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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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Spectral Boundary Observer for Counter-Flow Heat Exchangers

Mohamed Camil Belhadjoudja, Mohamed Maghenem, Emmanuel Witrant · 2026

We consider a system of two coupled first-order linear hyperbolic partial differential equations modeling heat transport in a counter-flow heat exchanger: one equation describes the transport of a hot…

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SpecFed: Accelerating Federated LLM Inference with Speculative Decoding and Compressed Transmission

Ce Zheng, Xinghan Wang, Jiahong Ning, Yuxuan Shi, Ning Huang, Tingting Yang · 2026

Federated inference enhances LLM performance in edge computing through weighted averaging of distributed model predictions. However, autoregressive LLM inference requires frequent full-model forward p…

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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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Energy Efficiency Maximization for Discrete Activation based NOMA-assisted Pinching-Antenna Systems

Yishi Zhang, Aditya Powari, Kaidi Wang, Yaru Fu, Daniel K. C. So · 2026

Pinching-antenna systems (PASS) have recently attracted significant attention as a promising architecture for flexible and reconfigurable wireless communications. Despite notable advancements, researc…

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Plug-and-Play Consistency Models for MIMO Channel Estimation

Jinlong Li, Peng Yang, Zehui Xiong, Xianbin Cao · 2026

Consistency models (CMs) learn a consistent mapping from multiple noise levels to the data endpoint and can therefore perform generative inference in one or a few steps. This property makes them attra…

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Large Language Model based Interactive Decision-Making for Autonomous Driving

Xinwei Dong, Jiyang Li, Jiabin Xie, Yang Yi, Tianshang Jia, Shiyu Fang, Ye Tian, Peng Hang · 2026

In high-conflict mixed-traffic scenarios involving human-driven and autonomous vehicles, most existing autonomous driving systems default to overly conservative behaviors, lack proactive interaction, …

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CT-Guided Spatially-varying Regularization for Voxel-Wise Deformable Whole-Body PET Registration

Xiangcen Wu, Ruohua Chen, Sichun Li, Qianye Yang, Sheng Liu, Jianjun Liu, Zhaoheng Xie · 2026

Whole-body Positron Emission Tomography (PET) registration is essential for multi-parametric tumor characterization and assessment of metastatic disease progression. In deep learning-based deformable …

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Learning-augmented robotic automation for real-world manufacturing

Yunho Kim, Quan Nguyen, Taewhan Kim, Youngjin Heo, Joonho Lee · 2026

Industrial robots are widely used in manufacturing, yet most manipulation still depends on fixed waypoint scripts that are brittle to environmental changes. Learning-based control offers a more adapti…

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Advancing automatic speech recognition using feature fusion with self-supervised learning features: A case study on Fearless Steps Apollo corpus

Szu-Jui Chen, John H.L. Hansen · 2026

Using self-supervised learning (SSL) models has significantly improved performance for downstream speech tasks, surpassing the capabilities of traditional hand-crafted features. This study investigate…

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Threat Detection and Resilience Techniques in PRS-Assisted OTDOA 5G Positioning Systems

Thodoris Spanos, Nikolaos Papageorgiou, Samuele Fantinato, Nikos Kanistras, Sergi Duenas Pedrosa, Gianluca Caparra, Vassilis Paliouras · 2026

Precise positioning is a key enabler for emerging 5G applications, from autonomous transport to industrial automation. Yet the open physical layer (PL) leaves standard positioning reference signals (P…

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Online Long-Term Voltage Stability Margin Estimation for IBR/DER Dominated Power System with Integrated VSM-Aware TSO-DSO Framework

Ahmed Alkhonain, Kiran Kumar Challa, Amarsagar Reddy Ramapuram Matavalam, Alok Kumar Bharati, Venkataramana Ajjarapu · 2026

The rapid growth of inverter-based resources (IBRs) and distributed energy resources (DERs) has fundamentally altered the long-term voltage stability characteristics of modern power systems. This arti…

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PokeVLA: Empowering Pocket-Sized Vision-Language-Action Model with Comprehensive World Knowledge Guidance

Yupeng Zheng, Xiang Li, Songen Gu, Yuhang Zheng, Shuai Tian, Weize Li, Linbo Wang, Senyu Fei, Pengfei Li, Yinfeng Gao, Zebin Xing, Yilun Chen, Qichao Zhang, Haoran Li, Wenchao Ding · 2026

Recent advances in Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models have opened new avenues for robot manipulation, yet existing methods exhibit limited efficiency and a lack of high-level knowledge and spatial aw…

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Model Predictive Communication for Timely Status Updates in Low-Altitude Networks

Bowen Li, Jiping Luo, Themistoklis Charalambous, Nikolaos Pappas · 2026

Timely information delivery in low-altitude networks is critical for many time-sensitive applications, such as unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) navigation, inspection, and surveillance. The key challenge…

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Rank-Aware Link Adaptation for XR Tethering Groups with Realistic Tethering Link: A Multi-Offset OLLA Framework

Muhammad Ahsen, Boyan Yanakiev, Claudio Rosa, Ramoni Adeogun · 2026

We investigate higher-rank transmissions for multi-connected Extended Reality (XR) devices enabled through tethering group (TGr), in which a nearby tethering User Equipment (UE) cooperates with an XR …

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Mass Matrix Assembly on Tensor Cores for Implicit Particle-In-Cell Methods

Luca Pennati, Stefano Markidis · 2026

Matrix-multiply-accumulate (MMA) units, or tensor cores, are now widespread across modern computing architectures. Yet, their use for particle-grid operators remains limited. In implicit particle meth…

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Transformer Architecture with Minimal Inference Latency for Multi-Modal Wireless Networks

Minsu Kim, Walid Saad, Kui Wang, Zongdian Li, Tao Yu, Kei Sakaguchi · 2026

Next-generation wireless networks are expected to leverage multi-modal data sources to execute various wireless communication tasks such as beamforming and blockage prediction with situational-awarene…

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RSMA-Aided Full-Duplex Networks Under Imperfect CSI and SIC: Performance Evaluation

Farjam Karim, Nurul Huda Mahmood, Deepak Kumar, Arthur Sousa de Sena, Matti-Latva-aho · 2026

This work investigates a full-duplex (FD)-enhanced Rate-Splitting Multiple Access (RSMA) system under practical constraints, including imperfect channel state information (CSI) and successive interfer…

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Power Flow Solvability with Volt-Var Controlled Inverter-Based Resources

Taha Saeed Khan, Hamidreza Nazaripouya · 2026

This paper establishes a sufficient condition for guaranteeing power flow solvability in distribution grids with inverter-based resources (IBRs) operating under IEEE 1547 compliant Volt-Var control. W…

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A numerical approach to the co-design of PID controllers and low-pass filters for time-delay systems

Diego Torres-Garcia, Wim Michiels · 2026

This paper addresses the numerical optimization of proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controllers for linear time-invariant systems with delays, where the derivative action is implemented using a …

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