Publications from the Dynamic Robot Systems Group at the Oxford Robotics Institute

BibTeX

@article{curriculumbased-2024/11,
  title={Curriculum-based reinforcement learning for quadrupedal jumping: a reference-free design},
  author={Atanassov V, Ding J, Kober J, Havoutis I & Santina CD},
  journal={IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine},
  pages={2-15},
  publisher={IEEE},
  year = "2024"
}

@misc{offlineadaptati-2024/11,
  title={Offline Adaptation of Quadruped Locomotion using Diffusion Models},
  author={O'Mahoney R, Mitchell AL, Yu W, Posner I & Havoutis I},
  year = "2024"
}

@misc{constrainedskil-2024/10,
  title={Constrained Skill Discovery: Quadruped Locomotion with Unsupervised Reinforcement Learning},
  author={Atanassov V, Yu W, Mitchell AL, Finean MN & Havoutis I},
  year = "2024"
}

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@inproceedings{rlgpareachabili-2024/8,
  title={R-LGP: a reachability-guided logic-geometric programming framework for optimal task and motion planning on mobile manipulators},
  author={Ly KT, Semenov V, Risiglione M, Merkt W & Havoutis I},
  booktitle={2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2024)},
  pages={14917-14923},
  year = "2024"
}

@inproceedings{learninganddepl-2024/7,
  title={Learning and deploying robust locomotion policies with minimal dynamics randomization},
  author={Campanaro L, Gangapurwala S, Merkt W & Havoutis I},
  booktitle={6th Annual Learning for Dynamics and Control Conference (L4DC 2024)},
  pages={578-590},
  year = "2024"
}

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@misc{adaptivemanipul-2024/6,
  title={Adaptive Manipulation using Behavior Trees},
  author={Cloete J, Merkt W & Havoutis I},
  year = "2024"
}

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@article{oscillatinglate-2024/5,
  title={Oscillating latent dynamics in robot systems during walking and reaching},
  author={Parker Jones O, Mitchell A, Yamada J, Merkt W, Geisert M et al.},
  journal={Scientific Reports},
  volume={14},
  number={11434},
  publisher={Springer Nature},
  year = "2024"
}

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@misc{gaitorlearninga-2024/5,
  title={Gaitor: Learning a Unified Representation Across Gaits for Real-World Quadruped Locomotion},
  author={Mitchell AL, Merkt W, Papatheodorou A, Havoutis I & Posner I},
  year = "2024"
}

BibTeX

@misc{curriculumbased-2024/1,
  title={Curriculum-Based Reinforcement Learning for Quadrupedal Jumping: A Reference-free Design},
  author={Atanassov V, Ding J, Kober J, Havoutis I & Della Santina C},
  year = "2024"
}

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@article{rolomarobustloc-2023/10,
  title={RoLoMa: robust loco-manipulation for quadruped robots with arms},
  author={Ferrolho H, Ivan V, Merkt W, Havoutis I & Vijayakumar S},
  journal={Autonomous Robots},
  volume={47},
  pages={1463-1481},
  publisher={Springer},
  year = "2023"
}

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@misc{rlgpareachabili-2023/10,
  title={R-LGP: A Reachability-guided Logic-geometric Programming Framework for Optimal Task and Motion Planning on Mobile Manipulators},
  author={Ly KT, Semenov V, Risiglione M, Merkt W & Havoutis I},
  year = "2023"
}

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@misc{momentumawaretr-2023/10,
  title={Momentum-Aware Trajectory Optimisation using Full-Centroidal Dynamics and Implicit Inverse Kinematics},
  author={Papatheodorou A, Merkt W, Mitchell AL & Havoutis I},
  year = "2023"
}

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@inproceedings{asymptoticallyo-2023/9,
  title={Asymptotically optimized multi-surface coverage path planning for loco-manipulation in inspection and monitoring},
  author={Ly K, Munks M, Merkt W & Havoutis I},
  booktitle={2023 IEEE 19th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)},
  pages={1-7},
  year = "2023"
}

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@article{vaelocoversatil-2023/7,
  title={VAE-Loco: versatile quadruped locomotion by learning a disentangled gait representation},
  author={Mitchell AL, Merkt WX, Geisert M, Gangapurwala S, Engelcke M et al.},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Robotics},
  volume={39},
  pages={3805-3820},
  publisher={IEEE},
  year = "2023"
}

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@inproceedings{leveragingscene-2023/7,
  title={Leveraging scene embeddings for gradient-based motion planning in latent space},
  author={Yamada J, Hung CM, Collins J, Havoutis I & Posner I},
  booktitle={2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
  pages={5674-5680},
  year = "2023"
}

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@inproceedings{learninglowfreq-2023/7,
  title={Learning low-frequency motion control for robust and dynamic robot locomotion},
  author={Gangapurwala S, Campanaro L & Havoutis I},
  booktitle={2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
  pages={5085-5091},
  year = "2023"
}

@inproceedings{rolldropaccount-2023/6,
  title={Roll-Drop: accounting for observation noise with a single parameter},
  author={Campanaro L, De Martini D, Gangapurwala S, Merkt W & Havoutis I},
  booktitle={5th Annual Learning for Dynamics and Control Conference (L4DC 2023)},
  pages={718-730},
  year = "2023"
}

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@article{motionplanningi-2023/5,
  title={Motion planning in dynamic environments using context-aware human trajectory prediction},
  author={Finean MN, Petrović L, Merkt W, Marković I & Havoutis I},
  journal={Robotics and Autonomous Systems},
  number={104450},
  pages={104450-104450},
  publisher={Elsevier BV},
  year = "2023"
}

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@article{motionplanningi-2023/5,
  title={Motion planning in dynamic environments using context-aware human trajectory prediction},
  author={Finean MN, Petrovi?? L, Merkt W, Markovi?? I & Havoutis I},
  journal={Robotics and Autonomous Systems},
  number={104450},
  pages={104450-104450},
  publisher={Elsevier BV},
  year = "2023"
}

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@misc{youonlylookaton-2023/5,
  title={You Only Look at One: Category-Level Object Representations for Pose Estimation From a Single Example},
  author={Goodwin W, Havoutis I & Posner I},
  year = "2023"
}