- Shirai, Y., Ota, K., Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., "Learning Non-prehensile Manipulation with Force and Vision Feedback Using Optimization-based Demonstrations", IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, January 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-011 PDF Video- @article{Shirai2026jan,
- author = {Shirai, Yuki and Ota, Kei and Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego},
- title = {{Learning Non-prehensile Manipulation with Force and Vision Feedback Using Optimization-based Demonstrations}},
- journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
- year = 2026,
- month = jan,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-011}
- }
- De Lazzari, D., Terreran, M., Giacomuzzo, G., Jain, S., Falco, P., Carli, R., Ghidoni, S., Romeres, D., "Real-time Human Progress Estimation with Online Dynamic Time Warping for Collaborative Robotics", Frontiers, December 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-173 PDF- @article{DeLazzari2025dec,
- author = {De Lazzari, Davide and Terreran, Matteo and Giacomuzzo, Giulio and Jain, Siddarth and Falco, Pietro and Carli, Ruggero and Ghidoni, Stefano and Romeres, Diego},
- title = {{Real-time Human Progress Estimation with Online Dynamic Time Warping for Collaborative Robotics}},
- journal = {Frontiers},
- year = 2025,
- month = dec,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-173}
- }
- Van der Merwe, M., Ota, K., Berenson, D., Fazeli, N., Jha, D.K., "Simultaneous Extrinsic Contact and In-Hand Pose Estimation via Distributed Tactile Sensing", IEEE RA-L, December 2025.
BibTeX TR2026-002 PDF- @article{VanderMerwe2025dec2,
- author = {Van der Merwe, Mark and Ota, Kei and Berenson, Dmitry and Fazeli, Nima and Jha, Devesh K.},
- title = {{Simultaneous Extrinsic Contact and In-Hand Pose Estimation via Distributed Tactile Sensing}},
- journal = {IEEE RA-L},
- year = 2025,
- month = dec,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-002}
- }
- Uzun, S., Acikmese, B., Di Cairano, S., "Motion Planning for Information Acquisition via Continuous-time Successive Convexification", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), December 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-170 PDF- @inproceedings{Uzun2025dec,
- author = {Uzun, Samet and Acikmese, Behcet and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
- title = {{Motion Planning for Information Acquisition via Continuous-time Successive Convexification}},
- booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
- year = 2025,
- month = dec,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-170}
- }
- Zhang, Y., Corcodel, R., Hori, C., Cherian, A., Zhao, D., "AxisBench: What Can Go Wrong in VLMs’ Spatial Reasoning?", Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) workshop, December 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-168 PDF- @inproceedings{Zhang2025dec2,
- author = {{{Zhang, Yuyou and Corcodel, Radu and Hori, Chiori and Cherian, Anoop and Zhao, Ding}}},
- title = {{{AxisBench: What Can Go Wrong in VLMs’ Spatial Reasoning?}}},
- booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) workshop},
- year = 2025,
- month = dec,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-168}
- }
- Shirai, Y., Ota, K., Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., "Sim-to-Real Contact-Rich Pivoting via Optimization-Guided RL with Vision and Touch", Embodied World Models for Decision Making, NeurIPS Workshop, December 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-169 PDF Video- @inproceedings{Shirai2025dec,
- author = {Shirai, Yuki and Ota, Kei and Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego},
- title = {{Sim-to-Real Contact-Rich Pivoting via Optimization-Guided RL with Vision and Touch}},
- booktitle = {NeurIPS 2025 Workshop on Embodied World Models for Decision Making},
- year = 2025,
- month = dec,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-169}
- }
- Hori, C., Masuyama, Y., Jain, S., Corcodel, R., Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., Le Roux, J., "Robot Confirmation Generation and Action Planning Using Long-context Q-Former Integrated with Multimodal LLM", IEEE Workshop on Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding (ASRU), December 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-167 PDF- @inproceedings{Hori2025dec,
- author = {Hori, Chiori and Masuyama, Yoshiki and Jain, Siddarth and Corcodel, Radu and Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
- title = {{Robot Confirmation Generation and Action Planning Using Long-context Q-Former Integrated with Multimodal LLM}},
- booktitle = {IEEE Workshop on Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding (ASRU)},
- year = 2025,
- month = dec,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-167}
- }
- Van der Merwe, M., Jha, D.K., "In-Context Policy Iteration for Dynamic Manipulation", Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) Workshop on Embodied World Models for Decision Making, December 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-163 PDF Video- @inproceedings{VanderMerwe2025dec,
- author = {Van der Merwe, Mark and Jha, Devesh K.},
- title = {{In-Context Policy Iteration for Dynamic Manipulation}},
- booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) Workshop on Embodied World Models for Decision Making},
- year = 2025,
- month = dec,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-163}
- }
- Gambill, P., Jha, D.K., Krishnamoorthy, B., Raghunathan, A., Yerazunis, W.S., "DamageEst: Accurate Estimation of Damage for Repair using Additive Manufacturing", Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF), November 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-158 PDF Presentation- @inproceedings{Gambill2025nov,
