Kavli Affiliate: Wei Gao | First 5 Authors: Chenhao Zhang, Chenhao Zhang, , , | Summary: Dynamic point cloud compression (DPCC) is crucial in applications like autonomous driving and AR/VR. Current compression methods face challenges with complexity management and rate control. This paper introduces a novel dynamic coding framework that supports variable bitrate and computational […]

Kavli Affiliate: Wei Gao | First 5 Authors: Chenhao Zhang, Chenhao Zhang, , , | Summary: Neural Video Compression (NVC) has achieved remarkable performance in recent years. However, precise rate control remains a challenge due to the inherent limitations of learning-based codecs. To solve this issue, we propose a dynamic video compression framework designed for […]

Kavli Affiliate: Wei Gao | First 5 Authors: TianChen Huang, TianChen Huang, , , | Summary: Traversing narrow beams is challenging for humanoids due to sparse, safety-critical contacts and the fragility of purely learned policies. We propose a physically grounded, two-stage framework that couples an XCoM/LIPM footstep template with a lightweight residual planner and a […]

Kavli Affiliate: Wei Gao | First 5 Authors: TianChen Huang, TianChen Huang, , , | Summary: Traversing narrow beams is challenging for humanoids due to sparse, safety-critical contacts and the fragility of purely learned policies. We propose a physically grounded, two-stage framework that couples an XCoM/LIPM footstep template with a lightweight residual planner and a […]

Kavli Affiliate: Wei Gao | First 5 Authors: TianChen Huang, TianChen Huang, , , | Summary: Traversing narrow paths is challenging for humanoid robots due to the sparse and safety-critical footholds required. Purely template-based or end-to-end reinforcement learning-based methods suffer from such harsh terrains. This paper proposes a two stage training framework for such narrow […]

Kavli Affiliate: Wei Gao | First 5 Authors: TianChen Huang, TianChen Huang, , , | Summary: Traversing narrow paths is challenging for humanoid robots due to the sparse and safety-critical footholds required. Purely template-based or end-to-end reinforcement learning-based methods suffer from such harsh terrains. This paper proposes a two stage training framework for such narrow […]

Kavli Affiliate: Ali Hajimiri | First 5 Authors: Antonio Victor Machado de Oliveira, Antonio Victor Machado de Oliveira, , , | Summary: Electrical impedance tomography with fully integrated microfluidics and electronics is presented for the first time in a CMOS chip. Chambers and electrodes are fabricated in the interconnect layers of a 65 nm CMOS […]

Kavli Affiliate: James Bock | First 5 Authors: Sean Bryan, Sean Bryan, , , | Summary: SPHEREx is a NASA infrared astronomy mission that launched on March 12th, 2025 and is operating successfully in low-Earth orbit (LEO). The mission is currently observing the entire sky in 102 spectral channels in four independent all-sky surveys and […]