Publications (7)
AI Deception: Risks, Dynamics, and Controls
Boyuan Chen, Sitong Fang, Jiaming Ji +56
As intelligence increases, so does its shadow. AI deception, in which systems induce false beliefs to secure self-beneficial outcomes, has evolved from a speculative concern to an…
DexFruit: Dexterous Manipulation and Gaussian Splatting Inspection of Fruit
Aiden Swann, Alex Qiu, Matthew Strong +4
DexFruit is a robotic manipulation framework that enables gentle, autonomous handling of fragile fruit and precise evaluation of damage. Many fruits are fragile and prone to bruisi…
Tendon-Driven Soft Robotic Gripper with Integrated Ripeness Sensing for Blackberry Harvesting
Alex Qiu, Claire Young, Anthony Gunderman +3
Growing global demand for food, coupled with continuing labor shortages, motivates the need for automated agricultural harvesting. While some specialty crops (e.g., apples, peaches…
Towards Closing the Loop in Robotic Pollination for Indoor Farming via Autonomous Microscopic Inspection
Chuizheng Kong, Alex Qiu, Idris Wibowo +5
Effective pollination is a key challenge for indoor farming, since bees struggle to navigate without the sun. While a variety of robotic system solutions have been proposed, it rem…
A trusted-node-free eight-user metropolitan quantum communication network
Siddarth Koduru Joshi, Djeylan Aktas, Sören Wengerowsky +12
Quantum communication is rapidly gaining popularity due to its high security and technological maturity. However, most implementations are limited to just two communicating parties…
Understanding Fermat's Last Theorem's Proofs
Alex Qiu, Tanish Sarathy, Spencer Nicklin +1
We take the perspective of an advanced high school student trying to understand the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for the first time. We collect definitions and statements needed…