collaborators

11 papers

cs.RO2026

Relating Reinforcement Learning to Dynamic Programming-Based Planning

Filip V. Georgiev, Kalle G. Timperi, Başak Sakçak +1

This paper bridges some of the gap between optimal planning and reinforcement learning (RL), both of which share roots in dynamic programming applied to sequential decision making…

cs.RO2026

Planning Smooth and Safe Control Laws for a Unicycle Robot Among Obstacles

Aref Amiri, Basak Sakcak, Steven M. LaValle

This paper presents a framework for safe navigation of a unicycle point robot to a goal position in an environment populated with obstacles from almost any admissible state, consid…

cs.RO2026

Smooth Feedback Motion Planning with Reduced Curvature

Aref Amiri, Steven M. LaValle

Feedback motion planning over cell decompositions provides a robust method for generating collision-free robot motion with formal guarantees. However, existing algorithms often pro…

cs.HC2026

Uncovering Patterns of Brain Activity from EEG Data Consistently Associated with Cybersickness Using Neural Network Interpretability Maps

Jacqueline Yau, Katherine J. Mimnaugh, Evan G. Center +6

Cybersickness poses a serious challenge for users of virtual reality (VR) technology. Consequently, there has been significant effort to track its occurrence during VR use with pas…

physics.app-ph2026

Mobile Robot Localization Using a Novel Whisker-Like Sensor

Prasanna K. Routray, Basak Sakcak, Steven M. LaValle +1

Whisker-like touch sensors offer unique advantages for short-range perception in environments where visual and long-range sensing are unreliable, such as confined, cluttered, or lo…

cs.RO2025

Unwinding Rotations Reduces VR Sickness in Nonsimulated Immersive Telepresence

Filip Kulisiewicz, Basak Sakcak, Evan G. Center +4

Immersive telepresence, when a user views the video stream of a camera in a remote environment using a Head Mounted Display (HMD), has great potential to improve the se…