Publications

4,026 major publications by members of the MERL staff.


  •  Hsieh, J.-W., Wu, Y.-H., Hsieh, Y.-K., Li, X., Peng, K.-C., Chang, M.-C., "SoREL: Soft-Label Refurbishment with Ensemble Learning for Noisy Long-Tailed Classification Supplementary Material", CVPR Findings, June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-074 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Hsieh2026jun,
    • author = {Hsieh, Jun-Wei and Wu, Ying-Hsuan and Hsieh, Yi-Kuan and Li, Xin and Peng, Kuan-Chuan and Chang, Ming-Ching},
    • title = {{SoREL: Soft-Label Refurbishment with Ensemble Learning for Noisy Long-Tailed Classification Supplementary Material}},
    • booktitle = {CVPR Findings},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-074}
    • }
  •  Hsieh, J.-W., Wu, Y.-H., Hsieh, Y.-K., Li, X., Peng, K.-C., Chang, M.-C., "SoREL: Soft-Label Refurbishment with Ensemble Learning for Noisy Long-Tailed Classification", CVPR Findings, June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-075 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Hsieh2026jun2,
    • author = {Hsieh, Jun-Wei and Wu, Ying-Hsuan and Hsieh, Yi-Kuan and Li, Xin and Peng, Kuan-Chuan and Chang, Ming-Ching},
    • title = {{SoREL: Soft-Label Refurbishment with Ensemble Learning for Noisy Long-Tailed Classification}},
    • booktitle = {CVPR Findings},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-075}
    • }
  •  Li, D., Zhang, J., Egger, B., Chatterjee, M., Lohit, S., Marks, T.K., Cherian, A., "AssemblyBench: Physics-Aware Assembly of Complex Industrial Objects", IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-076 PDF Video Data Software
    • @inproceedings{Li2026jun,
    • author = {Li, Danrui and Zhang, Jiahao and Egger, Bernhard and Chatterjee, Moitreya and Lohit, Suhas and Marks, Tim K. and Cherian, Anoop},
    • title = {{AssemblyBench: Physics-Aware Assembly of Complex Industrial Objects}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-076}
    • }
  •  Liu, X., Miraldo, P., Lohit, S., Jiang, H., Sawada, N., Tai, Y.-W., Tang, C.-K., Chatterjee, M., "Point4Cast: Streaming Dynamic Scene Reconstruction and Forecasting", IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-077 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Liu2026jun,
    • author = {Liu, Xinhang and Miraldo, Pedro and Lohit, Suhas and Jiang, Huaizu and Sawada, Naoko and Tai, Yu-Wing and Tang, Chi-Keung and Chatterjee, Moitreya},
    • title = {{Point4Cast: Streaming Dynamic Scene Reconstruction and Forecasting}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-077}
    • }
  •  Jain, S., Choi, H.J., "Robotic manipulators excel in structured envi- ronments but face substantial challenges in unstructured and dynamic settings. This paper presents SplatCtrl, a unified framework for real-time scene reconstruction and reactive robot motion generation to enable collision-free robotic arm control in previously unseen and continuously changing environments. Building on 3D Gaussian Splatting (3D-GS), we introduce a hybrid voxel-based filtering and dynamic Gaussian relocation strategy that supports efficient scene reconstruction from RGB- D streams while accommodating environmental changes. For safe and reactive control, we further propose a method for deriving continuous signed distance functions from isotropic Gaussians, providing stable and differentiable collision prob- ability estimates that bridge classical distance fields with the modern implicit representation. These continuous distance met- rics are incorporated into control barrier functions, resulting in a unified perception–action coupling framework that supports smooth and reliable real-time motion generation in response to scene changes. Experimental validation in simulation, on physical robot, and within shared human–robot workspace demonstrates the framework’s effectiveness, achieving inte- grated scene reconstruction and reactive control in uncertain, and dynamic environments.", 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA), June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-069 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Jain2026jun,
    • author = {Jain, Siddarth and Choi, Ho Jin},
    • title = {{Robotic manipulators excel in structured envi- ronments but face substantial challenges in unstructured and dynamic settings. This paper presents SplatCtrl, a unified framework for real-time scene reconstruction and reactive robot motion generation to enable collision-free robotic arm control in previously unseen and continuously changing environments. Building on 3D Gaussian Splatting (3D-GS), we introduce a hybrid voxel-based filtering and dynamic Gaussian relocation strategy that supports efficient scene reconstruction from RGB- D streams while accommodating environmental changes. For safe and reactive control, we further propose a method for deriving continuous signed distance functions from isotropic Gaussians, providing stable and differentiable collision prob- ability estimates that bridge classical distance fields with the modern implicit representation. These continuous distance met- rics are incorporated into control barrier functions, resulting in a unified perception–action coupling framework that supports smooth and reliable real-time motion generation in response to scene changes. Experimental validation in simulation, on physical robot, and within shared human–robot workspace demonstrates the framework’s effectiveness, achieving inte- grated scene reconstruction and reactive control in uncertain, and dynamic environments.}},
