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Lightweight Model Predictive Control for Spacecraft Rendezvous Attitude Synchronization

Peter Stadler, Alexander Meinert, Niklas Baldauf, Alen Turnwald · 2026

This work introduces two lightweight model predictive control (MPC) approaches for attitude tracking with reaction wheels during spacecraft rendezvous synchronization. Both approaches are based on a n…

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Safety-Guaranteed Imitation Learning from Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Spacecraft Close Proximity Operations

Alexander Meinert, Niklas Baldauf, Peter Stadler, Alen Turnwald · 2026

This paper presents a safety-guaranteed, runtime-efficient imitation learning framework for spacecraft close proximity control. We leverage Control Barrier Functions (CBFs) for safety certificates and…

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CATFA-Net: A Trans-Convolutional Approach for Accurate Medical Image Segmentation

Siddhartha Mallick, Aayushman Ghosh, Jayanta Paul, Jaya Sil · 2026

Convolutional blocks have played a crucial role in advancing medical image segmentation by excelling in dense prediction tasks. However, their inability to effectively capture long-range dependencies …

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3D Spectrum Awareness for Radio Dynamic Zones Using Kriging and Matrix Completion

Mushfiqur Rahman, Sung Joon Maeng, Ismail Guvenc, Chau-Wai Wong · 2026

Radio Dynamic Zones (RDZs) are geographically defined areas specifically allocated for testing new wireless technologies. It is essential to safeguard the regular spectrum users outside the zones from…

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UAV-Based 3D Spectrum Sensing: Insights on Altitude, Bandwidth, Trajectory, and Effective Antenna Patterns on REM Reconstruction

Mushfiqur Rahman, Sung Joon Maeng, Ismail Guvenc, Chau-Wai Wong, Mihail Sichitiu, Jason A. Abrahamson, Arupjyoti Bhuyan · 2026

Spectrum sensing and the generation of 3D Radio Environment Maps (REMs) are essential for enabling spectrum sharing within cognitive radio networks. While Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) offer high-mo…

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Habilis-$\beta$: A Fast-Motion and Long-Lasting On-Device Vision-Language-Action Model

Tommoro Robotics: Jesoon Kang, Taegeon Park, Jisu An, Soo Min Kimm, Jaejoon Kim, Jinu Pahk, Byungju Kim, Junseok Lee, Namheon Baek, Sungwan Ha, Hojun Baek, Eduardo Ayerve Cruz, Wontae Kim, Junghyeon Choi, Yousuk Lee, Joonmo Han, Sunghyun Cho, Sunghyun Kwon, Soyoung Lee, Jun Ki Lee, Seung-Joon Yi, Byoung-Tak Zhang, Theo Taeyeong Kim · 2026

We introduce Habilis-$\beta$, a fast-motion and long-lasting on-device vision-language-action (VLA) model designed for real-world deployment. Current VLA evaluation remains largely confined to single-…

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TRANS: Terrain-aware Reinforcement Learning for Agile Navigation of Quadruped Robots under Social Interactions

Wei Zhu, Irfan Tito Kurniawan, Ye Zhao, Mitsuhiro Hayashibe · 2026

This study introduces TRANS: Terrain-aware Reinforcement learning for Agile Navigation under Social interactions, a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) framework for quadrupedal social navigation over u…

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An Autonomous, End-to-End, Convex-Based Framework for Close-Range Rendezvous Trajectory Design and Guidance with Hardware Testbed Validation

Minduli C. Wijayatunga, Julian Guinane, Nathan D. Wallace, Xiaofeng Wu · 2026

Autonomous satellite servicing missions must execute close-range rendezvous under stringent safety and operational constraints while remaining computationally tractable for onboard use and robust to u…

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TC-BiMamba: Trans-Chunk bidirectionally within BiMamba for unified streaming and non-streaming ASR

Qingshun She, Jing Peng, Yangui Fang, Yu Xi, Kai Yu · 2026

This work investigates bidirectional Mamba (BiMamba) for unified streaming and non-streaming automatic speech recognition (ASR). Dynamic chunk size training enables a single model for offline decoding…

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From Metrics to Meaning: Insights from a Mixed-Methods Field Experiment on Retail Robot Deployment

Sichao Song, Yuki Okafuji, Takuya Iwamoto, Jun Baba, Hiroshi Ishiguro · 2026

We report a mixed-methods field experiment of a conversational service robot deployed under everyday staffing discretion in a live bedding store. Over 12 days we alternated three conditions--Baseline …

