3 papers
cs.RO2026
Data-Driven Soft Robot Control via Adiabatic Spectral Submanifolds
Roshan S. Kaundinya, John Irvin Alora, Jonas G. Matt +3
The mechanical complexity of soft robots creates significant challenges for their model-based control. Specifically, linear data-driven models have struggled to control soft robots…
cs.RO2026
Learning Actuator-Aware Spectral Submanifolds for Precise Control of Continuum Robots
Paul Leonard Wolff, Hugo Buurmeijer, Luis Pabon +6
Continuum robots exhibit high-dimensional, nonlinear dynamics which are often coupled with their actuation mechanism. Spectral submanifold (SSM) reduction has emerged as a leading…
eess.SY2025
Taming High-Dimensional Dynamics: Learning Optimal Projections onto Spectral Submanifolds
Hugo Buurmeijer, Luis A. Pabon, John Irvin Alora +3
High-dimensional nonlinear systems pose considerable challenges for modeling and control across many domains, from fluid mechanics to advanced robotics. Such systems are typically…