- 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}
- }
- Ma, J., Dong, Y., Qiao, H., Laughman, C.R., "A physics-constrained deep learning framework for dynamic modeling of vapor compression systems", Applied Energy, September 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-137 PDF- @article{Ma2025sep,
- author = {Ma, JiaCheng and Dong, Yiyun and Qiao, Hongtao and Laughman, Christopher R.},
- title = {{A physics-constrained deep learning framework for dynamic modeling of vapor compression systems}},
- journal = {Applied Energy},
- year = 2025,
- month = sep,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-137}
- }
- Tang, W.-T., Vinod, A.P., Germain, F.G., Paulson, J.A., Laughman, C.R., Chakrabarty, A., "AI-Driven Scenario Discovery: Diffusion Models and Multi-Armed Bandits for Building Control Validation", Energy and Buildings, DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.116207, September 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-132 PDF- @article{Tang2025sep,
- author = {Tang, Wei-Ting and Vinod, Abraham P. and Germain, François G and Paulson, Joel A. and Laughman, Christopher R. and Chakrabarty, Ankush},
- title = {{AI-Driven Scenario Discovery: Diffusion Models and Multi-Armed Bandits for Building Control Validation}},
- journal = {Energy and Buildings},
- year = 2025,
- month = sep,
- doi = {10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.116207},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-132}
- }
- 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}
- }
- Bortoff, S.A., Deshpande, V.M., Laughman, C.R., Qiao, H., "A Dynamic Analysis of Refrigerant Mass in Vapor Compression Cycles", International Modelica Conference, September 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-135 PDF- @inproceedings{Bortoff2025sep,
- author = {Bortoff, Scott A. and Deshpande, Vedang M. and Laughman, Christopher R. and Qiao, Hongtao},
- title = {{A Dynamic Analysis of Refrigerant Mass in Vapor Compression Cycles}},
- booktitle = {International Modelica Conference},
- year = 2025,
- month = sep,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-135}
- }
- Chakrabarty, A., Forgione, M., Piga, D., Bemporad, A., Laughman, C.R., "Zero-Shot Parameter Estimation of Modelica Models using Patch Transformer Networks", International Modelica and FMI Conference, September 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-133 PDF- @inproceedings{Chakrabarty2025sep,
- author = {Chakrabarty, Ankush and Forgione, Marco and Piga, Dario and Bemporad, Alberto and Laughman, Christopher R.},
- title = {{Zero-Shot Parameter Estimation of Modelica Models using Patch Transformer Networks}},
- booktitle = {International Modelica and FMI Conference},
- year = 2025,
- month = sep,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-133}
- }
- Deshpande, V.M., Vinod, A.P., "Dynamic Sensor Scheduling for Spatio-temporal Monitoring of Water Bodies", IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), DOI: 10.1109/CCTA53793.2025.11151521, August 2025, pp. 673-680.
BibTeX TR2025-117 PDF- @inproceedings{Deshpande2025aug,
- author = {Deshpande, Vedang M. and Vinod, Abraham P.},
- title = {{Dynamic Sensor Scheduling for Spatio-temporal Monitoring of Water Bodies}},
- booktitle = {2025 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)},
- year = 2025,
- pages = {673--680},
- month = aug,
- doi = {10.1109/CCTA53793.2025.11151521},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-117}
- }
- Qiao, H., Miyawaki, K., Nishio, J., Laughman, C.R., "Transient Simulation of Refrigerant and Oil Flow Distribution in Air Source Heat Pump Systems", International Conference on Compressor and Refrigeration, July 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-107 PDF- @inproceedings{Qiao2025jul,
- author = {Qiao, Hongtao and Miyawaki, Kosuke and Nishio, Jun and Laughman, Christopher R.},
- title = {{Transient Simulation of Refrigerant and Oil Flow Distribution in Air Source Heat Pump Systems}},
- booktitle = {International Conference on Compressor and Refrigeration},
- year = 2025,
- month = jul,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-107}
- }
- 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}
- }
- 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), DOI: 10.23919/ECC65951.2025.11186959, 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,
- doi = {10.23919/ECC65951.2025.11186959},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-093}
- }
- 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}
- }
- Vinod, A.P., "pycvxset: A Python package for convex set manipulation", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107986, June 2025, pp. 2515-2521.
