RA-L Papers Now Available on Xplore

We are pleased to announce that the following IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) papers are now available on Xplore.

“Self-Supervised Monocular Depth Estimation with Isometric-Self-Sample-Based Learning”
G. Cha; H. -D. Jang; D. Wee

“Permanent-magnetically Amplified Robotic Gripper with Less Clamping Width Influence on Compensation Realized by a Stepless Width Adjustment Mechanism”
T. Shimizu; K. Tadakuma; M. Watanabe; K. Abe; M. Konyo; S. Tadokoro

“Robust Adaptive Ensemble Adversary Reinforcement Learning”
P. Zhai; T. Hou; X. Ji; Z. Dong; L. Zhang

“Planning Irregular Object Packing via Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning”
S. Huang; Z. Wang; J. Zhou; J. Lu

“Autonomous Dozer Sand Grading Under Localization Uncertainties”
Y. Miron; Y. Goldfracht; C. Ross; D. D. Castro; I. Klein

“Learning Stable Vector Fields on Lie Groups”
J. Urain; D. Tateo; J. Peters

“A Palm-Sized Omnidirectional Mobile Robot Driven by 2-DOF Torus Wheels”
Y. Sato; A. Kanada; T. Mashimo

“BoW3D: Bag of Words for Real-Time Loop Closing in 3D LiDAR SLAM”
Y. Cui; X. Chen; Y. Zhang; J. Dong; Q. Wu; F. Zhu

“A CoppeliaSim Dynamic Simulator for the Da Vinci Research Kit”
M. Ferro; A. Mirante; F. Ficuciello; M. Vendittelli

“Overload Clutch With Integrated Torque Sensing and Decoupling Detection for Collision Tolerant Hybrid High-Speed Industrial Cobots”
F. Ostyn; B. Vanderborght; G. Crevecoeur

“ViewBirdiformer: Learning to recover ground-plane crowd trajectories and ego-motion from a single ego-centric view”
M. Nishimura; S. Nobuhara; K. Nishino

“A Novel Metamorphic Foot Mechanism With Toe Joints Based on Spring-Loaded Linkages”
J. Sun; Z. Wang; M. Zhang; S. Zhang; Z. Qian; J. Chu

“A Framework for Robot Self-Assessment of Expected Task Performance”
T. Frasca; M. Scheutz

“SphereVLAD++: Attention-based and Signal-enhanced Viewpoint Invariant Descriptor”
S. Zhao; P. Yin; G. Yi; S. Scherer

“Towards a Discrete Snake-like Robot Based on SMA-actuated Tristable Modules For Follow The Leader Control Strategy”
B. Calmé; L. Rubbert; Y. Haddab

“Guided Spatial Propagation Network for Depth Completion”
L. Chen; Q. Li

“Real-time Hetero-Stereo Matching for Event and Frame Camera with Aligned Events Using Maximum Shift Distance”
H. Kim; S. Lee; J. Kim; H. J. Kim

“Manufacturing and Design of Inflatable Kirigami Actuators”
S. Chung; A. Coutinho; H. Rodrigue

“Hardware-Accelerated Mars Sample Localization Via Deep Transfer Learning From Photorealistic Simulations”
R. Castilla-Arquillo; C. Pérez-del-Pulgar; G. J. Paz-Delgado; L. Gerdes

“P-satI-D Shape Regulation of Soft Robots”
P. Pustina; P. Borja; C. D. Santina; A. De Luca

“Sigma-FP: Robot Mapping of 3D Floor Plans With an RGB-D Camera Under Uncertainty”
J. -L. Matez-Bandera; J. Monroy; J. Gonzalez-Jimenez

“Hybrid Learning of Time-Series Inverse Dynamics Models for Locally Isotropic Robot Motion”
T. -C. Çallar; S. Böttger

“Risk-Aware Fast Trajectory Planner for Uncertain Environments Based on Probabilistic Surrogate Reliability and Risk Contours”
G. -B. Wang

“EB-LG Module for 3D Point Cloud Classification and Segmentation”
J. Chen; Y. Zhang; F. Ma; Z. Tan

“Point Cloud Change Detection With Stereo V-SLAM: Dataset, Metrics and Baseline”
Z. Lin; J. Yu; L. Zhou; X. Zhang; J. Wang; Y. Wang

“Robot Navigation in Complex Workspaces Using Conformal Navigation Transformations”
L. Fan; J. Liu; W. Zhang; P. Xu

We are pleased to announce that the following IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) papers are now available on Xplore.

