3 papers
cs.RO2026
Autonomous Droplet Navigation via Model-Based Reinforcement Learning: Zero-Shot Transfer and Emergent Dynamics
Rajneesh Anand, Mayuresh V. Kothare
Self-driving laboratories (SDLs) are transforming chemical and materials discovery through closed-loop automation, yet automated infrastructure for physical manipulation of soft, d…
eess.SY2026
Optimal Control and Closed-Loop Stability of Droplet Transport in a Microchannel
Rajneesh Anand, Mayuresh V. Kothare
Understanding the efficient transport of fluid droplets in confined geometries has been a domain of interest for industrial applications in recent times. In the present work, we fo…
cs.LG2026
Autonomous Droplet Navigation via Model-Based Reinforcement Learning
Rajneesh Anand, Mayuresh V. Kothare
Precise manipulation of liquid droplets underpins lab-on-a-chip platforms for diagnostics, chemical synthesis, and biological assays. Yet autonomous droplet transport through confi…