuhao Li, Josiah P. Hanna ยท 2026

In recent years, reinforcement learning (RL) has shown remarkable success in robotics when a fast and accurate simulator is available for a given task. When using RL and simulation, more simulator reaโ€ฆ

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Tube-Based Robust Data-Driven Predictive Control

Chi Wang, David Angeli ยท 2026

This paper presents a tractable tube-based robust data-driven predictive control scheme that uses only a single finite noisy input-state trajectory of an unknown discrete-time linear time-invariant (Lโ€ฆ

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A Hierarchical Spatiotemporal Action Tokenizer for In-Context Imitation Learning in Robotics

Fawad Javed Fateh, Ali Shah Ali, Murad Popattia, Usman Nizamani, Andrey Konin, M. Zeeshan Zia, Quoc-Huy Tran ยท 2026

We present a novel hierarchical spatiotemporal action tokenizer for in-context imitation learning. We first propose a hierarchical approach, which consists of two successive levels of vector quantizatโ€ฆ

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Benchmarking Classical Coverage Path Planning Heuristics on Irregular Hexagonal Grids for Maritime Coverage Scenarios

Carlos S. Sepulveda, Gonzalo A. Ruz ยท 2026

Coverage path planning on irregular hexagonal grids is relevant to maritime surveillance, search and rescue and environmental monitoring, yet classical methods are often compared on small ad hoc exampโ€ฆ

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Dual Pose-Graph Semantic Localization for Vision-Based Autonomous Drone Racing

David Perez-Saura, Miguel Fernandez-Cortizas, Alvaro J. Gaona, Pascual Campoy ยท 2026

Autonomous drone racing demands robust real-time localization under extreme conditions: high-speed flight, aggressive maneuvers, and payload-constrained platforms that often rely on a single camera foโ€ฆ

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NEAT-NC: NEAT guided Navigation Cells for Robot Path Planning

Hibatallah Meliani, Khadija Slimani, Samira Khoulji ยท 2026

To navigate a space, the brain makes an internal representation of the environment using different cells such as place cells, grid cells, head direction cells, border cells, and speed cells. All theseโ€ฆ

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Trajectory Planning for a Multi-UAV Rigid-Payload Cascaded Transportation System Based on Enhanced Tube-RRT*

Jianqiao Yu, Jia Li, Tianhua Gao ยท 2026

This paper presents a two-stage trajectory planning framework for a multi-UAV rigid-payload cascaded transportation system, aiming to address planning challenges in densely cluttered environments. In โ€ฆ

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Enhancing time-frequency resolution with optimal transport and barycentric fusion of multiple spectrogram

David Valdivia, Elsa Cazelles, Cedric Fevotte ยท 2026

Time-frequency representations, such as the short-time Fourier transform (STFT), are fundamental tools for analyzing non-stationary signals. However, their ability to achieve sharp localization in botโ€ฆ

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A Numerical and Experimental Evaluation of Microbubble Communication Using OpenFOAM

Annika Tjabben, Carolin Conrad, Hans D. Schotten ยท 2026

Reliable communication in confined environments, such as blood vessels or industrial pipelines, remain challenging due to signal attenuation and limited sensor accessibility. Therefore, this work inveโ€ฆ

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An Intelligent Robotic and Bio-Digestor Framework for Smart Waste Management

Radhika Khatri, Adit Tewari, Nikhil Sharma, M. B. Srinivas ยท 2026

Rapid urbanization and continuous population growth have made municipal solid waste management increasingly challenging. These challenges highlight the need for smarter and automated waste management โ€ฆ

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CBF-based Probabilistic Safe Navigation under Unknown Nonlinear Obstacle Dynamics

Jiwon Lee, Hugo Matias, Daniel Silvestre, Thinh T. Doan ยท 2026

Safe navigation for an ego vehicle in uncertain environments characterized by dynamic obstacles with unknown nonlinear dynamics is a challenging problem of significant practical interest. Existing appโ€ฆ

