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most citedMRHaD: Mixed Reality-based Hand-Drawn Map Editing Interface for Mobile Robot Navigation

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cs.RO2026

D3DWA: Adaptive Weight and Prediction-Horizon for Dynamic Window Approach via Dueling Double Deep Q-Network

Zahra Jooyandeh, Masato Kobayashi, Yuki Uranishi

The Dynamic Window Approach (DWA) is widely used for local navigation, but its performance depends strongly on parameters that are typically fixed before navigation. In particular,…

cs.RO2026

MR-GLi: Mixed Reality-Based Gripper-Linked Overlays for Underwater Robot Arm Teleoperation via Bilateral Control

Masashi Sasago, Masato Kobayashi, Yuki Uranishi

Visual torque feedback supports underwater bilateral teleoperation, but the benefit of mixed reality (MR) over conventional monitor presentation remains unclear. We present MR-GLi,…

cs.RO2026

Bi-MoDe: Bilateral Control-based Imitation Learning via Modifier-Conditioned Decoding for Modulation of Execution Speed and Contact Intensity

Takumi Kobayashi, Masato Kobayashi, Yuki Uranishi

Bilateral control-based imitation learning captures both position and force information, making it well suited to contact-rich manipulation. However, existing approaches provide li…

cs.RO2026

MRReP: Mixed Reality-based Hand-drawn Reference Path Editing Interface for Mobile Robot Navigation

Takumi Taki, Masato Kobayashi, Yuki Uranishi

Autonomous mobile robots operating in human-shared indoor environments often require paths that reflect human spatial intentions, such as avoiding interference with pedestrian flow…

cs.RO2026

Bi-HIL: Bilateral Control-Based Multimodal Hierarchical Imitation Learning via Subtask-Level Progress Rate and Keyframe Memory for Long-Horizon Contact-Rich Robotic Manipulation

Thanpimon Buamanee, Masato Kobayashi, Yuki Uranishi

Long-horizon contact-rich robotic manipulation remains challenging due to partial observability and unstable subtask transitions under contact uncertainty. While hierarchical archi…

cs.RO2026

MRPoS: Mixed Reality-Based Robot Navigation Interface Using Spatial Pointing and Speech with Large Language Model

Eduardo Iglesius, Masato Kobayashi, Yuki Uranishi

Recent advancements have made robot navigation more intuitive by transitioning from traditional 2D displays to spatially aware Mixed Reality (MR) systems. However, current MR inter…

cs.RO2025

Bi-VLA: Bilateral Control-Based Imitation Learning via Vision-Language Fusion for Action Generation

Masato Kobayashi, Thanpimon Buamanee

We propose Bilateral Control-Based Imitation Learning via Vision-Language Fusion for Action Generation (Bi-VLA), a novel framework that extends bilateral control-based imitation le…

cs.RO2025

Bi-LAT: Bilateral Control-Based Imitation Learning via Natural Language and Action Chunking with Transformers

Takumi Kobayashi, Masato Kobayashi, Thanpimon Buamanee +1

We present Bi-LAT, a novel imitation learning framework that unifies bilateral control with natural language processing to achieve precise force modulation in robotic manipulation.…

cs.RO2025★ 1 cited

MRHaD: Mixed Reality-based Hand-Drawn Map Editing Interface for Mobile Robot Navigation

Takumi Taki, Masato Kobayashi, Eduardo Iglesius +3

Mobile robot navigation systems are increasingly relied upon in dynamic and complex environments, yet they often struggle with map inaccuracies and the resulting inefficient path p…

cs.RO2024

ALPHA- and Bi-ACT Are All You Need: Importance of Position and Force Information/Control for Imitation Learning of Unimanual and Bimanual Robotic Manipulation with Low-Cost System

Masato Kobayashi, Thanpimon Buamanee, Takumi Kobayashi

Autonomous manipulation in everyday tasks requires flexible action generation to handle complex, diverse real-world environments, such as objects with varying hardness and softness…

cs.RO2024

DABI: Evaluation of Data Augmentation Methods Using Downsampling in Bilateral Control-Based Imitation Learning with Images

Masato Kobayashi, Thanpimon Buamanee, Yuki Uranishi

Autonomous robot manipulation is a complex and continuously evolving robotics field. This paper focuses on data augmentation methods in imitation learning. Imitation learning consi…

cs.RO2024

MRNaB: Mixed Reality-based Robot Navigation Interface using Optical-see-through MR-beacons

Eduardo Iglesius, Masato Kobayashi, Yuki Uranishi +1

Recent advancements in robotics have led to the development of numerous interfaces to enhance the intuitiveness of robot navigation. However, the reliance on traditional 2D display…

cs.RO2024

ILBiT: Imitation Learning for Robot Using Position and Torque Information based on Bilateral Control with Transformer

Masato Kobayashi, Thanpimon Buamanee, Yuki Uranishi +1

Autonomous manipulation in robot arms is a complex and evolving field of study in robotics. This paper introduces an innovative approach to this challenge by focusing on imitation…

cs.RO2024

Bi-ACT: Bilateral Control-Based Imitation Learning via Action Chunking with Transformer

Thanpimon Buamanee, Masato Kobayashi, Yuki Uranishi +1

Autonomous manipulation in robot arms is a complex and evolving field of study in robotics. This paper proposes work stands at the intersection of two innovative approaches in the…