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Persistent Homology for Effective Non-Prehensile Manipulation
Ewerton R. Vieira, Daniel Nakhimovich, Kai Gao +3
This work explores the use of topological tools for achieving effective non-prehensile manipulation in cluttered, constrained workspaces. In particular, it proposes the use of pers…
Fast High-Quality Tabletop Rearrangement in Bounded Workspace
Kai Gao, Darren Lau, Baichuan Huang +2
In this paper, we examine the problem of rearranging many objects on a tabletop in a cluttered setting using overhand grasps. Efficient solutions for the problem, which capture a c…
Capacitated Vehicle Routing with Target Geometric Constraints
Kai Gao, Jingjin Yu
We investigate the capacitated vehicle routing problem (CVRP) under a robotics context, where a vehicle with limited payload must complete delivery (or pickup) tasks to serve a set…
Sensor Placement for Globally Optimal Coverage of 3D-Embedded Surfaces
Si Wei Feng, Kai Gao, Jie Gong +1
We carry out a structural and algorithmic study of a mobile sensor coverage optimization problem targeting 2D surfaces embedded in a 3D workspace. The investigated settings model m…
Efficient Algorithms for Optimal Perimeter Guarding
Si Wei Feng, Shuai D. Han, Kai Gao +1
We investigate the problem of optimally assigning a large number of robots (or other types of autonomous agents) to guard the perimeters of closed 2D regions, where the perimeter o…