3 papers
cs.LG2026
Learning-based Directed Graph Abstraction of Combinatorial Spaces for Order-Preserving Search in Mixed-Combinatorial Nonlinear Optimization
Gishnu Madhu, Feng Liu, Souma Chowdhury
Mixed-combinatorial nonlinear programming (MCNLP) problems arise in many engineering design and planning applications, e.g., due to categorical, component, and geometric design cho…
cs.RO2026
ROG-Grasp: Root-Oriented Geometry for Robotic Grasping and Placement
Zijian An, Augustus Sroka, Ran Yang +8
Orientation-aware manipulation is essential in post-harvest agricultural processing, where produce must be grasped and placed in consistent configurations. This paper presents ROG-…
cs.RO2024
Optimizing Design and Control of Running Robots Abstracted as Torque Driven Spring Loaded Inverted Pendulum (TD-SLIP)
Reed Truax, Feng Liu, Souma Chowdhury +1
Legged locomotion shows promise for running in complex, unstructured environments. Designing such legged robots requires considering heterogeneous, multi-domain constraints and var…