10 papers
AeroManip-VLA: Scalable Vision-Language-Action Learning for Aerial Manipulation with RL-Generated Demonstrations
Rui Huang, Yanlin Mu, Lidong Li +3
Aerial manipulators extend robotic manipulation into 3D workspaces that are difficult for ground-based robots to access, creating new opportunities for general-purpose manipulation…
MARS-Dragonfly: Agile and Robust Flight Control of Modular Aerial Robot Systems
Rui Huang, Zhiqian Cai, Siyu Tang +6
Modular Aerial Robot Systems (MARS) comprise multiple drone units with reconfigurable connected formations, providing high adaptability to diverse mission scenarios, fault conditio…
AION: Aerial Indoor Object-Goal Navigation Using Dual-Policy Reinforcement Learning
Zichen Yan, Yuchen Hou, Shenao Wang +3
Object-Goal Navigation (ObjectNav) requires an agent to autonomously explore an unknown environment and navigate toward target objects specified by a semantic label. While prior wo…
Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems with State-Dependent Representation: From Model-Based to Direct Data-Driven Control
Lidong Li, Rui Huang, Lin Zhao
This paper presents a framework for stabilizing nonlinear systems in state-dependent form. We first develop a model-based formulation that constructs a polytope enclosing the state…
TransforMARS: Fault-Tolerant Self-Reconfiguration for Arbitrarily Shaped Modular Aerial Robot Systems
Rui Huang, Zhiyu Gao, Siyu Tang +4
Modular Aerial Robot Systems (MARS) consist of multiple drone modules that are physically bound together to form a single structure for flight. Exploiting structural redundancy, MA…
AERO-MPPI: Anchor-Guided Ensemble Trajectory Optimization for Agile Mapless Drone Navigation
Xin Chen, Rui Huang, Longbin Tang +1
Agile mapless navigation in cluttered 3D environments poses significant challenges for autonomous drones. Conventional mapping-planning-control pipelines incur high computational c…
SIGN: Safety-Aware Image-Goal Navigation for Autonomous Drones via Reinforcement Learning
Zichen Yan, Rui Huang, Lei He +2
Image-goal navigation (ImageNav) tasks a robot with autonomously exploring an unknown environment and reaching a location that visually matches a given target image. While prior wo…
Robust Self-Reconfiguration for Fault-Tolerant Control of Modular Aerial Robot Systems
Rui Huang, Siyu Tang, Zhiqian Cai +1
Modular Aerial Robotic Systems (MARS) consist of multiple drone units assembled into a single, integrated rigid flying platform. With inherent redundancy, MARS can self-reconfigure…
MARS-FTCP: Robust Fault-Tolerant Control and Agile Trajectory Planning for Modular Aerial Robot Systems
Rui Huang, Zhenyu Zhang, Siyu Tang +2
Modular Aerial Robot Systems (MARS) consist of multiple drone units that can self-reconfigure to adapt to various mission requirements and fault conditions. However, existing fault…
Auto-Multilift: Distributed Learning and Control for Cooperative Load Transportation With Quadrotors
Bingheng Wang, Rui Huang, Lin Zhao
Designing motion control and planning algorithms for multilift systems remains challenging due to the complexities of dynamics, collision avoidance, actuator limits, and scalabilit…