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Robust Geometric Control of Catenary Robots under Unstructured Force Uncertainties

Alexandre Anahory Simoes, Leonardo Colombo · 2026

This paper considers the robust control of a catenary robot composed of two quadrotors connected by an inextensible cable. The system is modeled on \(SE(3)\), with the cable treated as a geometric sub…

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Bi-Level Optimization for Contact and Motion Planning in Rope-Assisted Legged Robots

Ruben Malacarne, Ioannis Tsikelis, Enrico Mingo Hoffman, Michele Focchi · 2026

This paper presents a planning pipeline framework for locomotion in rope-assisted robots climbing vertical surfaces. The proposed framework is formulated as a bi-level optimization scheme that address…

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HiPAN: Hierarchical Posture-Adaptive Navigation for Quadruped Robots in Unstructured 3D Environments

Jeil Jeong, Minsung Yoon, Seokryun Choi, Heechan Shin, Taegeun Yang, Sung-eui Yoon · 2026

Navigating quadruped robots in unstructured 3D environments poses significant challenges, requiring goal-directed motion, effective exploration to escape from local minima, and posture adaptation to t…

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Reference-Augmented Learning for Precise Tracking Policy of Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots

Ziqing Zou, Ke Qiu, Haojian Lu, Rong Xiong, Yue Wang · 2026

Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots (TDCRs) pose significant control challenges due to their highly nonlinear, path-dependent dynamics and non-Markovian characteristics. Traditional Jacobian-based controll…

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Learning-Based Dynamics Modeling and Robust Control for Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots

Ziqing Zou, Ke Qiu, Fei Wang, Haojian Lu, Rong Xiong, Yue Wang · 2026

Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots (TDCRs) pose significant modeling and control challenges due to complex nonlinearities, such as frictional hysteresis and transmission compliance. This paper proposes a …

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The role of physical models in the validation and calibration of numerical models -- The example of the Lilleb{\ae}lt Bridge

Paula Apollonia Wunderlich, Gledson Rodrigo Tondo, Guido Morgenthal · 2026

With the rapid advancement of computer technologies enabling fast calculations of complex structures, numerical methods have become a central tool in engineering sciences, while physical models have i…

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Sliding Mode Control for Safe Trajectory Tracking with Moving Obstacles Avoidance: Experimental Validation on Planar Robots

Shubham Sawarkar, P Sangeerth, S Saharsh, Pushpak Jagtap · 2026

This paper presents a unified control framework for robust trajectory tracking and moving obstacle avoidance applicable to a broad class of mobile robots. By formulating a generalized kinematic transf…

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Designing Robots to Support Parent-Child Connections: Opportunities Through Robot-Mediated Communication

Michael F Xu, Bengisu Cagiltay, Yaxin Hu, Anjun Zhu, Bilge Mutlu · 2026

The sense of family connectedness may support positive outcomes including individual well-being, resilience, and healthy family functioning. However, as technologies advance, they often replace human-…

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Unleashing the Agility of Wheeled-Legged Robots for High-Dynamic Reflexive Obstacle Evasion

Yongen Zhao, Zihao Xu, Wenzhi Lu, Zhen Chu, Ce Hao · 2026

Wheeled-legged robots combine the energy efficiency of wheeled locomotion with the terrain adaptability of legged systems, making them promising platforms for agile mobility in complex and dynamic env…

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Defining the Magnetization State of LCF Magnets: From Material Properties to Motor-Level Metrics

Taha El Hajji, Aleksandr Nadkin, Stefan Skoog, Lars Sjoberg, Kristoffer Nilsson, Anthony C. Morcos · 2026

Variable flux memory motors, which employ Low Coercive Force (LCF) magnets, achieve extended high-efficiency operation through controllable magnetization states. To address the need for a unified appr…

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RecoverFormer: End-to-End Contact-Aware Recovery for Humanoid Robots

Zihui Liu · 2026

Humanoid robots operating in unstructured environments must recover from unexpected disturbances-a capability that remains challenging for end-to-end control policies. We present RECOVERFORMER, a full…

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An LLM-Driven Closed-Loop Autonomous Learning Framework for Robots Facing Uncovered Tasks in Open Environments

Hong Su · 2026

Autonomous robots operating in open environments need the ability to continuously handle tasks that are not covered by predefined local methods. However, existing approaches often rely on repeated lar…

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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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Dynamic Coupling and Indirect Control of Jointed Robots Rolling Atop A Moving Platform

Hamidreza Moradi, Scott David Kelly · 2026

An asymmetric two-link robot supported atop a flat platform by wheels that roll and pivot freely, but do not slip laterally, will develop forward momentum if the joint between the links is actuated in…

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M$^{2}$GRPO: Mamba-based Multi-Agent Group Relative Policy Optimization for Biomimetic Underwater Robots Pursuit

Yukai Feng, Zhiheng Wu, Zhengxing Wu, Junwen Gu, Junzhi Yu · 2026

Traditional policy learning methods in cooperative pursuit face fundamental challenges in biomimetic underwater robots, where long-horizon decision making, partial observability, and inter-robot coord…

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Reinforcement Learning Enabled Adaptive Multi-Task Control for Bipedal Soccer Robots

Yulai Zhang, Yinrong Zhang, Ting Wu, Linqi Ye · 2026

Developing bipedal football robots in dynamiccombat environments presents challenges related to motionstability and deep coupling of multiple tasks, as well ascontrol switching issues between differen…

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Multi-Gait Learning for Humanoid Robots Using Reinforcement Learning with Selective Adversarial Motion Prior

Yuanye Wu, Keyi Wang, Linqi Ye, Boyang Xing · 2026

Learning diverse locomotion skills for humanoid robots in a unified reinforcement learning framework remains challenging due to the conflicting requirements of stability and dynamic expressiveness acr…

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Safety-Certified CRT Sparse FFT: $\Omega(k^2)$ Lower Bound and $O(N \log N)$ Worst-Case

Aaron R. Flouro, Shawn P. Chadwick · 2026

Computing Fourier transforms of k-sparse signals, where only k of N frequencies are non-zero, is fundamental in compressed sensing, radar, and medical imaging. While the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) e…

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Emergency Stopping for Liquid-manipulating Robots

Samuli Hynninen, Ville Kyrki · 2026

Manipulating open liquid containers is challenging because liquids are highly sensitive to vessel accelerations and jerks. Although spill-free liquid manipulation has been widely studied, emergency st…

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Physics-informed, Generative Adversarial Design of Funicular Shells

Ruben Lourenco, Iciar Alfaro, Beatriz Moya, Elias Cueto · 2026

Shell structures are pivotal in the fields of architecture and engineering, due to their aesthetic appeal and structural efficiency. Recently, 3D concrete printing has reignited the interest in these …

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