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Foundation Models in Robotics: A Comprehensive Review of Methods, Models, Datasets, Challenges and Future Research Directions

Aggelos Psiris, Vasileios Argyriou, Evangelos K. Markakis, Panagiotis Sarigiannidis, Efstratios Gavves, Kostas Bekris, Arash Ajoudani adn Georgios Th. Papadopoulos ยท 2026

Over the recent years, the field of robotics has been undergoing a transformative paradigm shift from fixed, single-task, domain-specific solutions towards adaptive, multi-function, general-purpose agโ€ฆ

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Temporal Cross-Modal Knowledge-Distillation-Based Transfer-Learning for Gas Turbine Vibration Fault Detection

Ali Bagheri Nejad, Mahdi Aliyari-Shoorehdeli, Abolfazl Hasanzadeh ยท 2026

Preventing machine failure is inherently superior to reactive remediation, particularly for critical assets like gas turbines, where early fault detection (FD) is a cornerstone of industrial sustainabโ€ฆ

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A multi-platform LiDAR dataset for standardized forest inventory measurement at long term ecological monitoring sites

Michael R. Chang, Anna Candotti, Karl von Ellenrieder, Enrico Tomelleri, Marco Camurri ยท 2026

We present a curated multi-platform LiDAR reference dataset from an instrumented ICOS forest plot, explicitly designed to support calibration, benchmarking, and integration of 3D structural data with โ€ฆ

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SongBench: A Fine-Grained Multi-Aspect Benchmark for Song Quality Assessment

Dapeng Wu, Shun Lei, Wei Tan, Guangzheng Li, Yunzhe Wang, Huaicheng Zhang, Lishi Zuo, Zhiyong Wu ยท 2026

Recent advancements in Text-to-Song generation have enabled realistic musical content production, yet existing evaluation benchmarks lack the professional granularity to capture multi-dimensional aestโ€ฆ

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UniPASE: A Generative Model for Universal Speech Enhancement with High Fidelity and Low Hallucinations

Xiaobin Rong, Zheng Wang, Yushi Wang, Jun Gao, Jing Lu ยท 2026

Universal speech enhancement (USE) aims to restore speech signals from diverse distortions across multiple sampling rates. We propose UniPASE, an extension of the low-hallucination PASE framework tailโ€ฆ

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CT-VIR: Continuous-Time Visual-Inertial-Ranging Fusion for Indoor Localization with Sparse Anchors

Yu-An Liu, Li Zhang ยท 2026

Visual-inertial odometry (VIO) is widely used for mobile robot localization, but its long-term accuracy degrades without global constraints. Incorporating ranging sensors such as ultra-wideband (UWB) โ€ฆ

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Batch Effects In Brain Foundation Model Embeddings

Ye Tao, Bradley T. Baker, Yu Wu, Anand D. Sarwate, Sandeep Panta, Sergey Plis, Vince D. Calhoun ยท 2026

Foundation models show strong potential for large-scale, high-dimensional biomedical applications, yet their ability to capture relevant neurobiological characteristics remains underexplored. We systeโ€ฆ

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Portable Medical Imaging in Modern Healthcare: Fundamentals, AI-Based Taxonomy, Image Quality, and Open Challenges

Yassine Habchi, Hamza Kheddar, Muhammad Ali Qureshi, Mohamed Seghier, Azeddine Beghdadi ยท 2026

Portable medical imaging (PMI) has emerged as an important solution for point-of-care diagnosis in emergency, rural, and resource-limited settings where conventional imaging infrastructure is not readโ€ฆ

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Comprehensive Review of Doppler Shift Localization Methods: Advances, Limitations, and Research Opportunities

Rafal Szczepanik ยท 2026

Reliable geolocation of non-cooperative emitters in environments where Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are unavailable or degraded is a key enabler for spectrum regulation, emergency responโ€ฆ

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