BibTeX TR2025-086 PDF Software- @inproceedings{Vinod2025jun,
- author = {Vinod, Abraham P.},
- title = {{pycvxset: A Python package for convex set manipulation}},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2025,
- pages = {2515--2521},
- month = jun,
- doi = {10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107986},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-086}
- }
- Wu, J., Goldsmith, A., Liu, D., Wang, B., Zhou, L., Wang, Y., "A Unified Observer for Smooth Speed-Sensorless Drive Control of Induction Machines at Full Speed Range", IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC), DOI: 10.1109/IEMDC60492.2025.11060981, May 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-060 PDF- @inproceedings{Wu2025may,
- author = {Wu, Jingjie and Goldsmith, Abraham and Liu, Dehong and Wang, Bingnan and Zhou, Lei and Wang, Yebin},
- title = {{A Unified Observer for Smooth Speed-Sensorless Drive Control of Induction Machines at Full Speed Range}},
- booktitle = {IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC)},
- year = 2025,
- month = may,
- doi = {10.1109/IEMDC60492.2025.11060981},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-060}
- }
- Shirai, Y., Raghunathan, A., Jha, D.K., "Hierarchical Contact-Rich Trajectory Optimization for Multi-Modal Manipulation using Tight Convex Relaxations", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), DOI: 10.1109/ICRA55743.2025.11127667, May 2025, pp. 9199-9205.
BibTeX TR2025-052 PDF- @inproceedings{Shirai2025may,
- author = {Shirai, Yuki and Raghunathan, Arvind and Jha, Devesh K.},
- title = {{Hierarchical Contact-Rich Trajectory Optimization for Multi-Modal Manipulation using Tight Convex Relaxations}},
- booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
- year = 2025,
- pages = {9199--9205},
- month = may,
- doi = {10.1109/ICRA55743.2025.11127667},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-052}
- }
- Lin, C., Boufounos, P.T., Ma, Y., Wang, Y., Ding, Q., Sels, D., Chien, C.-C., "Time-optimal single-scalar control on a qubit of unitary dynamics", Physical Review, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.111.042602, Vol. 111, No. 4, pp. 042602, April 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-048 PDF- @article{Lin2025apr2,
- author = {Lin, Chungwei and Boufounos, Petros T. and Ma, Yanting and Wang, Yebin and Ding, Qi and Sels, Dries and Chien, Chih-Chun},
- title = {{Time-optimal single-scalar control on a qubit of unitary dynamics}},
- journal = {Physical Review},
- year = 2025,
- volume = 111,
- number = 4,
- pages = 042602,
- month = apr,
- doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.111.042602},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-048}
- }
- Turcato, N., Cali, M., Dalla Libera, A., Giacomuzzo, G., Carli, R., Romeres, D., "Learning global control of underactuated double pendulum with Model-Based Reinforcement Learning", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) - 3rd AI Olympics with RealAIGym Competition, April 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-046 PDF- @inproceedings{Turcato2025apr,
- author = {Turcato, Niccolò and Cali, Marco and Dalla Libera, Alberto and Giacomuzzo, Giulio and Carli, Ruggero and Romeres, Diego},
- title = {{Learning global control of underactuated double pendulum with Model-Based Reinforcement Learning}},
- booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) - 3rd AI Olympics with RealAIGym Competition},
- year = 2025,
- month = apr,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-046}
- }
- Greiff, M., Sinhmar, H., Weiss, A., Berntorp, K., Di Cairano, S., "Invariant Set Planning for Quadrotors: Design, Analysis, Experiments", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2024.3492813, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 449-462, January 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-010 PDF- @article{Greiff2025jan,
- author = {Greiff, Marcus and Sinhmar, Himani and Weiss, Avishai and Berntorp, Karl and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
- title = {{Invariant Set Planning for Quadrotors: Design, Analysis, Experiments}},
- journal = {IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology},
- year = 2025,
- volume = 33,
- number = 2,
- pages = {449--462},
- month = jan,
- doi = {10.1109/TCST.2024.3492813},
- issn = {1063-6536},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-010}
- }
- Lu, Z., Zhang, T., Wang, Y., "Torque Constraint Modeling and Reference Shaping for Servo Systems", IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS), DOI: 10.1109/LCSYS.2024.3509495, Vol. 8, pp. 2637-2642, December 2024.
