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  •  Jha, D.K., Jain, S., Romeres, D., Yerazunis, W.S., Nikovski, D., "Generalizable Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly Using Imitation Learning and Force Control", European Control Conference (ECC), DOI: 10.23919/​ECC57647.2023.10178330, May 2023, pp. 1-8.
    BibTeX TR2023-065 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Jha2023may,
    • author = {Jha, Devesh K. and Jain, Siddarth and Romeres, Diego and Yerazunis, William S. and Nikovski, Daniel},
    • title = {Generalizable Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly Using Imitation Learning and Force Control},
    • booktitle = {European Control Conference (ECC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {1--8},
    • month = may,
    • doi = {10.23919/ECC57647.2023.10178330},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-065}
    • }
  •  Shirai, Y., Jha, D.K., Raghunathan, A., Romeres, D., "Chance-Constrained Optimization in Contact-rich Systems", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/​ACC55779.2023.10156516, May 2023, pp. 14-21.
    BibTeX TR2023-061 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Shirai2023may4,
    • author = {Shirai, Yuki and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {Chance-Constrained Optimization in Contact-rich Systems},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {14--21},
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.23919/ACC55779.2023.10156516},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-061}
    • }
  •  Jain, S., Corcodel, R., Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., "Vision Guided Food Assembly by Robot Teaching from Target Composition", ICRA 2023 Workshop on Task-Informed Grasping IV (TIG-IV): From Farm to Fork, May 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-067 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Jain2023may,
    • author = {Jain, Siddarth and Corcodel, Radu and Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {Vision Guided Food Assembly by Robot Teaching from Target Composition},
    • booktitle = {ICRA 2023 Workshop on Task-Informed Grasping IV (TIG-IV): From Farm to Fork},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-067}
    • }
  •  Kim, S., Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., Rodriguez, A., "Simultaneous Tactile Estimation and Control of Extrinsic Contact", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), DOI: 10.1109/​ICRA48891.2023.10161158, May 2023, pp. 12563-12569.
    BibTeX TR2023-025 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{Kim2023may,
    • author = {Kim, Sangwoon and Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego and Rodriguez, Alberto},
    • title = {Simultaneous Tactile Estimation and Control of Extrinsic Contact},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {12563--12569},
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10161158},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-025}
    • }
  •  Shirai, Y., Jha, D.K., Raghunathan, A., "Covariance Steering for Uncertain Contact-Rich Systems", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), DOI: 10.1109/​ICRA48891.2023.10160249, May 2023, pp. 7923-7929.
    BibTeX TR2023-024 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Shirai2023may3,
    • author = {Shirai, Yuki and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind},
    • title = {Covariance Steering for Uncertain Contact-Rich Systems},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {7923--7929},
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10160249},
    • isbn = {979-8-3503-2365-8},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-024}
    • }
  •  Shirai, Y., Jha, D.K., Raghunathan, A., Hong, D., "Tactile Tool Manipulation", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), DOI: 10.1109/​ICRA48891.2023.10160480, May 2023, pp. 12597-12603.
    BibTeX TR2023-023 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{Shirai2023may2,
    • author = {Shirai, Yuki and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind and Hong, Dennis},
    • title = {Tactile Tool Manipulation},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {12597--12603},
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10160480},
    • isbn = {979-8-3503-2365-8},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-023}
    • }
  •  Shirai, Y., Jha, D.K., Raghunathan, A., Hong, D., "Closed-Loop Tactile Controller for Tool Manipulation", ICRA 2023 Workshop on Embracing contacts. Making robots physically interact with our world, May 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-043 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{Shirai2023may,
    • author = {Shirai, Yuki and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind and Hong, Dennis},
    • title = {Closed-Loop Tactile Controller for Tool Manipulation},
    • booktitle = {ICRA 2023 Workshop on Embracing contacts. Making robots physically interact with our world},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-043}
    • }
  •  Zhang, M., Jha, D.K., Raghunathan, A., Hauser, K., "STOCS: Simultaneous Trajectory Optimization and Contact Selection for Contact-Rich Manipulation", ICRA 2023 Workshop on Embracing contacts. Making robots physically interact with our world, May 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-044 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Zhang2023may3,
    • author = {Zhang, Mengchao and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind and Hauser, Kris},
    • title = {STOCS: Simultaneous Trajectory Optimization and Contact Selection for Contact-Rich Manipulation},
    • booktitle = {ICRA 2023 Workshop on Embracing contacts. Making robots physically interact with our world},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-044}
    • }
  •  Rosen, E., Jha, D.K., "A Virtual Reality Teleoperation Interface for Industrial Robot Manipulators", arXiv, May 2023.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Rosen2023may,
    • author = {Rosen, Eric and Jha, Devesh K.},
    • title = {A Virtual Reality Teleoperation Interface for Industrial Robot Manipulators},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.10960}
    • }
  •  Raghunathan, A., Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., "Homogeneous Infeasible Interior Point Method for Convex Quadratic Programs", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), DOI: 10.1109/​CDC51059.2022.9992979, December 2022, pp. 7571-7578.
