Publications

3,966 major publications by members of the MERL staff.


  •  Amadio, F., Dalla Libera, A., Nikovski, D.N., Carli, R., Romeres, D., "Learning Control from Raw Position Measurements", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/​ACC55779.2023.10156063, May 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-060 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Amadio2023may,
    • author = {Amadio, Fabio and Dalla Libera, Alberto and Nikovski, Daniel N. and Carli, Ruggero and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {{Learning Control from Raw Position Measurements}},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.23919/ACC55779.2023.10156063},
    • issn = {2378-5861},
    • isbn = {979-8-3503-2806-6},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-060}
    • }
  •  Chinchilla, R., Deshpande, V.M., Chakrabarty, A., Laughman, C.R., "Learning Residual Dynamics via Physics-Augmented Neural Networks: Application to Vapor Compression Cycles", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/​ACC55779.2023.10155954, May 2023, pp. 4069-4076.
    BibTeX TR2023-051 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Chinchilla2023may,
    • author = {Chinchilla, Raphael and Deshpande, Vedang M. and Chakrabarty, Ankush and Laughman, Christopher R.},
    • title = {{Learning Residual Dynamics via Physics-Augmented Neural Networks: Application to Vapor Compression Cycles}},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {4069--4076},
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.23919/ACC55779.2023.10155954},
    • issn = {2378-5861},
    • isbn = {978-1-6654-6952-4},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-051}
    • }
  •  Farakhor, A., Wang, Y., Wu, D., Fang, H., "Distributed Optimal Power Management for Battery Energy Storage Systems: A Novel Accelerated Tracking ADMM Approach", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/​ACC55779.2023.10156008, May 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-054 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Farakhor2023may,
    • author = {Farakhor, Amir and Wang, Yebin and Wu, Di and Fang, Huazhen},
    • title = {{Distributed Optimal Power Management for Battery Energy Storage Systems: A Novel Accelerated Tracking ADMM Approach}},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.23919/ACC55779.2023.10156008},
    • issn = {2378-5861},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-054}
    • }
  •  Greiff, M., Vinod, A.P., Nabi, S., Cairano, S., "Quadrotor Motion Planning in Stochastic Wind Fields", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2023, pp. 4619 - 4625.
    BibTeX TR2023-056 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Greiff2023may,
    • author = {Greiff, Marcus and Vinod, Abraham P. and Nabi, Saleh and Cairano, Stefano},
    • title = {{Quadrotor Motion Planning in Stochastic Wind Fields}},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {4619 -- 4625},
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-056}
    • }
  •  Kong, C., Yerazunis, W.S., Nikovski, D., "Learning Object Manipulation With Under-Actuated Impulse Generator Arrays", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/​ACC55779.2023.10156322, May 2023, pp. 710-717.
    BibTeX TR2023-053 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Kong2023may,
    • author = {Kong, Chuizheng and Yerazunis, William S. and Nikovski, Daniel},
    • title = {{Learning Object Manipulation With Under-Actuated Impulse Generator Arrays}},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {710--717},
    • month = may,
    • doi = {10.23919/ACC55779.2023.10156322},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-053}
    • }
  •  Ngheim, T.X., Drgona, J., Jones, C., Nagy, Z., Schwan, R., Dey, B., Chakrabarty, A., Di Cairano, S., Paulson, J.A., Carron, A., Zeilinger, M., Cortez, W.S., Vrabie, D.L., "Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Modeling and Control of Dynamical Systems", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/​ACC55779.2023.10155901, May 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-052 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Ngheim2023may,
    • author = {Ngheim, Truong X. and Drgona, Jan and Jones, Colin and Nagy, Zoltan and Schwan, Roland and Dey, Biswadip and Chakrabarty, Ankush and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Paulson, Joel A. and Carron, Andrea and Zeilinger, Melanie and Cortez, Wenceslaw S. and Vrabie, Draguna L.},
    • title = {{Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Modeling and Control of Dynamical Systems}},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = may,
    • doi = {10.23919/ACC55779.2023.10155901},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-052}
    • }
  •  Paulson, J.A., Sorouifar, F., Laughman, C.R., Chakrabarty, A., "LSR-BO: Local Search Region Constrained Bayesian Optimization for Performance Optimization of Vapor Compression Systems", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/​ACC55779.2023.10155821, May 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-057 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Paulson2023may,
    • author = {Paulson, Joel A. and Sorouifar, Farshud and Laughman, Christopher R. and Chakrabarty, Ankush},
    • title = {{LSR-BO: Local Search Region Constrained Bayesian Optimization for Performance Optimization of Vapor Compression Systems}},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = may,
    • doi = {10.23919/ACC55779.2023.10155821},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-057}
    • }
  •  Petersen, C., Caverly, R., Phillips, S., Weiss, A., "Safe and Constrained Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/​ACC55779.2023.10155826, May 2023, pp. 3645-3661.
