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most citedLearning-Based On-Track System Identification for Scaled Autonomous Racing in Under a Minute

12 citations · 19 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

cs.RO2026

LocalNav: Distilling Frontier VLMs and Embodied RL for On-Device Object Goal Navigation

Nicolas Baumann, Liam Boyle, Pu Deng +5

Vision Language Models (VLMs) have emerged in the robotic domain as a powerful tool that enables environmental perception with language context, serving as a catalyst for open-voca…

cs.RO2025

Residual Koopman Model Predictive Control for Enhanced Vehicle Dynamics with Small On-Track Data Input

Yonghao Fu, Cheng Hu, Haokun Xiong +6

In vehicle trajectory tracking tasks, the simplest approach is the Pure Pursuit (PP) Control. However, this single-point preview tracking strategy fails to consider vehicle model c…

cs.RO2025

M-Predictive Spliner: Enabling Spatiotemporal Multi-Opponent Overtaking for Autonomous Racing

Nadine Imholz, Maurice Brunner, Nicolas Baumann +2

Unrestricted multi-agent racing presents a significant research challenge, requiring decision-making at the limits of a robot's operational capabilities. While previous approaches…

cs.RO2025

R-CARLA: High-Fidelity Sensor Simulations with Interchangeable Dynamics for Autonomous Racing

Maurice Brunner, Edoardo Ghignone, Nicolas Baumann +1

Autonomous racing has emerged as a crucial testbed for autonomous driving algorithms, necessitating a simulation environment for both vehicle dynamics and sensor behavior. Striking…

cs.RO2025

DTR: Delaunay Triangulation-based Racing for Scaled Autonomous Racing

Luca Tognoni, Neil Reichlin, Edoardo Ghignone +4

Reactive controllers for autonomous racing avoid the computational overhead of full ee-Think-Act autonomy stacks by directly mapping sensor input to control actions, eliminating th…

cs.RO2025

Planar Velocity Estimation for Fast-Moving Mobile Robots Using Event-Based Optical Flow

Liam Boyle, Jonas Kühne, Nicolas Baumann +2

Accurate velocity estimation is critical in mobile robotics, particularly for driver assistance systems and autonomous driving. Wheel odometry fused with Inertial Measurement Unit…

cs.RO2025

Drive Fast, Learn Faster: On-Board RL for High Performance Autonomous Racing

Benedict Hildisch, Edoardo Ghignone, Nicolas Baumann +3

Autonomous racing presents unique challenges due to its non-linear dynamics, the high speed involved, and the critical need for real-time decision-making under dynamic and unpredic…

cs.RO2025

RobotxR1: Enabling Embodied Robotic Intelligence on Large Language Models through Closed-Loop Reinforcement Learning

Liam Boyle, Nicolas Baumann, Paviththiren Sivasothilingam +2

Future robotic systems operating in real-world environments will require on-board embodied intelligence without continuous cloud connection, balancing capabilities with constraints…

cs.AI2025

Enhancing Autonomous Driving Systems with On-Board Deployed Large Language Models

Nicolas Baumann, Cheng Hu, Paviththiren Sivasothilingam +4

Neural Networks (NNs) trained through supervised learning struggle with managing edge-case scenarios common in real-world driving due to the intractability of exhaustive datasets c…

cs.RO2025

TinyCenterSpeed: Efficient Center-Based Object Detection for Autonomous Racing

Neil Reichlin, Nicolas Baumann, Edoardo Ghignone +1

Perception within autonomous driving is nearly synonymous with Neural Networks (NNs). Yet, the domain of autonomous racing is often characterized by scaled, computationally limited…

cs.RO2025

GP-enhanced Autonomous Drifting Framework using ADMM-based iLQR

Yangyang Xie, Cheng Hu, Nicolas Baumann +3

Autonomous drifting is a complex challenge due to the highly nonlinear dynamics and the need for precise real-time control, especially in uncertain environments. To address these l…

cs.RO2025

RLPP: A Residual Method for Zero-Shot Real-World Autonomous Racing on Scaled Platforms

Edoardo Ghignone, Nicolas Baumann, Cheng Hu +4

Autonomous racing presents a complex environment requiring robust controllers capable of making rapid decisions under dynamic conditions. While traditional controllers based on tir…

cs.RO2024★ 7 cited

Predictive Spliner: Data-Driven Overtaking in Autonomous Racing Using Opponent Trajectory Prediction

Nicolas Baumann, Edoardo Ghignone, Cheng Hu +6

Head-to-head racing against opponents is a challenging and emerging topic in the domain of autonomous racing. We propose Predictive Spliner, a data-driven overtaking planner that l…

cs.RO2024★ 12 cited

Learning-Based On-Track System Identification for Scaled Autonomous Racing in Under a Minute

Onur Dikici, Edoardo Ghignone, Cheng Hu +5

Accurate tire modeling is crucial for optimizing autonomous racing vehicles, as state-of-the-art (SotA) model-based techniques rely on precise knowledge of the vehicle's parameters…