    • booktitle = {2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics \& Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-069}
    • }
  •  Oller, M., Qian, Q., Corcodel, R., Jain, S., "M-VTOP: Modular Visuo-Tactile Object Pose Estimation for High-Precision Robotic Manipulation", 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA), June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-070 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Oller2026jun,
    • author = {Oller, Miquel and Qian, Qiyang and Corcodel, Radu and Jain, Siddarth},
    • title = {{M-VTOP: Modular Visuo-Tactile Object Pose Estimation for High-Precision Robotic Manipulation}},
    • booktitle = {2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics \& Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-070}
    • }
  •  Yao, S., Xing, C., Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., "Dexterous Non-prehensile Manipulation using Environment Guided Diffusion Models", ICRA Workshop on Dexterity with Multifingered Hands: Hardware, Sensing, and Skills, June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-073 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Yao2026jun,
    • author = {Yao, Shaoxiong and Xing, Chengy and Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {{Dexterous Non-prehensile Manipulation using Environment Guided Diffusion Models}},
    • booktitle = {ICRA Workshop on Dexterity with Multifingered Hands: Hardware, Sensing, and Skills},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-073}
    • }
  •  Buckner, S., Elango, P., "GPU-Accelerated Continuous-Time Successive Convexification for Contact-Implicit Legged Locomotion", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-068 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Buckner2026jun,
    • author = {Buckner, Samuel and Elango, Purnanand},
    • title = {{GPU-Accelerated Continuous-Time Successive Convexification for Contact-Implicit Legged Locomotion}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-068}
    • }
  •  Schperberg, A., Wang, Y., Di Cairano, S., "Safe Whole-Body Loco-Manipulation via Combined Model and Learning-based Control", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-072 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{Schperberg2026jun,
    • author = {Schperberg, Alexander and Wang, Yeping and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
    • title = {{Safe Whole-Body Loco-Manipulation via Combined Model and Learning-based Control}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-072}
    • }
  •  Velentzas, I.G., Kento, T., "LIDIA: Localizing In the Dark with Illumination-Awareness toward Perception-Aware Planning", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-071 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Velentzas2026jun,
    • author = {Velentzas, Iason, G and Kento, Tomita},
    • title = {{LIDIA: Localizing In the Dark with Illumination-Awareness toward Perception-Aware Planning}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-071}
    • }
  •  Wang, Z., Jha, D.K., Qureshi, A.H., Romeres, D., "PPGuide: Steering Diffusion Policies with Performance Predictive Guidance", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-066 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Wang2026may2,
    • author = {Wang, Zixing and Jha, Devesh K. and Qureshi , Ahmed H. and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {{PPGuide: Steering Diffusion Policies with Performance Predictive Guidance}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-066}
    • }
  •  Xu, Z., Shirai, Y., "UNIC: Learning Unified Multimodal Extrinsic Contact Estimation", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-065 PDF Video Data Software
    • @inproceedings{Xu2026may,
    • author = {Xu, Zhengtong and Shirai, Yuki},
    • title = {{UNIC: Learning Unified Multimodal Extrinsic Contact Estimation}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-065}
    • }
  •  Singh, D., Sun, H., Kawano, S., Raghunathan, A., Takaguchi, Y., Luo, F., "Adaptive Hybrid Prediction-Correction with Trust-Region and Dynamic Line Search for AC/DC Load Flow", IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, DOI: 10.1109/​TPWRD.2026.3664002, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 1192-1203, May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-067 PDF
    • @article{Singh2026may,
    • author = {Singh, Deepi and Sun, Hongbo and Kawano, Shunsuke and Raghunathan, Arvind and Takaguchi, Yusuke and Luo, Fang},
    • title = {{Adaptive Hybrid Prediction-Correction with Trust-Region and Dynamic Line Search for AC/DC Load Flow}},
    • journal = {IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery},
    • year = 2026,
    • volume = 41,
    • number = 3,
    • pages = {1192--1203},
    • month = may,
    • doi = {10.1109/TPWRD.2026.3664002},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-067}
    • }
  •  Leung, J., Di Cairano, S., "Invariant-set motion-planner for unicycle dynamics under closed-loop feedback linearization", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-064 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Leung2026may2,
    • author = {Leung, Jordan and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
    • title = {{Invariant-set motion-planner for unicycle dynamics under closed-loop feedback linearization}},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-064}
    • }
