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most citedChrono DEM-Engine: A Discrete Element Method dual-GPU simulator with customizable contact forces and element shape

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5 papers

cs.RO2026

Co-Design of Rover Wheels and Control using Bayesian Optimization and Rover-Terrain Simulations

Huzaifa Mustafa Unjhawala, Khizar Shaikh, Luning Bakke +2

While simulation is vital for optimizing robotic systems, the cost of modeling deformable terrain has long limited its use in full-vehicle studies of off-road autonomous mobility.…

cs.RO2025

A Physics-Based Continuum Model for Versatile, Scalable, and Fast Terramechanics Simulation

Huzaifa Unjhawala, Luning Bakke, Harry Zhang +4

This paper discusses Chrono's Continuous Representation Model (called herein Chrono::CRM), a general-purpose, scalable, and efficient simulation solution for terramechanics problem…

cs.RO2024

A Study on the Use of Simulation in Synthesizing Path-Following Control Policies for Autonomous Ground Robots

Harry Zhang, Stefan Caldararu, Aaron Young +8

We report results obtained and insights gained while answering the following question: how effective is it to use a simulator to establish path following control policies for an au…

cs.CE20231 cited

Chrono DEM-Engine: A Discrete Element Method dual-GPU simulator with customizable contact forces and element shape

Ruochun Zhang, Bonaventura Tagliafierro, Colin Vanden Heuvel +6

This paper introduces DEM-Engine, a new submodule of Project Chrono, that is designed to carry out Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulations. Based on spherical primitive shapes, D…

cs.RO2023

Zero-Shot Policy Transferability for the Control of a Scale Autonomous Vehicle

Harry Zhang, Stefan Caldararu, Sriram Ashokkumar +6

We report on a study that employs an in-house developed simulation infrastructure to accomplish zero shot policy transferability for a control policy associated with a scale autono…