    BibTeX TR2022-157 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Raghunathan2022dec,
    • author = {Raghunathan, Arvind and Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {Homogeneous Infeasible Interior Point Method for Convex Quadratic Programs},
    • booktitle = {IEEE 61st Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Cancun, Mexico},
    • year = 2022,
    • pages = {7571--7578},
    • month = dec,
    • doi = {10.1109/CDC51059.2022.9992979},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2022-157}
    • }
  •  Schneider, T., Belousov, B., Chalvatzaki, G., Romeres, D., Jha, D.K., Peters, J., "Active Exploration for Robotic Manipulation", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), DOI: 10.1109/​IROS47612.2022.9982061, October 2022.
    BibTeX TR2022-139 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Schneider2022oct,
    • author = {Schneider, Tim and Belousov, Boris and Chalvatzaki, Georgia and Romeres, Diego and Jha, Devesh K. and Peters, Jan},
    • title = {Active Exploration for Robotic Manipulation},
    • booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
    • year = 2022,
    • month = oct,
    • publisher = {IEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/IROS47612.2022.9982061},
    • issn = {2153-0866},
    • isbn = {978-1-6654-7927-1},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2022-139}
    • }
  •  Shaw, S., Jha, D.K., Raghunathan, A., Corcodel, R., Romeres, D., Konidaris, G., Nikovski, D., "Constrained Dynamic Movement Primitives for Safe Learning of Motor Skills", arXiv, September 2022.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Shaw2022sep,
    • author = {Shaw, Seiji and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind and Corcodel, Radu and Romeres, Diego and Konidaris, George and Nikovski, Daniel},
    • title = {Constrained Dynamic Movement Primitives for Safe Learning of Motor Skills},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2022,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.14461}
    • }
  •  Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., Yerazunis, W.S., Nikovski, D.N., "Imitation and Supervised Learning of Compliance for Robotic Assembly", European Control Conference (ECC), DOI: 10.23919/​ECC55457.2022.9838102, July 2022, pp. 1882-1889.
    BibTeX TR2022-099 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{Jha2022jul,
    • author = {Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego and Yerazunis, William S. and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {Imitation and Supervised Learning of Compliance for Robotic Assembly},
    • booktitle = {European Control Conference (ECC)},
    • year = 2022,
    • pages = {1882--1889},
    • month = jul,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.23919/ECC55457.2022.9838102},
    • isbn = {978-3-9071-4407-7},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2022-099}
    • }
  •  Raghunathan, A., Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., "Python-based Open Source Package for Optimization of Contact-rich Systems", Robotics: Science and Systems, June 2022.
    BibTeX TR2022-089 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Raghunathan2022jun,
    • author = {Raghunathan, Arvind and Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {Python-based Open Source Package for Optimization of Contact-rich Systems},
    • booktitle = {Robotics: Science and Systems},
    • year = 2022,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2022-089}
    • }
  •  Shirai, Y., Jha, D.K., Raghunathan, A., Romeres, D., "Robust Pivoting Manipulation Using Bilevel Contact-Implicit Optimization", RSS Workshop on The Science of Bumping into Things, June 2022.
    BibTeX TR2022-090 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{Shirai2022jun,
    • author = {Shirai, Yuki and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {Robust Pivoting Manipulation Using Bilevel Contact-Implicit Optimization},
    • booktitle = {RSS Workshop on The Science of Bumping into Things},
    • year = 2022,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2022-090}
    • }
  •  Raghunathan, A., Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., "PYROBOCOP: Python-based Robotic Control & Optimization Package for Manipulation", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), DOI: 10.1109/​ICRA46639.2022.9812069, May 2022.
    BibTeX TR2022-057 PDF Video Software
    • @inproceedings{Raghunathan2022may,
    • author = {Raghunathan, Arvind and Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {PYROBOCOP: Python-based Robotic Control & Optimization Package for Manipulation},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2022,
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/ICRA46639.2022.9812069},
    • isbn = {978-1-7281-9681-7},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2022-057}
    • }
  •  Shirai, Y., Jha, D.K., Raghunathan, A., Romeres, D., "Robust Pivoting: Exploiting Frictional Stability Using Bilevel Optimization", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), DOI: 10.1109/​ICRA46639.2022.9811812, May 2022, pp. 992-998.
    BibTeX TR2022-045 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{Shirai2022may,
    • author = {Shirai, Yuki and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {Robust Pivoting: Exploiting Frictional Stability Using Bilevel Optimization},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2022,
    • pages = {992--998},
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/ICRA46639.2022.9811812},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2022-045}
    • }
  •  Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., Jain, S., Yerazunis, W.S., Nikovski, D., "Design of Adaptive Compliance Controllers for Safe Robotic Assembly", arXiv, DOI: 10.48550/​arXiv.2204.10447, April 2022.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Jha2022apr,
    • author = {Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego and Jain, Siddarth and Yerazunis, William S. and Nikovski, Daniel},
    • title = {Design of Adaptive Compliance Controllers for Safe Robotic Assembly},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2022,
    • month = apr,
    • doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2204.10447},
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.10447}
    • }
  •  Rosen, E., Rammohan, S., Jha, D.K., "Learning robot motor skills with mixed reality", International Workshop on Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed-Reality for Human-Robot Interactions (VAM-HRI), March 2022.