    BibTeX TR2024-016 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Petersen2023may,
    • author = {Petersen, Chris and Caverly, Ryan and Phillips, Sean and Weiss, Avishai},
    • title = {{Safe and Constrained Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking}},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {3645--3661},
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.23919/ACC55779.2023.10155826},
    • issn = {2378-5861},
    • isbn = {979-8-3503-2806-6},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-016}
    • }
  •  Shirai, Y., Jha, D.K., Raghunathan, A., Romeres, D., "Chance-Constrained Optimization in Contact-rich Systems", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/​ACC55779.2023.10156516, May 2023, pp. 14-21.
    BibTeX TR2023-061 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Shirai2023may4,
    • author = {Shirai, Yuki and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {{Chance-Constrained Optimization in Contact-rich Systems}},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {14--21},
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.23919/ACC55779.2023.10156516},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-061}
    • }
  •  Skibik, T., Vinod, A.P., Weiss, A., Di Cairano, S., "MPC with Integrated Evasive Maneuvers for Failure-safe Automated Driving", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2023, pp. 1122-1128.
    BibTeX TR2023-055 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Skibik2023may,
    • author = {Skibik, Terrence and Vinod, Abraham P. and Weiss, Avishai and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
    • title = {{MPC with Integrated Evasive Maneuvers for Failure-safe Automated Driving}},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {1122--1128},
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-055}
    • }
  •  Suriyarachchi, N., Quirynen, R., Baras, J.S., Di Cairano, S., ,, "Optimization-based Coordination and Control of Traffic Lights and Mixed Traffic in Multi-Intersection Environments", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/​ACC55779.2023.10156306, May 2023, pp. 3162-3168.
    BibTeX TR2023-059 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Suriyarachchi2023may,
    • author = {Suriyarachchi, Nilesh and Quirynen, Rien and Baras, John S. and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and},
    • title = {{Optimization-based Coordination and Control of Traffic Lights and Mixed Traffic in Multi-Intersection Environments}},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {3162--3168},
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.23919/ACC55779.2023.10156306},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-059}
    • }
  •  Vinod, A.P., Di Cairano, S., "Sample quantile-based programming for non-convex separable chance constraints", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2023, pp. 1517-1522.
    BibTeX TR2023-062 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Vinod2023may,
    • author = {Vinod, Abraham P. and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
    • title = {{Sample quantile-based programming for non-convex separable chance constraints}},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {1517--1522},
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-062}
    • }
  •  You, S., Greiff, M., Quirynen, R., Ran, S., Wang, Y., Berntorp, K., Dai, R., Di Cairano, S., "Integral Action NMPC for Tight Maneuvers of Articulated Vehicles", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/​ACC55779.2023.10156543, May 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-058 PDF
    • @inproceedings{You2023may,
    • author = {You, Sixiong and Greiff, Marcus and Quirynen, Rien and Ran, Shuangxuan and Wang, Yebin and Berntorp, Karl and Dai, Ran and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
    • title = {{Integral Action NMPC for Tight Maneuvers of Articulated Vehicles}},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = may,
    • doi = {10.23919/ACC55779.2023.10156543},
    • issn = {2378-5861},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-058}
    • }
  •  Jain, S., Corcodel, R., Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., "Vision Guided Food Assembly by Robot Teaching from Target Composition", ICRA 2023 Workshop on Task-Informed Grasping IV (TIG-IV): From Farm to Fork, May 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-067 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Jain2023may,
    • author = {Jain, Siddarth and Corcodel, Radu and Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {{Vision Guided Food Assembly by Robot Teaching from Target Composition}},
    • booktitle = {ICRA 2023 Workshop on Task-Informed Grasping IV (TIG-IV): From Farm to Fork},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-067}
    • }
  •  Cherian, A., Jain, S., Marks, T.K., Sullivan, A., "Discriminative 3D Shape Modeling for Few-Shot Instance Segmentation", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), DOI: 10.1109/​ICRA48891.2023.10160644, May 2023, pp. 9296-9302.
    BibTeX TR2023-010 PDF Presentation
    • @inproceedings{Cherian2023may,
    • author = {Cherian, Anoop and Jain, Siddarth and Marks, Tim K. and Sullivan, Alan},
    • title = {{Discriminative 3D Shape Modeling for Few-Shot Instance Segmentation}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {9296--9302},
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10160644},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-010}
    • }
  •  Curtis, A., Kaelbling, L., Jain, S., "Task-Directed Exploration in Continuous POMDPs for Robotic Manipulation of Articulated Objects", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), DOI: 10.1109/​ICRA48891.2023.10160306, May 2023, pp. 3721-3728.
