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Contact-Robust Trajectory Planning via Parametric Sensitivity Analysis for Hybrid Robotic Systems

2026 IEEE ICRA

Posted on June 2, 2026

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Tags: legged robots robust control
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Robust RL Navigation Via Sensitivity-Aware Observation Augmentation

2025 IROS Workshop on The Art of Robustness Surviving Failures in Robotics

Posted on October 20, 2025

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Robust Sensitivity-Aware Chance-Constrained MPC for Efficient Handling of Multiple Uncertainty Sources

2025 IEEE RA-L

Posted on August 11, 2025

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Tags: aerial robots robust control
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Navigating a Complex World: Improving Robot Outcomes Through Social, Regulatory, and Control Theoretic Approaches

Thesis Defense

Posted on September 6, 2024

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Improving Equity in Robot Deployment: A Study of Food Pantry Patrons

In Preparation

Posted on June 28, 2024

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Tags: ethics
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Designing Safe Quadrupedal Gaits

2024 IEEE ICRA Workshop on Advancements in Trajectory Optimization and Model Predictive Control for Legged Systems

Posted on May 17, 2024

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Convergent iLQR for Safe Trajectory Planning and Control of Legged Robots

2024 IEEE ICRA

Posted on May 15, 2024

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Grounding Robot Locomotion in Self-Defense Law

2023 IEEE RO-MAN

Posted on August 31, 2023

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Tags: ethics
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By Air or by Land: How Locomotion Methods Dictate Drone Ethics

2022 IEEE ICRA Workshop on Addressing Ethical and Technical Challenges in the Development, Use, and Governance of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems

Posted on May 27, 2022

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Hybrid Event Shaping to Stabilize Periodic Hybrid Orbits

2022 IEEE ICRA

Posted on May 25, 2022

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Tags: legged robots robust control
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