3 papers
cs.AI2026
Auto-Configuring Scientific Simulators with Lightweight Coding-Agent Adapters
Matthew Ho, Brian Liu, Jixuan Chen +2
Configuring an advanced scientific simulator, translating a modeling goal into a valid, runnable input deck, is a persistent bottleneck that costs domain scientists hours to days.…
cs.AI2026
Agentic AI for Self-Driving Laboratories in Soft Matter: Taxonomy, Benchmarks,and Open Challenges
Xuanzhou Chen, Audrey Wang, Stanley Yin +2
Self-driving laboratories (SDLs) close the loop between experiment design, automated execution, and data-driven decision making, and they provide a demanding testbed for agentic AI…
cs.RO2025
Safe Autonomous Environmental Contact for Soft Robots using Control Barrier Functions
Akua K. Dickson, Juan C. Pacheco Garcia, Meredith L. Anderson +6
Robots built from soft materials will inherently apply lower environmental forces than their rigid counterparts, and therefore may be more suitable in sensitive settings with unint…