  •  Bortoff, S.A., Quah, T., Rawlings, J.B., "A Comparison of MPC Architectures for a Heat Pump", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-060 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Bortoff2026may,
    • author = {Bortoff, Scott A. and Quah, Titus and Rawlings, James B.},
    • title = {{A Comparison of MPC Architectures for a Heat Pump}},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-060}
    • }
  •  Leung, J., Vinod, A.P., "A set-based approach for stable MPC with Minkowski cost functions", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-062 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Leung2026may,
    • author = {Leung, Jordan and Vinod, Abraham P.},
    • title = {{A set-based approach for stable MPC with Minkowski cost functions}},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-062}
    • }
  •  Silvestre, D., Vinod, A.P., "Robust Controllable Set Computation using Constrained Convex Generators", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-063 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Silvestre2026may,
    • author = {Silvestre, Daniel and Vinod, Abraham P.},
    • title = {{Robust Controllable Set Computation using Constrained Convex Generators}},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-063}
    • }
  •  Zinage, S., Dixit, V., Chakrabarty, A., Qiao, H., Laughman, C.R., Bilionis, I., Deshpande, V.M., "Sequential Model Calibration of Vapor Compression Cycles using Approximate Bayesian Computation", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-061 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Zinage2026may,
    • author = {Zinage, Shrenik and Dixit, Vaibhav and Chakrabarty, Ankush and Qiao, Hongtao and Laughman, Christopher R. and Bilionis, Ilias and Deshpande, Vedang M.},
    • title = {{Sequential Model Calibration of Vapor Compression Cycles using Approximate Bayesian Computation}},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-061}
    • }
  •  Lakha, B., Guo, J., Parsons, K., Sumi, T., Nagai, Y., Serra, E., "Multi-Hop IoT Network Fault Detection Using Spatio-Temporal Graph Neural Network", IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC), May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-059 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Lakha2026may,
    • author = {Lakha, Bishal and Guo, Jianlin and Parsons, Kieran and Sumi, Takenori and Nagai, Yukimasa and Serra, Edoardo},
    • title = {{Multi-Hop IoT Network Fault Detection Using Spatio-Temporal Graph Neural Network}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-059}
    • }
  •  Vaziri, A., Qiao, H., Laughman, C.R., Fang, H., "Modular Deep Learning Framework for Vapor-Compression HVAC Systems: Scalable, Efficient, and Physically Consistent Modeling", Applied Thermal Engineering, May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-058 PDF
    • @article{Vaziri2026may,
    • author = {Vaziri, Ali and Qiao, Hongtao and Laughman, Christopher R. and Fang, Huazhen},
    • title = {{Modular Deep Learning Framework for Vapor-Compression HVAC Systems: Scalable, Efficient, and Physically Consistent Modeling}},
    • journal = {Applied Thermal Engineering},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-058}
    • }
  •  Hu, H., Liu, C., Wang, Y., "Verified Task-Space Motion Planning Under Joint-Space Constraints", arXiv, May 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Hu2026may,
    • author = {Hu, Hanjiang and Liu, Changliu and Wang, Yebin},
    • title = {{Verified Task-Space Motion Planning Under Joint-Space Constraints}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.22991}
    • }
  •  Queeney, J., Cai, X., Schperberg, A., Corcodel, R., Benosman, M., How, J., "GRAM: Generalization in Deep RL with a Robust Adaptation Module", IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-057 PDF
    • @article{Queeney2026may,
    • author = {Queeney, James and Cai, Xiaoyi and Schperberg, Alexander and Corcodel, Radu and Benosman, Mouhacine and How, Jonathan},
    • title = {{GRAM: Generalization in Deep RL with a Robust Adaptation Module}},
    • journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-057}
    • }
  •  Ding, T., Xie, Y., Liang, Y., Chatterjee, M., Miraldo, P., Jiang, H., "LASER: Layer-wise Scale Alignment for Training-Free Streaming 4D Reconstruction", IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-055 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Ding2026may,
    • author = {Ding, Tianye and Xie, Yiming and Liang, Yiqing and Chatterjee, Moitreya and Miraldo, Pedro and Jiang, Huaizu},
    • title = {{LASER: Layer-wise Scale Alignment for Training-Free Streaming 4D Reconstruction}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-055}
    • }
  •  Lalit, M., Govindu, V., "Parallel Rigidity Matters for Bundle Adjustment", IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-053 PDF Video Presentation
    • @inproceedings{Lalit2026may,
    • author = {{Lalit, Manam and Govindu, Venu}},
    • title = {{Parallel Rigidity Matters for Bundle Adjustment}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-053}
    • }
  •  Piedade, V., Manam, L., Yamazaki, M., Miraldo, P., "Revisiting Monocular SLAM with Spatio-Temporal Scene Modeling", IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-056 PDF Video Software Presentation
    • @inproceedings{Piedade2026may,
    • author = {{Piedade, Valter and Manam, Lalit and Yamazaki, Masashi and Miraldo, Pedro}},
    • title = {{Revisiting Monocular SLAM with Spatio-Temporal Scene Modeling}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-056}
    • }