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Deep Reinforcement Learning-Enhanced Event-Triggered Data-Driven Predictive Control for a 3D Cable-Driven Soft Robotic Arm
Cheng Ouyang, Moeen Ul Islam, Kaixiang Zhang +3
Soft robots are challenging to control due to their nonlinear and time-varying dynamics. Data-enabled predictive control (DeePC) offers a model-free alternative by directly leverag…
A Modular Dual-Arm Apple Harvesting Robot with Enhanced Field Performance
Keyi Zhu, Kyle Lammers, Chaaran Arunachalam +3
Robotic apple harvesting offers a promising solution to labor shortages in commercial orchards, but low throughput and poor performance in orchard environments hinder its commercia…
Velocity-Form Data-Enabled Predictive Control of Soft Robots under Unknown External Payloads
Huanqing Wang, Kaixiang Zhang, Kyungjoon Lee +5
Data-driven control methods such as data-enabled predictive control (DeePC) have shown strong potential in efficient control of soft robots without explicit parametric models. Howe…
Direct Data-Driven Predictive Control for a Three-dimensional Cable-Driven Soft Robotic Arm
Cheng Ouyang, Moeen Ul Islam, Dong Chen +3
Soft robots offer significant advantages in safety and adaptability, yet achieving precise and dynamic control remains a major challenge due to their inherently complex and nonline…
Advancement and Field Evaluation of a Dual-arm Apple Harvesting Robot
Keyi Zhu, Kyle Lammers, Kaixiang Zhang +5
Apples are among the most widely consumed fruits worldwide. Currently, apple harvesting fully relies on manual labor, which is costly, drudging, and hazardous to workers. Hence, ro…
Data-Enabled Neighboring Extremal: Case Study on Model-Free Trajectory Tracking for Robotic Arm
Amin Vahidi-Moghaddam, Keyi Zhu, Kaixiang Zhang +2
Data-enabled predictive control (DeePC) has recently emerged as a powerful data-driven approach for efficient system controls with constraints handling capabilities. It performs op…
High-Precision Fruit Localization Using Active Laser-Camera Scanning: Robust Laser Line Extraction for 2D-3D Transformation
Pengyu Chu, Zhaojian Li, Kaixiang Zhang +2
Recent advancements in deep learning-based approaches have led to remarkable progress in fruit detection, enabling robust fruit identification in complex environments. However, muc…
Active Laser-Camera Scanning for High-Precision Fruit Localization in Robotic Harvesting: System Design and Calibration
Kaixiang Zhang, Pengyu Chu, Kyle Lammers +2
Robust and effective fruit detection and localization is essential for robotic harvesting systems. While extensive research efforts have been devoted to improving fruit detection,…