    BibTeX TR2022-032 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Rosen2022mar,
    • author = {Rosen, Eric and Rammohan, Sreehari and Jha, Devesh K.},
    • title = {Learning robot motor skills with mixed reality},
    • booktitle = {International Workshop on Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed-Reality for Human-Robot Interactions (VAM-HRI)},
    • year = 2022,
    • month = mar,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2022-032}
    • }
  •  Shirai, Y., Jha, D.K., Raghunathan, A., Romeres, D., "Chance-Constrained Optimization in Contact-Rich Systems for Robust Manipulation", arXiv, DOI: 10.48550/​arXiv.2203.11412, March 2022.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Shirai2022mar,
    • author = {Shirai, Yuki and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {Chance-Constrained Optimization in Contact-Rich Systems for Robust Manipulation},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2022,
    • month = mar,
    • doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2203.11412},
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.02616}
    • }
  •  Raghunathan, A., Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., "PYROBOCOP: Python-based Robotic Control & Optimization Package", arXiv, June 2021.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Raghunathan2021jun,
    • author = {Raghunathan, Arvind and Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {PYROBOCOP: Python-based Robotic Control & Optimization Package},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2021,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.03220}
    • }
  •  Jin, S., Romeres, D., Raghunathan, A., Jha, D.K., Tomizuka, M., "Trajectory Optimization for Manipulation of Deformable Objects: Assembly of Belt Drive Units", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), DOI: 10.1109/​ICRA48506.2021.9561556, June 2021.
    BibTeX TR2021-072 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{Jin2021jun,
    • author = {Jin, Shiyu and Romeres, Diego and Raghunathan, Arvind and Jha, Devesh K. and Tomizuka, Masayoshi},
    • title = {Trajectory Optimization for Manipulation of Deformable Objects: Assembly of Belt Drive Units},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2021,
    • month = jun,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/ICRA48506.2021.9561556},
    • issn = {2577-087X},
    • isbn = {978-1-7281-9077-8},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2021-072}
    • }
  •  Dong, S., Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., Kim, S., Nikovski, D.N., Rodriguez, A., "Tactile-RL for Insertion: Generalization to Objects of Unknown Geometry", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), DOI: 10.1109/​ICRA48506.2021.9561646, May 2021.
    BibTeX TR2021-052 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{Dong2021may,
    • author = {Dong, Siyuan and Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego and Kim, Sangwoon and Nikovski, Daniel N. and Rodriguez, Alberto},
    • title = {Tactile-RL for Insertion: Generalization to Objects of Unknown Geometry},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2021,
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/ICRA48506.2021.9561646},
    • issn = {2577-087X},
    • isbn = {978-1-7281-9077-8},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2021-052}
    • }
  •  Tang, Y., Kojima, K., Koike-Akino, T., Wang, Y., Jha, D.K., Parsons, K., Qi, M., "Nano-Optic Broadband Power Splitter Design via Cycle-Consistent Adversarial Deep Learning", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), DOI: 10.1364/​CLEO_SI.2021.SW4E.1, May 2021.
    BibTeX TR2021-045 PDF Presentation
    • @inproceedings{Tang2021may3,
    • author = {Tang, Yingheng and Kojima, Keisuke and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Wang, Ye and Jha, Devesh K. and Parsons, Kieran and Qi, Minghao},
    • title = {Nano-Optic Broadband Power Splitter Design via Cycle-Consistent Adversarial Deep Learning},
    • booktitle = {Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)},
    • year = 2021,
    • month = may,
    • doi = {10.1364/CLEO_SI.2021.SW4E.1},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2021-045}
    • }
  •  Ota, K., Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., van Baar, J., Smith, K., Semistsu, T., Oiki, T., Sullivan, A., Nikovski, D.N., Tenenbaum, J.B., "Data-Efficient Learning for Complex and Real-Time Physical Problem Solving using Augmented Simulation", IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, DOI: 10.1109/​LRA.2021.3068887, Vol. 6, No. 2, March 2021.
    BibTeX TR2021-032 PDF Video Software
    • @article{Ota2021mar,
    • author = {Ota, Kei and Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego and van Baar, Jeroen and Smith, Kevin and Semistsu, Takayuki and Oiki, Tomoaki and Sullivan, Alan and Nikovski, Daniel N. and Tenenbaum, Joshua B.},
    • title = {Data-Efficient Learning for Complex and Real-Time Physical Problem Solving using Augmented Simulation},
    • journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
    • year = 2021,
    • volume = 6,
    • number = 2,
    • month = mar,
    • doi = {10.1109/LRA.2021.3068887},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2021-032}
    • }