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  • NEWS  Yuki Shirai appointed as an Associate Editor for IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L).Released: Mar 14, 2025

    MERL researcher, Yuki Shirai, has been appointed to the editorial board of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) as an Associate Editor.

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    MERL researchers presented 2 conference papers, 2 workshop papers, and co-organized 1 workshop at the AAAI 2025 conference, which was held in Philadelphia from Feb. 25 to Mar. 4, 2025. AAAI is one of the most prestigious and competitive . . . [read more]

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