8 papers
DualGazeNet: A Biologically Inspired Dual-Gaze Query Network for Salient Object Detection
Yu Zhang, Haoan Ping, Yuchen Li +3
Recent salient object detection (SOD) methods aim to improve performance in four key directions: semantic enhancement, boundary refinement, auxiliary task supervision, and multi-mo…
Estimated Informed Anytime Search for Sampling-Based Planning via Adaptive Sampler
Liding Zhang, Kuanqi Cai, Yu Zhang +5
Path planning in robotics often involves solving continuously valued, high-dimensional problems. Popular informed approaches include graph-based searches, such as A*, and sampling-…
Deep Fuzzy Optimization for Batch-Size and Nearest Neighbors in Optimal Robot Motion Planning
Liding Zhang, Qiyang Zong, Yu Zhang +2
Efficient motion planning algorithms are essential in robotics. Optimizing essential parameters, such as batch size and nearest neighbor selection in sampling-based methods, can en…
Elliptical K-Nearest Neighbors -- Path Optimization via Coulomb's Law and Invalid Vertices in C-space Obstacles
Liding Zhang, Zhenshan Bing, Yu Zhang +5
Path planning has long been an important and active research area in robotics. To address challenges in high-dimensional motion planning, this study introduces the Force Direction…
Direction Informed Trees (DIT*): Optimal Path Planning via Direction Filter and Direction Cost Heuristic
Liding Zhang, Kejia Chen, Kuanqi Cai +7
Optimal path planning requires finding a series of feasible states from the starting point to the goal to optimize objectives. Popular path planning algorithms, such as Effort Info…
Whisker-based Active Tactile Perception for Contour Reconstruction
Yixuan Dang, Qinyang Xu, Yu Zhang +5
Perception using whisker-inspired tactile sensors currently faces a major challenge: the lack of active control in robots based on direct contact information from the whisker. To a…