Insect-inspired robots: bridging biological and artificial systems

P Manoonpong, L Patanè, X Xiong, I Brodoline… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review article aims to address common research questions in hexapod robotics. How
can we build intelligent autonomous hexapod robots that can exploit their biomechanics …

Ess-infogail: Semi-supervised imitation learning from imbalanced demonstrations

H Fu, K Tang, Y Lu, Y Qi, G Deng… - Advances in Neural …, 2024 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Imitation learning aims to reproduce expert behaviors without relying on an explicit reward
signal. However, real-world demonstrations often present challenges, such as multi-modal …

Machine learning in unmanned systems for chemical synthesis

G Wang, X Wu, B Xin, X Gu, G Wang, Y Zhang, J Zhao… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chemical synthesis is state-of-the-art, and, therefore, it is generally based on chemical
intuition or experience of researchers. The upgraded paradigm that incorporates automation …

Multi-view reasoning: Consistent contrastive learning for math word problem

W Zhang, Y Shen, Y Ma, X Cheng, Z Tan… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Math word problem solver requires both precise relation reasoning about quantities in the
text and reliable generation for the diverse equation. Current sequence-to-tree or relation …

Hierarchical free gait motion planning for hexapod robots using deep reinforcement learning

X Wang, H Fu, G Deng, C Liu, K Tang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article addresses the problem of legged locomotion in unstructured environments, and
a novel hierarchical multicontact motion planning method for hexapod robots is proposed by …

A closed-loop perception, decision-making and reasoning mechanism for human-like navigation

W Zhang, K Zhao, P Li, X Zhu, Y Shen, Y Ma… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Reliable navigation systems have a wide range of applications in robotics and autonomous
driving. Current approaches employ an open-loop process that converts sensor inputs …

Incremental Reinforcement Learning via Performance Evaluation and Policy Perturbation

G Deng, H Fu, X Wang, C Liu, K Tang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Rapid adaptation to the environment is the long-term task of reinforcement learning.
However, reinforcement learning faces great challenges in dynamic environments …

Adaptive gait generation for hexapod robots based on reinforcement learning and hierarchical framework

Z Qiu, W Wei, X Liu - Actuators, 2023 - mdpi.com
Gait plays a decisive role in the performance of hexapod robot walking; this paper focuses
on adaptive gait generation with reinforcement learning for a hexapod robot. Moreover, the …

Hierarchical Multi-contact Motion Planning of Hexapod Robots with Incremental Reinforcement Learning

K Tang, H Fu, G Deng, X Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Legged locomotion in unstructured environments with static and dynamic obstacles is
challenging. This paper proposes a novel Hierarchical Multi-Contact motion planning …

Development of a bionic hexapod robot with adaptive gait and clearance for enhanced agricultural field scouting

Z Zhang, W He, F Wu, L Quesada… - 2024 ASABE Annual …, 2024 - elibrary.asabe.org
In this study, we introduce a new bionic hexapod robot designed for agricultural applications
to address the limitations of traditional wheeled agricultural robots. Our design features a …