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CAVE-NAV: VLM-Based Autonomous 3D Navigation in Underwater Cave Environments
Zhenqi Wu, Yuanjie Lu, Yisheng Zhang +4
Autonomous navigation in underwater cave environments is essential for search-and-rescue operations, scientific exploration, and emergency egress. Traditional navigation systems co…
Embodied Foundation Models at the Edge: A Survey of Deployment Constraints and Mitigation Strategies
Utkarsh Grover, Ravi Ranjan, Mingyang Mao +9
Deploying foundation models in embodied edge systems is fundamentally a systems problem, not just a problem of model compression. Real-time control must operate within strict size,…
CORAL: COntextual Reasoning And Local Planning in A Hierarchical VLM Framework for Underwater Monitoring
Zhenqi Wu, Yuanjie Lu, Xuesu Xiao +1
Oyster reefs are critical ecosystem species that sustain biodiversity, filter water, and protect coastlines, yet they continue to decline globally. Restoring these ecosystems requi…
OA-NBV: Occlusion-Aware Next-Best-View Planning for Human-Centered Active Perception on Mobile Robots
Boxun Hu, Chang Chang, Jiawei Ge +4
We naturally step sideways or lean to see around the obstacle when our view is blocked, and recover a more informative observation. Enabling robots to make the same kind of viewpoi…
APPLV: Adaptive Planner Parameter Learning from Vision-Language-Action Model
Yuanjie Lu, Beichen Wang, Zhengqi Wu +4
Autonomous navigation in highly constrained environments remains challenging for mobile robots. Classical navigation approaches offer safety assurances but require environment-spec…
Adaptive Dynamics Planning for Robot Navigation
Yuanjie Lu, Mingyang Mao, Tong Xu +3
Autonomous robot navigation systems often rely on hierarchical planning, where global planners compute collision-free paths without considering dynamics, and local planners enforce…