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most citedDiffusion-Based Planning for Autonomous Driving with Flexible Guidance

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eess.SY2026

On the Optimization Landscape of Observer-based Dynamic Linear Quadratic Control

Jingliang Duan, Jie Li, Yinsong Ma +5

Understanding the optimization landscape of linear quadratic regulation (LQR) problems is fundamental to the design of efficient reinforcement learning solutions. Recent work has m…

cs.RO2026

Natural Gradient Gaussian Approximation Filter on Lie Groups for Robot State Estimation

Tianyi Zhang, Wenhan Cao, Chang Liu +2

Accurate state estimation for robotic systems evolving on Lie group manifolds, such as legged robots, is a prerequisite for achieving agile control. However, this task is challenge…

eess.SY2026

Natural Gradient Gaussian Approximation Filter with Positive Definiteness Guarantee

Tianyi Zhang, Wenhan Cao, Shengbo Eben Li

Popular Bayes filters often apply linearization techniques, such as Taylor expansion or stochastic linear regression, to enable the use of the Kalman filter structure, but this can…

cs.LG2025

One Filters All: A Generalist Filter for State Estimation

Shiqi Liu, Wenhan Cao, Chang Liu +3

Estimating hidden states in dynamical systems, also known as optimal filtering, is a long-standing problem in various fields of science and engineering. In this paper, we introduce…

eess.SY2025

Algorithm Design and Comparative Test of Natural Gradient Gaussian Approximation Filter

Wenhan Cao, Tianyi Zhang, Shengbo Eben Li

Popular Bayes filters typically rely on linearization techniques such as Taylor series expansion and stochastic linear regression to use the structure of standard Kalman filter. Th…

cs.LG2025

Distributional Soft Actor-Critic with Diffusion Policy

Tong Liu, Yinuo Wang, Xujie Song +6

Reinforcement learning has been proven to be highly effective in handling complex control tasks. Traditional methods typically use unimodal distributions, such as Gaussian distribu…

cs.RO2025

Distributional Soft Actor-Critic with Harmonic Gradient for Safe and Efficient Autonomous Driving in Multi-lane Scenarios

Feihong Zhang, Guojian Zhan, Bin Shuai +3

Reinforcement learning (RL), known for its self-evolution capability, offers a promising approach to training high-level autonomous driving systems. However, handling constraints r…

eess.SY2025

Design and Experimental Test of Datatic Approximate Optimal Filter in Nonlinear Dynamic Systems

Weixian He, Zeyu He, Wenhan Cao +5

Filtering is crucial in engineering fields, providing vital state estimation for control systems. However, the nonlinear nature of complex systems and the presence of non-Gaussian…

cs.RO2025

NANO-SLAM : Natural Gradient Gaussian Approximation for Vehicle SLAM

Tianyi Zhang, Wenhan Cao, Chang Liu +3

Accurate localization is a challenging task for autonomous vehicles, particularly in GPS-denied environments such as urban canyons and tunnels. In these scenarios, simultaneous loc…

cs.RO2025★ 2 cited

Diffusion-Based Planning for Autonomous Driving with Flexible Guidance

Yinan Zheng, Ruiming Liang, Kexin Zheng +8

Achieving human-like driving behaviors in complex open-world environments is a critical challenge in autonomous driving. Contemporary learning-based planning approaches such as imi…

cs.RO2024

Robust State Estimation for Legged Robots with Dual Beta Kalman Filter

Tianyi Zhang, Wenhan Cao, Chang Liu +3

Existing state estimation algorithms for legged robots that rely on proprioceptive sensors often overlook foot slippage and leg deformation in the physical world, leading to large…

eess.SY2024

Nonlinear Bayesian Filtering with Natural Gradient Gaussian Approximation

Wenhan Cao, Tianyi Zhang, Zeju Sun +3

Practical Bayes filters often assume the state distribution of each time step to be Gaussian for computational tractability, resulting in the so-called Gaussian filters. When facin…