- author = {{{Gambill, Patrick and Jha, Devesh K. and Krishnamoorthy, Bala and Raghunathan, Arvind and Yerazunis, William S.}}},
- title = {{{DamageEst: Accurate Estimation of Damage for Repair using Additive Manufacturing}}},
- booktitle = {Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF)},
- year = 2025,
- month = nov,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-158}
- }
- Nikovski, D.N., "Observation-Based Inverse Kinematics for Visual Servo Control", 22nd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), October 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-153 PDF- @inproceedings{Nikovski2025oct,
- author = {Nikovski, Daniel N.},
- title = {{Observation-Based Inverse Kinematics for Visual Servo Control}},
- booktitle = {22nd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO)},
- year = 2025,
- month = oct,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-153}
- }
- Piedade, V., Chitturi, S., Gaspar, J., Govindu, V., Miraldo, P., "SAC-GNC: SAmple Consensus for adaptive Graduated Non-Convexity", IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), October 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-146 PDF Presentation- @inproceedings{Piedade2025oct,
- author = {{{Piedade, Valter and Chitturi, Sidhartha and Gaspar, Jose and Govindu, Venu and Miraldo, Pedro}}},
- title = {{{SAC-GNC: SAmple Consensus for adaptive Graduated Non-Convexity}}},
- booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV)},
- year = 2025,
- month = oct,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-146}
- }
- Jaitly, A., Jha, D.K., Ota, K., Shirai, Y., "Analytic Conditions for Differentiable Collision Detection in Trajectory Optimization", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), DOI: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11246568, October 2025, pp. 6659-6666.
BibTeX TR2025-150 PDF Video- @inproceedings{Jaitly2025oct,
- author = {Jaitly, Akshay and Jha, Devesh K. and Ota, Kei and Shirai, Yuki},
- title = {{Analytic Conditions for Differentiable Collision Detection in Trajectory Optimization}},
- booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
- year = 2025,
- pages = {6659--6666},
- month = oct,
- doi = {10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11246568},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-150}
- }
- Karumanchi, S., Rokaha, B., Schperberg, A., Vinod, A.P., "Energy-constrained multi-robot exploration for autonomous map building", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), DOI: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11247332, October 2025, pp. 9154-9161.
BibTeX TR2025-131 PDF- @inproceedings{Karumanchi2025oct,
- author = {Karumanchi, Sambhu and Rokaha, Bhagawan and Schperberg, Alexander and Vinod, Abraham P.},
- title = {{Energy-constrained multi-robot exploration for autonomous map building}},
- booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
- year = 2025,
- pages = {9154--9161},
- month = oct,
- doi = {10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11247332},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-131}
- }
- Ma, H., Dai, B., Ren, Z., Wang, Y., Li, N., "Offline Imitation Learning upon Arbitrary Demonstrations by Pre-Training Dynamics Representations", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), October 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-147 PDF- @inproceedings{Ma2025oct,
- author = {Ma, Haitong and Dai, Bo and Ren, Zhaolin and Wang, Yebin and Li, Na},
- title = {{Offline Imitation Learning upon Arbitrary Demonstrations by Pre-Training Dynamics Representations}},
- booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
- year = 2025,
- month = oct,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-147}
- }
- Schperberg, A., Menner, M., Di Cairano, S., "Energy-Efficient Motion Planner for Legged Robots", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), October 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-151 PDF Video- @inproceedings{Schperberg2025oct,
- author = {Schperberg, Alexander and Menner, Marcel and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
- title = {{Energy-Efficient Motion Planner for Legged Robots}},
- booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
- year = 2025,
- month = oct,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-151}
- }
- Vats, S., Jha, D.K., Likhachev, M., Kroemer, O., Romeres, D., "RecoveryChaining: Learning Local Recovery Policies for Robust Manipulation", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), October 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-152 PDF Video- @inproceedings{Vats2025oct,
- author = {Vats, Shivam and Jha, Devesh K. and Likhachev, Maxim and Kroemer, Oliver and Romeres, Diego},
- title = {{RecoveryChaining: Learning Local Recovery Policies for Robust Manipulation}},
- booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
- year = 2025,
- month = oct,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-152}
- }
- Zhang, Y., Corcodel, R., "Bipedalism for Quadrupedal Robots: Versatile Loco-Manipulation through Risk-Adaptive Reinforcement Learning", IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, DOI: 10.1109/Humanoids65713.2025.11203112, September 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-140 PDF- @inproceedings{Zhang2025sep2,
- author = {Zhang, Yuyou and Corcodel, Radu},
- title = {{Bipedalism for Quadrupedal Robots: Versatile Loco-Manipulation through Risk-Adaptive Reinforcement Learning}},
- booktitle = {IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots},
- year = 2025,