BibTeX TR2025-006 PDF- @article{Lu2024dec2,
- author = {Lu, Zehui and Zhang, Tianpeng and Wang, Yebin},
- title = {{Torque Constraint Modeling and Reference Shaping for Servo Systems}},
- journal = {IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS)},
- year = 2024,
- volume = 8,
- pages = {2637--2642},
- month = dec,
- doi = {10.1109/LCSYS.2024.3509495},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-006}
- }
- Lu, Z., Tu, H., Fang, H., Wang, Y., Mou, S., "Integrated Optimal Control for Fast Charging and Active Thermal Management of Lithium-Ion Batteries in Extreme Ambient Temperatures", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2024.3498812, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 714-728, December 2024.
BibTeX TR2025-005 PDF- @article{Lu2024dec,
- author = {Lu, Zehui and Tu, Hao and Fang, Huazhen and Wang, Yebin and Mou, Shaoshuai},
- title = {{Integrated Optimal Control for Fast Charging and Active Thermal Management of Lithium-Ion Batteries in Extreme Ambient Temperatures}},
- journal = {IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology},
- year = 2024,
- volume = 33,
- number = 2,
- pages = {714--728},
- month = dec,
- doi = {10.1109/TCST.2024.3498812},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-005}
- }
- Shirai, Y., Jha, D.K., Raghunathan, A., Romeres, D., "Chance-Constrained Optimization for Contact-rich Systems using Mixed Integer Programming", Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, DOI: 10.1016/j.nahs.2024.101466, Vol. 52, December 2024.
BibTeX TR2024-008 PDF- @article{Shirai2024dec,
- author = {Shirai, Yuki and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind and Romeres, Diego},
- title = {{Chance-Constrained Optimization for Contact-rich Systems using Mixed Integer Programming}},
- journal = {Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems},
- year = 2024,
- volume = 52,
- month = dec,
- doi = {10.1016/j.nahs.2024.101466},
- issn = {1751-570X},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-008}
- }
- Raghunathan, A., Linderoth, J., "Stability Analysis of Discrete-Time Linear Complementarity Systems", SIAM Journal on Optimization, DOI: 10.1137/20M1387377, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 419-444, December 2024.
BibTeX TR2025-004 PDF- @article{Raghunathan2024dec,
- author = {Raghunathan, Arvind and Linderoth, Jeffrey},
- title = {{Stability Analysis of Discrete-Time Linear Complementarity Systems}},
- journal = {SIAM Journal on Optimization},
- year = 2024,
- volume = 35,
- number = 1,
- pages = {419--444},
- month = dec,
- doi = {10.1137/20M1387377},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-004}
- }
- Chakrabarty, A., Deshpande, V.M., Wichern, G., Berntorp, K., "Physics-Constrained Meta-Learning for Online Adaptation and Estimation in Positioning Applications", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), DOI: 10.1109/CDC56724.2024.10886249, December 2024.
BibTeX TR2024-180 PDF- @inproceedings{Chakrabarty2024dec,
- author = {Chakrabarty, Ankush and Deshpande, Vedang M. and Wichern, Gordon and Berntorp, Karl},
- title = {{Physics-Constrained Meta-Learning for Online Adaptation and Estimation in Positioning Applications}},
- booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
- year = 2024,
- month = dec,
- doi = {10.1109/CDC56724.2024.10886249},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-180}
- }
- Greiff, M., Di Cairano, S., Berntorp, K., "Bayesian Measurement Masks for GNSS Positioning", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), DOI: 10.1109/CDC56724.2024.10885938, December 2024.
BibTeX TR2024-172 PDF- @inproceedings{Greiff2024dec,
- author = {Greiff, Marcus and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Berntorp, Karl},
- title = {{Bayesian Measurement Masks for GNSS Positioning}},
- booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
- year = 2024,
- month = dec,
- doi = {10.1109/CDC56724.2024.10885938},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-172}
- }
- Yin, J., Tsiotras, P., Berntorp, K., "Chance-Constrained Information-Theoretic Stochastic Model Predictive Control with Safety Shielding", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), DOI: 10.1109/CDC56724.2024.10885840, December 2024.
BibTeX TR2024-179 PDF- @inproceedings{Yin2024dec,
- author = {Yin, Ji and Tsiotras, Panagiotis and Berntorp, Karl},
- title = {{Chance-Constrained Information-Theoretic Stochastic Model Predictive Control with Safety Shielding}},
- booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
- year = 2024,
- month = dec,
- doi = {10.1109/CDC56724.2024.10885840},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-179}
- }