    BibTeX TR2023-046 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Curtis2023may,
    • author = {Curtis, Aidan and Kaelbling, Leslie and Jain, Siddarth},
    • title = {{Task-Directed Exploration in Continuous POMDPs for Robotic Manipulation of Articulated Objects}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {3721--3728},
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10160306},
    • isbn = {979-8-3503-2365-8},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-046}
    • }
  •  Haruna, M., Ogino, M., Tagashira, S., Kashiwa, M., Morita, S., Koike-Akino, T., Imai, K., Zuho, T., Makita, M., Takahashi, Y., "Avatar Technologies of Team LAST MILE Toward Mobile Smart Device Operation Service", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-047 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Haruna2023may,
    • author = {Haruna, Masaki and Ogino, Masaki and Tagashira, Shigeaki and Kashiwa, Munetaka and Morita, Susumu and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Imai, Kota and Zuho, Tiancheng and Makita, Masashi and Takahashi, Yasutake},
    • title = {{Avatar Technologies of Team LAST MILE Toward Mobile Smart Device Operation Service}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-047}
    • }
  •  Kim, S., Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., Rodriguez, A., "Simultaneous Tactile Estimation and Control of Extrinsic Contact", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), DOI: 10.1109/​ICRA48891.2023.10161158, May 2023, pp. 12563-12569.
    BibTeX TR2023-025 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{Kim2023may,
    • author = {Kim, Sangwoon and Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego and Rodriguez, Alberto},
    • title = {{Simultaneous Tactile Estimation and Control of Extrinsic Contact}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {12563--12569},
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10161158},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-025}
    • }
  •  Ota, K., Tung, H.-Y., Smith, K., Cherian, A., Marks, T.K., Sullivan, A., Kanezaki, A., Tenenbaum, J.B., "H-SAUR: Hypothesize, Simulate, Act, Update, and Repeat for Understanding Object Articulations from Interactions", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), DOI: 10.1109/​ICRA48891.2023.10160575, May 2023, pp. 7272-7278.
    BibTeX TR2023-009 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Ota2023may,
    • author = {Ota, Kei and Tung, Hsiao-Yu and Smith, Kevin and Cherian, Anoop and Marks, Tim K. and Sullivan, Alan and Kanezaki, Asako and Tenenbaum, Joshua B.},
    • title = {{H-SAUR: Hypothesize, Simulate, Act, Update, and Repeat for Understanding Object Articulations from Interactions}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {7272--7278},
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10160575},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-009}
    • }
  •  Shirai, Y., Jha, D.K., Raghunathan, A., "Covariance Steering for Uncertain Contact-Rich Systems", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), DOI: 10.1109/​ICRA48891.2023.10160249, May 2023, pp. 7923-7929.
    BibTeX TR2023-024 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Shirai2023may3,
    • author = {Shirai, Yuki and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind},
    • title = {{Covariance Steering for Uncertain Contact-Rich Systems}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {7923--7929},
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10160249},
    • isbn = {979-8-3503-2365-8},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-024}
    • }
  •  Shirai, Y., Jha, D.K., Raghunathan, A., Hong, D., "Tactile Tool Manipulation", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), DOI: 10.1109/​ICRA48891.2023.10160480, May 2023, pp. 12597-12603.
    BibTeX TR2023-023 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{Shirai2023may2,
    • author = {Shirai, Yuki and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind and Hong, Dennis},
    • title = {{Tactile Tool Manipulation}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {12597--12603},
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10160480},
    • isbn = {979-8-3503-2365-8},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-023}
    • }
  •  Wang, X., Kim, K.J., Wang, Y., Koike-Akino, T., Parsons, K., "DeepEAD: Explainable Anomaly Detection from System Logs", IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), DOI: 10.1109/​ICC45041.2023.10279563, May 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-050 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Wang2023may,
    • author = {Wang, Xinda and Kim, Kyeong Jin and Wang, Ye and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Parsons, Kieran},
    • title = {{DeepEAD: Explainable Anomaly Detection from System Logs}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/ICC45041.2023.10279563},
    • issn = {1938-1883},
    • isbn = {978-1-5386-7462-8},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-050}
    • }
  •  Kim, K.J., Vinod, A.P., Guo, J., Deshpande, V.M., Parsons, K., "Spectrum Sharing-inspired Safe Motion Planning", IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC), May 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-049 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Kim2023may2,
    • author = {Kim, Kyeong Jin and Vinod, Abraham P. and Guo, Jianlin and Deshpande, Vedang M. and Parsons, Kieran},
    • title = {{Spectrum Sharing-inspired Safe Motion Planning}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-049}
    • }
  •  Zhang, X., Jain, S., Baichuan, H., Tomizuka, M., Romeres, D., "Learning Generalizable Pivoting Skills", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), DOI: 10.1109/​ICRA48891.2023.10161271, May 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-045 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Zhang2023may4,
    • author = {Zhang, Xiang and Jain, Siddarth and Baichuan, Huang and Tomizuka, Masayoshi and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {{Learning Generalizable Pivoting Skills}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10161271},
    • isbn = {979-8-3503-2365-8},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-045}
    • }
  •  Shirai, Y., Jha, D.K., Raghunathan, A., Hong, D., "Closed-Loop Tactile Controller for Tool Manipulation", ICRA 2023 Workshop on Embracing contacts. Making robots physically interact with our world, May 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-043 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{Shirai2023may,
    • author = {Shirai, Yuki and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind and Hong, Dennis},
    • title = {{Closed-Loop Tactile Controller for Tool Manipulation}},
    • booktitle = {ICRA 2023 Workshop on Embracing contacts. Making robots physically interact with our world},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-043}
    • }