PhyT2V: LLM-Guided Iterative Self-Refinement for Physics-Grounded Text-to-Video Generation

Kavli Affiliate: Wei Gao | First 5 Authors: Qiyao Xue, Xiangyu Yin, Boyuan Yang, Wei Gao, | Summary: Text-to-video (T2V) generation has been recently enabled by transformer-based diffusion models, but current T2V models lack capabilities in adhering to the real-world common knowledge and physical rules, due to their limited understanding of physical realism and deficiency […]


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Enhanced Capture Point Control Using Thruster Dynamics and QP-Based Optimization for Harpy

Kavli Affiliate: Morteza Gharib | First 5 Authors: Shreyansh Pitroda, Eric Sihite, Taoran Liu, Kaushik Venkatesh Krishnamurthy, Chenghao Wang | Summary: Our work aims to make significant strides in understanding unexplored locomotion control paradigms based on the integration of posture manipulation and thrust vectoring. These techniques are commonly seen in nature, such as Chukar birds […]


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Conjugate momentum based thruster force estimate in dynamic multimodal robot

Kavli Affiliate: Morteza Gharib | First 5 Authors: Shreyansh Pitroda, Eric Sihite, Taoran Liu, Kaushik Venkatesh Krishnamurthy, Chenghao Wang | Summary: In a multi-modal system which combines thruster and legged locomotion such our state-of-the-art Harpy platform to perform dynamic locomotion. Therefore, it is very important to have a proper estimate of Thruster force. Harpy is […]


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Quadratic Programming Optimization for Bio-Inspired Thruster-Assisted Bipedal Locomotion on Inclined Slopes

Kavli Affiliate: Morteza Gharib | First 5 Authors: Shreyansh Pitroda, Eric Sihite, Kaushik Venkatesh Krishnamurthy, Chenghao Wang, Adarsh Salagame | Summary: Our work aims to make significant strides in understanding unexplored locomotion control paradigms based on the integration of posture manipulation and thrust vectoring. These techniques are commonly seen in nature, such as Chukar birds […]


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Enabling steep slope walking on Husky using reduced order modeling and quadratic programming

Kavli Affiliate: Morteza Gharib | First 5 Authors: Kaushik Venkatesh Krishnamurthy, Eric Sihite, Chenghao Wang, Shreyansh Pitroda, Adarsh Salagame | Summary: Wing-assisted inclined running (WAIR) observed in some young birds, is an attractive maneuver that can be extended to legged aerial systems. This study proposes a control method using a modified Variable Length Inverted Pendulum […]


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Optimization free control and ground force estimation with momentum observer for a multimodal legged aerial robot

Kavli Affiliate: Morteza Gharib | First 5 Authors: Kaushik Venkatesh Krishnamurthy, Chenghao Wang, Shreyansh Pitroda, Eric Sihite, Alireza Ramezani | Summary: Legged-aerial multimodal robots can make the most of both legged and aerial systems. In this paper, we propose a control framework that bypasses heavy onboard computers by using an optimization-free Explicit Reference Governor that […]


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Numerical Analysis of Lensless Imaging with Active Metasurfaces and Single-Pixel Detectors

Kavli Affiliate: Harry A. Atwater | First 5 Authors: Julie Belleville, Prachi Thureja, Harry A. Atwater, , | Summary: We introduce a conceptual framework for a lensless imaging system which employs an active metasurface as a high-frequency, continuously tunable amplitude and phase modulation aperture, coupled to a discrete single-pixel detector. Using an array factor formalism, […]


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Modeling Extensive Defects in Metals through Active Machine Learning and Automated Configuration Reconstruction

Kavli Affiliate: Wei Gao | First 5 Authors: Fei Shuang, Kai Liu, Yucheng Ji, Wei Gao, Luca Laurenti | Summary: Extended defects such as dislocation networks and complex grain boundaries are ubiquitous in metals, and accurately modeling these extensive defects is crucial for understanding their deformation mechanisms. Existing machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) often fall […]


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Modeling Extensive Defects in Metals through Classical Potential-Guided Sampling and Automated Configuration Reconstruction

Kavli Affiliate: Wei Gao | First 5 Authors: Fei Shuang, Kai Liu, Yucheng Ji, Wei Gao, Luca Laurenti | Summary: Extended defects such as dislocation networks and general grain boundaries are ubiquitous in metals, and accurately modeling these extensive defects is crucial for understanding their deformation mechanisms. Existing machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) often fall […]


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Fast Unconditional Reset and Leakage Reduction of a Tunable Superconducting Qubit via an Engineered Dissipative Bath

Kavli Affiliate: Oskar Painter | First 5 Authors: Gihwan Kim, Andreas Butler, Vinicius S. Ferreira, Xueyue Zhang, Alex Hadley | Summary: Rapid and accurate initialization of qubits, reset, is a crucial building block for various tasks in quantum information processing, such as quantum error-correction and estimation of statistics of noisy quantum devices with many qubits. […]


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