External Control
External control research focuses on developing methods to precisely manipulate and regulate the behavior of complex systems, ranging from robots and large language models to physical processes and biological systems. Current research emphasizes the development of robust and efficient control algorithms, often leveraging deep reinforcement learning, model predictive control, and generative models, alongside novel architectures like hybrid systems and multi-agent approaches. These advancements are crucial for improving the performance, safety, and adaptability of autonomous systems across diverse applications, from robotics and manufacturing to healthcare and environmental monitoring. The development of more efficient and generalizable control methods remains a key focus.
Papers
ChatEMG: Synthetic Data Generation to Control a Robotic Hand Orthosis for Stroke
Jingxi Xu, Runsheng Wang, Siqi Shang, Ava Chen, Lauren Winterbottom, To-Liang Hsu, Wenxi Chen, Khondoker Ahmed, Pedro Leandro La Rotta, Xinyue Zhu, Dawn M. Nilsen, Joel Stein, Matei Ciocarlie
Control of Unknown Quadrotors from a Single Throw
Till M. Blaha, Ewoud J.J. Smeur, Bart D.W. Remes
Generalisation to unseen topologies: Towards control of biological neural network activity
Laurens Engwegen, Daan Brinks, Wendelin Böhmer
Fully Adaptive Regret-Guaranteed Algorithm for Control of Linear Quadratic Systems
Jafar Abbaszadeh Chekan, Cedric Langbort
Design and Control of a Compact Series Elastic Actuator Module for Robots in MRI Scanners
Binghan He, Naichen Zhao, David Y. Guo, Charles H. Paxson, Ronald S. Fearing
Guiding LLM Temporal Logic Generation with Explicit Separation of Data and Control
William Murphy, Nikolaus Holzer, Nathan Koenig, Leyi Cui, Raven Rothkopf, Feitong Qiao, Mark Santolucito
Auto-Multilift: Distributed Learning and Control for Cooperative Load Transportation With Quadrotors
Bingheng Wang, Rui Huang, Lin Zhao
Optimal path planning and weighted control of a four-arm robot in on-orbit servicing
Celia Redondo-Verdú, José L. Ramón, Álvaro Belmonte-Baeza, Jorge Pomares, Leonard Felicetti