Publications

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  • Khadivar, F., Chatzilygeroudis, K., & Billard, A. “Self-Correcting Quadratic Programming-Based Robot Control.” Submitted to IJRR, Aug 2021.

  • Khadivar, F. and Billard, A. “Learning Grasp and Manipulation Control based on Coupled Dynamical Systems.” Submitted to T-RO, July 2021.

  • Yao, K. and Billard, A. “Exploiting Kinematic Redundancy for Robotic Grasping of Multiple Objects.” Submitted to T-RO, Feb. 2022. Under review.

  • Fichera, B. and Billard, A. “Linearization and Identification of Multiple-Attractors Dynamical Systems through Laplacian Eigenmaps.” Submitted to Journal of Machine Learning Research, 2022. Under review.
  • Billard, A., Mirrazavi S. and Figueroa N. (2022). ” Learning for Adaptive and Reactive Robot Control.” MIT Press. Link here.
  • Huber, L., Slotine, J.-J., and Billard, A. “Avoiding Dense and Dynamic Obstacles in Enclosed Spaces: Application to Moving in Crowds.” IEEE Transactions on Robotics (2022). DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2022.3164789
    Publication        Video        Code

  • Yao, K., Sternad, D., and Billard, A. (2021). “Hand Pose Selection in a Bimanual Fine-Manipulation Task.” Journal of Neurophysiology 126, no. 1. DOI:10.1152/jn.00635.2020.
    Publication (JNP)     Publication (PubMed)
    Dataset (GitHub)      Dataset (Zenodo)

  • Khadivar, F., Lauzana, I., & Billard, A. (2021). “Learning dynamical systems with bifurcations.” Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 136, 103700.  DOI:10.1016/j.robot.2020.103700.
    Publication      Video      Code

  • Wu, R., Billard A. (2021). “Learning from demonstration and interactive control of variable impedance to cut soft tissues.”, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. DOI: 10.1109/TMEACH.2021.3123356.
    Publication        Video

  • Chatzilygeroudis K., Fichera B., Lauzana I., Bu, F., Yao K., Khadivar F., and Billard A. (2020). “Benchmark for Bimanual Robotic Manipulation of Semi-Deformable Objects.“, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 5(2), pp.2443-2450. DOI:10.1109/LRA.2020.2972837
    Publication

  • Yao, K. and Billard, A. (2020). “An inverse optimization approach to understand human acquisition of kinematic coordination in bimanual fine manipulation tasks.” Biological Cybernetics, 2020, 114(1), pp.63-82. DOI:0.1007/s00422-019-00814-9
    Publication      Dataset (Github)     Dataset (Zenodo)
    Code (GitHub)      Code (Zenodo)

  • Billard, A. and Kragic, D. (2019). “Trends and Challenges in Robot Manipulation.” Science, 21 Jun 2019: Vol. 364, Issue 6446, DOI:10.1126/science.aat8414
    Publication (EPFL infoscience)      Publication (Science.org)

  • Yao, K., Sternad, D., and Billard, A. (2022). “Effects of task conditions on human hand pose selection strategies in a bimanual fine manipulation task”. Neural Control of Movement 2022 Annual meeting, Dublin, Ireland July 25-29 2022.
    Publication

  • Savio, C.*, Yao, K.*, and Billard, A. (2022). “Force synergies within and across the two hands in bimanual skill acquisition”.  Neural Control of Movement 2022 Annual Meeting. Dublin, Ireland, July 25-29, 2022. * Authors contributed to the work equally.

  • Yao, K. and Billard, A. (2020). “Effects of task conditions on human hand pose selection strategies in bimanual fine manipulation tasks.” Neural Control of Movement (NCM), Annual Meeting. Dubrovnik, Coratia, 2020.
    Conference cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Publication

  • Khadivar, F., Gupta, S., Amanhoud, W., & Billard, A. (2021). “Efficient Configuration Exploration in Inverse Dynamics Acquisition of Robotic Manipulators.” International Conference on Robotics and Automation (2021). DOI:10.1109/ICRA48506.2021.9561587
    Publication      Code

  • Yao, K., Haget, A., and Billard, A. (2019). “Towards understanding of human kinematic coordination patterns in bimanual fine manipulation tasks.” Progress in Motor Control XII: Movement Improvement. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 7-10, 2019.
    Publication

  • Huber, L, Slotine, J.-J., and Billard, A. (2021). “A Unified Approach to Obstacle Avoidance and Motion Learning.” Workshop on Deployable Decision Making in Embodied Systems (DDM). NeurIPS 2021.
    Publication

  • Yao, K. and Billard, A. (2020). “Effect of task conditions on human hand control strategies in bimanual fine manipulation.” Workshop on Learning of Manual Skills in Humans and Robots. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).
    Video

  • Yao, K., Fichera, B., Haget, A., Lauzana, I., and Billard, A. (2018). “Integrating Multisensory Information for Modeling Human Dexterous Bimanual Manipulation Skills.” Workshop: The Intelligence of Touch: Haptics, Tactile, Interaction. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Madrid, Spain, October 1-5, 2018.
    Abstract