Publications

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  •  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), October 2025.
    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,
    • month = oct,
    • 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), October 2025.
    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,
    • month = oct,
    • 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, 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,
    • 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, 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,
    • 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), 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,
    • 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), 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,
    • 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), 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,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-092}
    • }
  •  Ma, H., Zhang, T., Li, N., Di Cairano, S., Wang, Y., "A Hierarchical Approach for Tractor-trailer Motion Planning Using Graph Search and Reinforcement Learning", European Control Conference (ECC), June 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-093 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Ma2025jun,
    • author = {Ma, Haitong and Zhang, Tianpeng and Li, Na and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Wang, Yebin},
    • title = {{A Hierarchical Approach for Tractor-trailer Motion Planning Using Graph Search and Reinforcement Learning}},
    • booktitle = {European Control Conference (ECC)},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-093}
    • }
  •  Wang, J.-W., Nikovski, D.N., "State Representation Learning for Visual Servo Control", European Control Conference (ECC), June 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-094 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Wang2025jun,
    • author = {Wang, Jen-Wei and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {{State Representation Learning for Visual Servo Control}},
    • booktitle = {European Control Conference (ECC)},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-094}
    • }
  •  Giacomuzzo, G., Romeres, D., Carli, R., Dalla Libera, A., "Learning Positive Definite Inertia Matrices in Black-Box Inverse Dynamics Models via Gaussian Processes: a Constraint Learning Approach", European Control Conference (ECC), June 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-090 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Giacomuzzo2025jun,
    • author = {Giacomuzzo, Giulio and Romeres, Diego and Carli, Ruggero and Dalla Libera, Alberto},
    • title = {{Learning Positive Definite Inertia Matrices in Black-Box Inverse Dynamics Models via Gaussian Processes: a Constraint Learning Approach}},
    • booktitle = {European Control Conference (ECC)},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-090}
    • }
  •  Vats, S., Jha, D.K., Likhachev, M., Kroemer, O., Romeres, D., "RecoveryChaining: Learning Local Recovery Policies for Robust Manipulation", R3: Reasoning for Robust Robot Manipulation in the Open World Workshop at R:SS 2025, June 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-091 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{Vats2025jun,
    • 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 = {R3: Reasoning for Robust Robot Manipulation in the Open World Workshop at R:SS 2025},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-091}
    • }
  •  De Lazzari, D., Terreran, M., Giacomuzzo, G., Jain, S., Falco, P., Carli, R., Romeres, D., "Human Monitoring with Correlation-based Dynamic Time Warping for Collaborative Assembly", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) - Workshop on The Future of Intelligent Manufacturing: From innovation to implementation, May 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-067 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{DeLazzari2025may2,
    • author = {De Lazzari, Davide and Terreran, Matteo and Giacomuzzo, Giulio and Jain, Siddarth and Falco, Pietro and Carli, Ruggero and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {{Human Monitoring with Correlation-based Dynamic Time Warping for Collaborative Assembly}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) - Workshop on The Future of Intelligent Manufacturing: From innovation to implementation},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-067}
    • }
  •  Giacomuzzo, G., Pegoraro, G., Terreran, M., Ghidoni, S., Carli, R., Romeres, D., "E-UHTP: An Extended Human-Aware Task Planner for Communication-Free Collaborative Assembly", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) - Workshop on The Future of Intelligent Manufacturing: From innovation to implementation, May 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-066 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Giacomuzzo2025may,
    • author = {Giacomuzzo, Giulio and Pegoraro, Giulia and Terreran, Matteo and Ghidoni, Stefano and Carli, Ruggero and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {{E-UHTP: An Extended Human-Aware Task Planner for Communication-Free Collaborative Assembly}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) - Workshop on The Future of Intelligent Manufacturing: From innovation to implementation},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-066}
    • }
  •  Lu, K., Ma, C., Hori, C., Romeres, D., "KitchenVLA: Iterative Vision-Language Corrections for Robotic Execution of Human Tasks", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation Workshop on Safely Leveraging Vision-Language Foundation Models in Robotics (SafeLVMs@ICRA), May 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-068 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Lu2025may,
    • author = {Lu, Kai and Ma, Chenyang and Hori, Chiori and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {{KitchenVLA: Iterative Vision-Language Corrections for Robotic Execution of Human Tasks}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation Workshop on Safely Leveraging Vision-Language Foundation Models in Robotics (SafeLVMs@ICRA)},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-068}
    • }
  •  De Lazzari, D., Terreran, M., Giacomuzzo, G., Jain, S., Falco, P., Carli, R., Romeres, D., "PACE: Proactive Assistance in Human-Robot Collaboration through Action-Completion Estimation", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-064 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{DeLazzari2025may,
    • author = {De Lazzari, Davide and Terreran, Matteo and Giacomuzzo, Giulio and Jain, Siddarth and Falco, Pietro and Carli, Ruggero and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {{PACE: Proactive Assistance in Human-Robot Collaboration through Action-Completion Estimation}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-064}
    • }
  •  Zhou, Z., Di Cairano, S., Wang, Y., Berntorp, K., "Simultaneous Collision Detection and Force Estimation for Dynamic Quadrupedal Locomotion", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-063 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Zhou2025may,
    • author = {Zhou, Ziyi and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Wang, Yebin and Berntorp, Karl},
    • title = {{Simultaneous Collision Detection and Force Estimation for Dynamic Quadrupedal Locomotion}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-063}
    • }