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Bridging the Basilisk Astrodynamics Framework with ROS 2 for Modular Spacecraft Simulation and Hardware Integration

Elias Krantz, Ngai Nam Chan, Gunnar Tibert, Huina Mao, Christer Fuglesang · 2025

Integrating high-fidelity spacecraft simulators with modular robotics frameworks remains a challenge for autonomy development. This paper presents a lightweight, open-source communication bridge betwe…

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The Case for a DNANF 1Pb/s Trans-Atlantic Submarine Cable

Pierluigi Poggiolini, Francesco Poletti · 2025

The recent progress in low-loss hollow-core fibers allows to speculate on the possibility of building a transatlantic submarine cable that can achieve the goal of 1 Pb/s per direction, leveraging bidi…

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Mass conservation analysis of extrusion-based 3D printing simulations based on the level-set method

Carlos J.G. Rojas, Md. Tusher Mollah, C. A. Gomez-Perez, Leyla Ozkan · 2025

Accurate numerical simulation of material extrusion additive manufacturing requires reliable tracking of evolving material interfaces while preserving mass conservation. Inaccurate mass conservation c…

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An LLM-powered Natural-to-Robotic Language Translation Framework with Correctness Guarantees

ZhenDong Chen, ZhanShang Nie, ShiXing Wan, JunYi Li, YongTian Cheng, Shuai Zhao · 2025

The Large Language Models (LLM) are increasingly being deployed in robotics to generate robot control programs for specific user tasks, enabling embodied intelligence. Existing methods primarily focus…

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Decision-Making-Based Path Planning for Autonomous UAVs: A Survey

Kelen C. Teixeira Vivaldini, Robert Penicka, Martin Saska · 2025

One of the most critical features for the successful operation of autonomous UAVs is the ability to make decisions based on the information acquired from their surroundings. Each UAV must be able to m…

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Soft Robotic Delivery of Coiled Anchors for Cardiac Interventions

Leonardo Zamora Yanez, Jacob Rogatinsky, Dominic Recco, Sang-Yoep Lee, Grace Matthews, Andrew P. Sabelhaus, Tommaso Ranzani · 2025

Trans-catheter cardiac intervention has become an increasingly available option for high-risk patients without the complications of open heart surgery. However, current catheterbased platforms suffer …

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Trans${^2}$-CBCT: A Dual-Transformer Framework for Sparse-View CBCT Reconstruction

Minmin Yang, Huantao Ren, Senem Velipasalar · 2025

Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) using only a few X-ray projection views enables faster scans with lower radiation dose, but the resulting severe under-sampling causes strong artifacts and poor sp…

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Balancing Speech Understanding and Generation Using Continual Pre-training for Codec-based Speech LLM

Jiatong Shi, Chunlei Zhang, Jinchuan Tian, Junrui Ni, Hao Zhang, Shinji Watanabe, Dong Yu · 2025

Recent advances in speech language models (LLMs) have extended textual LLMs to the speech domain, but balancing speech understanding and generation remains challenging, especially with codec-based rep…

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TRUSWorthy: Toward Clinically Applicable Deep Learning for Confident Detection of Prostate Cancer in Micro-Ultrasound

Mohamed Harmanani, Paul F.R. Wilson, Minh Nguyen Nhat To, Mahdi Gilany, Amoon Jamzad, Fahimeh Fooladgar, Brian Wodlinger, Purang Abolmaesumi, Parvin Mousavi · 2025

While deep learning methods have shown great promise in improving the effectiveness of prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis by detecting suspicious lesions from trans-rectal ultrasound (TRUS), they must ov…

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Prostate-Specific Foundation Models for Enhanced Detection of Clinically Significant Cancer

Jeong Hoon Lee, Cynthia Xinran Li, Hassan Jahanandish, Indrani Bhattacharya, Sulaiman Vesal, Lichun Zhang, Shengtian Sang, Moon Hyung Choi, Simon John Christoph Soerensen, Steve Ran Zhou, Elijah Richard Sommer, Richard Fan, Pejman Ghanouni, Yuze Song, Tyler M. Seibert, Geoffrey A. Sonn, Mirabela Rusu · 2025

Accurate prostate cancer diagnosis remains challenging. Even when using MRI, radiologists exhibit low specificity and significant inter-observer variability, leading to potential delays or inaccuracie…

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