- month = sep,
- publisher = {IEEE},
- doi = {10.1109/Humanoids65713.2025.11203112},
- isbn = {979-8-3315-9869-3},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-140}
- }
- Van der Merwe, M., Jha, D.K., "In-Context Iterative Policy Improvement for Dynamic Manipulation", Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL), September 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-136 PDF Video- @inproceedings{VanderMerwe2025sep,
- author = {Van der Merwe, Mark and Jha, Devesh K.},
- title = {{In-Context Iterative Policy Improvement for Dynamic Manipulation}},
- booktitle = {Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL)},
- year = 2025,
- month = sep,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-136}
- }
- Pegoraro, G., Giacomuzzo, G., Terreran, M., Ghidoni, S., Carli, R., Romeres, D., "Hierarchical Task Planning for Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly", IFAC Joint Conference on Computers, Cognition, and Communication, September 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-134 PDF- @inproceedings{Pegoraro2025sep,
- author = {Pegoraro, Giulia and Giacomuzzo, Giulio and Terreran, Matteo and Ghidoni, Stefano and Carli, Ruggero and Romeres, Diego},
- title = {{Hierarchical Task Planning for Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly}},
- booktitle = {IFAC Joint Conference on Computers, Cognition, and Communication},
- year = 2025,
- month = sep,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-134}
- }
- Stein, A., Wang, Y., Sakamoto, Y., Wang, B., Fang, H., "Application-Oriented Co-Design of Motors and Motions for a 6DOF Robot Manipulator", IEEE Conference on Automation and Science Engineering, DOI: 10.1109/CASE58245.2025.11164119, August 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-121 PDF- @inproceedings{Stein2025aug,
- author = {Stein, Adrian and Wang, Yebin and Sakamoto, Yusuke and Wang, Bingnan and Fang, Huazhen},
- title = {{Application-Oriented Co-Design of Motors and Motions for a 6DOF Robot Manipulator}},
- booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Automation and Science Engineering},
- year = 2025,
- month = aug,
- doi = {10.1109/CASE58245.2025.11164119},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-121}
- }
- Nikovski, D.N., "Disentangled Object-Centric Configuration Representation Learning for Articulated Robot Arms", 11th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies CoDIT'25, July 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-108 PDF- @inproceedings{Nikovski2025jul,
- author = {Nikovski, Daniel N.},
- title = {{Disentangled Object-Centric Configuration Representation Learning for Articulated Robot Arms}},
- booktitle = {11th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies CoDIT'25},
- year = 2025,
- month = jul,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-108}
- }
- Cardona, G., Vasile, C.-I., Di Cairano, S., "Truck Fleet Coordination for Warehouse Trailer Management by Temporal Logic with Energy Constraints", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107663, July 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-103 PDF- @inproceedings{Cardona2025jul,
- author = {Cardona, Gustavo and Vasile, Cristian-Ioan and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
- title = {{Truck Fleet Coordination for Warehouse Trailer Management by Temporal Logic with Energy Constraints}},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2025,
- month = jul,
- doi = {10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107663},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-103}
- }
- Chavez Armijos, A., Berntorp, K., Di Cairano, S., "Safe Interactive Motion Planning by Differentiable Optimal Control and Online Preference Learning", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107681, July 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-104 PDF- @inproceedings{ChavezArmijos2025jul,
- author = {Chavez Armijos, Andres and Berntorp, Karl and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
- title = {{Safe Interactive Motion Planning by Differentiable Optimal Control and Online Preference Learning}},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2025,
- month = jul,
- doi = {10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107681},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-104}
- }
- Choi, H.J., Jain, S., "A Unified Framework for Gaussian-Based Scene Representation and Reactive Robot Control", Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) 2025 Workshop on Gaussian Representations for Robot Autonomy, June 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-096 PDF- @inproceedings{Choi2025jun,
- author = {Choi, Ho Jin and Jain, Siddarth},
- title = {{A Unified Framework for Gaussian-Based Scene Representation and Reactive Robot Control}},
- booktitle = {Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) 2025 Workshop on Gaussian Representations for Robot Autonomy},
- year = 2025,
- month = jun,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-096}
- }
- Dai, M., Lu, Z., Li, N., Wang, Y., "Enhanced Agility and Safety in Mobile Manipulators through Centroidal Momentum-Based Motion Planning", European Control Conference (ECC), DOI: ECC65951.2025.11186833, June 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-092 PDF- @inproceedings{Dai2025jun,
- author = {Dai, Min and Lu, Zehui and Li, Na and Wang, Yebin},
- title = {{Enhanced Agility and Safety in Mobile Manipulators through Centroidal Momentum-Based Motion Planning}},
- booktitle = {European Control Conference (ECC)},
- year = 2025,
- month = jun,
- doi = {ECC65951.2025.11186833},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-092}
- }