“Self-Supervised Monocular Depth Estimation with Isometric-Self-Sample-Based Learning”
G. Cha; H. -D. Jang; D. Wee

“Permanent-magnetically Amplified Robotic Gripper with Less Clamping Width Influence on Compensation Realized by a Stepless Width Adjustment Mechanism”
T. Shimizu; K. Tadakuma; M. Watanabe; K. Abe; M. Konyo; S. Tadokoro

“Robust Adaptive Ensemble Adversary Reinforcement Learning”
P. Zhai; T. Hou; X. Ji; Z. Dong; L. Zhang

“Planning Irregular Object Packing via Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning”
S. Huang; Z. Wang; J. Zhou; J. Lu

“Autonomous Dozer Sand Grading Under Localization Uncertainties”
Y. Miron; Y. Goldfracht; C. Ross; D. D. Castro; I. Klein

“Learning Stable Vector Fields on Lie Groups”
J. Urain; D. Tateo; J. Peters

“A Palm-Sized Omnidirectional Mobile Robot Driven by 2-DOF Torus Wheels”
Y. Sato; A. Kanada; T. Mashimo

“BoW3D: Bag of Words for Real-Time Loop Closing in 3D LiDAR SLAM”
Y. Cui; X. Chen; Y. Zhang; J. Dong; Q. Wu; F. Zhu

“A CoppeliaSim Dynamic Simulator for the Da Vinci Research Kit”
M. Ferro; A. Mirante; F. Ficuciello; M. Vendittelli

“Overload Clutch With Integrated Torque Sensing and Decoupling Detection for Collision Tolerant Hybrid High-Speed Industrial Cobots”
F. Ostyn; B. Vanderborght; G. Crevecoeur

“ViewBirdiformer: Learning to recover ground-plane crowd trajectories and ego-motion from a single ego-centric view”
M. Nishimura; S. Nobuhara; K. Nishino

“A Novel Metamorphic Foot Mechanism With Toe Joints Based on Spring-Loaded Linkages”
J. Sun; Z. Wang; M. Zhang; S. Zhang; Z. Qian; J. Chu

“A Framework for Robot Self-Assessment of Expected Task Performance”
T. Frasca; M. Scheutz

“SphereVLAD++: Attention-based and Signal-enhanced Viewpoint Invariant Descriptor”
S. Zhao; P. Yin; G. Yi; S. Scherer

“Towards a Discrete Snake-like Robot Based on SMA-actuated Tristable Modules For Follow The Leader Control Strategy”
B. Calmé; L. Rubbert; Y. Haddab

“Guided Spatial Propagation Network for Depth Completion”
L. Chen; Q. Li

“Real-time Hetero-Stereo Matching for Event and Frame Camera with Aligned Events Using Maximum Shift Distance”
H. Kim; S. Lee; J. Kim; H. J. Kim

“Manufacturing and Design of Inflatable Kirigami Actuators”
S. Chung; A. Coutinho; H. Rodrigue

“Hardware-Accelerated Mars Sample Localization Via Deep Transfer Learning From Photorealistic Simulations”
R. Castilla-Arquillo; C. Pérez-del-Pulgar; G. J. Paz-Delgado; L. Gerdes

“P-satI-D Shape Regulation of Soft Robots”
P. Pustina; P. Borja; C. D. Santina; A. De Luca

“Sigma-FP: Robot Mapping of 3D Floor Plans With an RGB-D Camera Under Uncertainty”
J. -L. Matez-Bandera; J. Monroy; J. Gonzalez-Jimenez

“Hybrid Learning of Time-Series Inverse Dynamics Models for Locally Isotropic Robot Motion”
T. -C. Çallar; S. Böttger

“Risk-Aware Fast Trajectory Planner for Uncertain Environments Based on Probabilistic Surrogate Reliability and Risk Contours”
G. -B. Wang

“EB-LG Module for 3D Point Cloud Classification and Segmentation”
J. Chen; Y. Zhang; F. Ma; Z. Tan

“Point Cloud Change Detection With Stereo V-SLAM: Dataset, Metrics and Baseline”
Z. Lin; J. Yu; L. Zhou; X. Zhang; J. Wang; Y. Wang

“Robot Navigation in Complex Workspaces Using Conformal Navigation Transformations”
L. Fan; J. Liu; W. Zhang; P. Xu

“Multi-Level Structure-Enhanced Network for 3D Single Object Tracking in Sparse Point Clouds”
Q. Wu; C. Sun; J. Wang

“Grasp Stability and Design Analysis of a Flexure-Jointed Gripper Mechanism via Efficient Energy-Based Modeling”
P. Kuresangsai; M. O. T. Cole; G. Hao

“A Markov Chain Model for Workflow Analysis in Operating Rooms”
H. Zheng; Q. Wang; J. Li

“Continuous-Time Trajectory Estimation for Differentially Flat Systems”
J. C. Johnson; J. G. Mangelson; R. W. Beard

“A Normalized Disparity Loss for Stereo Matching Networks”
S. Chen; Z. Xiang; P. Xu; X. Zhao

“Scale-Aware Squeeze-and-Excitation for Lightweight Object Detection”
Z. Xu; X. Hong; T. Chen; Z. Yang; Y. Shi

“Inflated Bendable Eversion Cantilever Mechanism With Inner Skeleton for Increased Stiffness”
T. Takahashi; M. Watanabe; K. Abe; K. Tadakuma; N. Saiki; M. Konyo; S. Tadokoro

