3 papers
cs.RO2024
Materials Matter: Investigating Functional Advantages of Bio-Inspired Materials via Simulated Robotic Hopping
Andrew K. Schulz, Ayah G. Ahmad, Maegan Tucker
In contrast with the diversity of materials found in nature, most robots are designed with some combination of aluminum, stainless steel, and 3D-printed filament. Additionally, rob…
cs.CY2023
Datastore Design for Analysis of Police Broadcast Audio at Scale
Ayah Ahmad, Christopher Graziul, Margaret Beale Spencer
With policing coming under greater scrutiny in recent years, researchers have begun to more thoroughly study the effects of contact between police and minority communities. Despite…
cs.RO2023
The Teenager's Problem: Efficient Garment Decluttering as Probabilistic Set Cover
Aviv Adler, Ayah Ahmad, Yulei Qiu +9
This paper addresses the "Teenager's Problem": efficiently removing scattered garments from a planar surface into a basket. As grasping and transporting individual garments is high…