4 papers
CoPlanVLM: Coordinated Path Planning for a Robot Team using Vision Language Models
David R. Martin, Jared Paquet, Mohammad Abdullah Al Faruque +4
We present CoPlanVLM, which uses a Vision Language Model (VLM) to translate a single natural-language instruction and image into coordinated paths for a team of two robots. While V…
Toward Humanoid Robots in Construction: A Teleoperation Feasibility Study
Parastoo Ali Pour, David R. Martin, Chang Min Hur +6
We present a teleoperation system that enables a single operator to perform construction tasks on a Unitree G1 humanoid, combining extended reality (XR) based upper body control wi…
HydraCollab: Adaptive Collaborative-Perception for Distributed Autonomous Systems
Luke Chen, Cheng-Ju Wu, David R. Martin +3
Collaborative-perception enables multi-robot systems to enhance situational awareness by sharing perceptual information. Existing collaborative-perception systems face an inherent…
Collaboration in Multi-Robot Systems: Taxonomy and Survey of Frameworks for Collaboration
Riwa Karam, Alexander A. Nguyen, Ruoyu Lin +4
Collaboration is a central theme in multi-robot systems as tasks and demands increasingly require capabilities that go beyond what any one individual robot possesses. Yet, despite…