“Point Clouds Outlier Removal Method Based on Improved Mahalanobis and Completion”
C. Qu; Y. Zhang; K. Huang; S. Wang; Y. Yang

“Haptic-Based and $SE(3)$-Aware Object Insertion Using Compliant Hands”
O. Azulay; M. Monastirsky; A. Sintov

“Template-Based Category-Agnostic Instance Detection for Robotic Manipulation”
Z. Hu; R. Tan; Y. Zhou; J. Woon; C. Lv

“Hybrid Safety Certificate for Fast Collision Checking in Sampling-Based Motion Planning”
S. Shi; J. Chen; Y. Li

“Consensus-Based Decentralized Task Allocation for Multi-Agent Systems and Simultaneous Multi-Agent Tasks”
S. Wang; Y. Liu; Y. Qiu; J. Zhou

“Generalized LOAM: LiDAR Odometry Estimation With Trainable Local Geometric Features”
K. Honda; K. Koide; M. Yokozuka; S. Oishi; A. Banno

“Simplified Configuration Design of Anthropomorphic Hand Imitating Specific Human Hand Grasps”
X. Tian; Q. Zhan; Y. Zhang; J. Zou; L. Jiang; Q. Xu

“Online and Real-Time Trajectory Generation Method for Unforeseen Events Using a Modified Spline Approach”
M. Altan Toksöz; M. Ö. Efe; V. Gazi

“Collision Avoidance Among Dense Heterogeneous Agents Using Deep Reinforcement Learning”
K. Zhu; B. Li; W. Zhe; T. Zhang

“Self-Supervised Point Cloud Understanding via Mask Transformer and Contrastive Learning”
D. Wang; Z. -X. Yang

“Forest: A Lightweight Semantic Image Descriptor for Robust Visual Place Recognition”
P. Hou; J. Chen; J. Nie; Y. Liu; J. Zhao

“Winding Through: Crowd Navigation via Topological Invariance”
C. Mavrogiannis; K. Balasubramanian; S. Poddar; A. Gandra; S. S. Srinivasa

“A Joint Acceleration Estimation Method Based on a High-Order Disturbance Observer”
J. Zhang; P. Nie; Y. Chen; B. Zhang

“Deep Reinforcement Learning for Decentralized Multi-Robot Exploration with Macro Actions”
A. H. Tan; F. P. Bejarano; Y. Zhu; R. Ren; G. Nejat

“Gaussian Mixture Midway-Merge for Object SLAM with Pose Ambiguity”
J. H. Jung; C. G. Park

“Ambiguity-Aware Multi-Object Pose Optimization for Visually-Assisted Robot Manipulation”
M. -H. Jeon; J. Kim; J. -H. Ryu; A. Kim

“Rethinking Feature Extraction: Gradient-Based Localized Feature Extraction for End-To-End Surgical Downstream Tasks”
W. Pang; M. Islam; S. Mitheran; L. Seenivasan; M. Xu; H. Ren

“Long-Term Localization Using Semantic Cues in Floor Plan Maps”
N. Zimmerman; T. Guadagnino; X. Chen; J. Behley; C. Stachniss

“Deep IMU Bias Inference for Robust Visual-Inertial Odometry With Factor Graphs”
R. Buchanan; V. Agrawal; M. Camurri; F. Dellaert; M. Fallon

“Untethered Microrobots Driven by kV-Level Capacitive Actuators via Mechanical Electrostatic Inverters”
W. Zhan; M. Qi; Z. Liu; J. Leng; H. Zhang; R. Yun; X. Yan

“HI-Net: Boosting Self-Supervised Indoor Depth Estimation via Pose Optimization”
G. Wu; K. Li; L. Wang; R. Hu; Y. Guo; Z. Chen

“Design and Modeling of a Dual-Ball Self-Balancing Robot”
X. Gao; L. Yan; Z. He; G. Wang; I. -M. Chen

“Accelerating Certifiable Estimation with Preconditioned Eigensolvers”
D. M. Rosen

“Measuring Interaction Bandwidth During Physical Human-Robot Collaboration”
A. Kalinowska; M. Schlafly; K. Rudy; J. P. Dewald; T. D. Murphey

“A Novel Variable-Diameter-Stiffness Guiding Sheath for Endoscopic Surgery”
H. Wang; S. Zuo

“IC-GVINS: A Robust, Real-Time, INS-Centric GNSS-Visual-Inertial Navigation System”
X. Niu; H. Tang; T. Zhang; J. Fan; J. Liu

“Learning Efficient Policies for Picking Entangled Wire Harnesses: An Approach to Industrial Bin Picking”
X. Zhang; Y. Domae; W. Wan; K. Harada

“GMF: General Multimodal Fusion Framework for Correspondence Outlier Rejection”
X. Huang; W. Qu; Y. Zuo; Y. Fang; X. Zhao