TC Virtual Poster Session and Networking Event 2025
Overview
The Technical Committee on Model-Based Optimization for Robotics will hold the annual Summer virtual poster session and networking event on Thursday, July 24th, 2025 (9:00-11:30 AM EDT, 3:00-5:30 PM CEST, 10:00 PM - 12:30 AM JST). There will also be a Best Poster Award associated with the event, consisting of USD $250 that can be used within 2025 (until December 31st) for expenses eligible to be reimbursed by IEEE for the purpose of attending an IEEE-RAS conference (e.g. travel, conference fees, meals). The award will be selected at the end of the event.
Event Details
Date/Time: Thursday, July 24th, 2025 (9:00-11:30 AM EDT, 3:00-5:30 PM CEST, 10:00 PM - 12:30 AM JST)
Schedule (all times are in EDT) - there is an overlap of 30 minutes between the two poster sessions:
| Time | Schedule Item | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 9:05 AM | Welcome | |
| 9:05 - 10:30 AM | Poster Session 1 (room 1 and 2) | https://app.spatial.chat/s/tc-mbr?room=AP79DBHBBfZjYwPPGIS7 |
| 10:00 - 11:25 AM | Poster Session 2 (room 3 and 4) | https://app.spatial.chat/s/tc-mbr?room=AP79DBHBBfZjYwPPGIS7 |
| 11:25 - 11:30 AM | Closing remarks |
Session 1 Posters
Room 1
Dynamic-ASM6D: Real-time 6D Object Pose and Shape Estimation via Active Shape Models and ADMM, Ho Jin Choi, Yi-Hsuan Cheng, Minku Kim, Nadia Figueroa
Dual Hierarchical Least-Squares Programming with Equalities, Kai Pfeiffer
Value-biased initial conditions for data-efficient exploration in model-based policy optimization, Elisa Alboni, Gianluigi Grandesso, Gastone P. Rosati Papini, Justin Carpentier and Andrea Del Prete
Monotone Subsystem Decomposition for Efficient Multi-Objective Robot Design, Andrew Wilhelm and Nils Napp
A Co-Design Framework for Energy-Aware Monoped Jumping with Detailed Actuator Modeling, Aman Singh, Aastha Mishra, Suryank Joshi, Shishir Kolathaya
Mobile Pedipulation for Object Sliding via a Wheeled Bipedal Robot, Yue Qin and Yanran Ding
Room 2
Endpoint-Explicit Differential Dynamic Programming via Exact Resolution, Maria Parillli, Sergi Martinez, Carlos Mastalli
Parallel-Constraint Model Predictive Control: Exploiting Parallel Computation for Improving Safety, Elias Fontanari, Gianni Lunardi, Matteo Saveriano, Andrea Del Prete
Ergodic control for active sensing of surfaces with correlated defects, Veronica Campana, Andrea Del Prete, Luigi Palopoli, Daniele Fontanelli
KernelSOS for Global Sampling-Based Optimal Control and Estimation via Semidefinite Programming, Antoine Groudiev, Fabian Schramm, Éloïse Berthier, Justin Carpentier, and Frederike Dümbgen
On the Surprising Robustness of Sequential Convex Optimization for Contact-Implicit Motion Planning, Haoyu Han
Optimization-Based State and Parameter Estimation for Contact-Rich Robotics via Moving Horizon Estimation, Jiarong Kang and Xiaobin Xiong
Session 2 Posters
Room 3
Covariance Calibration for State Estimation on Mobile Robots via Bi-level Optimization, Denglin Cheng, Jiarong Kang, Xiaobin Xiong
Model-Based Reinforcement Learning With Adaptive Horizon for Trajectory Tracking of Lower Limb Exoskeleton, RV Mowbray, Sourav Rakshit
Loop Constrained Articulated Body Algorithms, Ajay Sathya, Justin Carpentier
Simultaneous Contact Sequence and Patch Planning for Dynamic Locomotion, Victor Dhédin, Majid Khadiv
Kinodynamic Model Predictive Control for Energy Efficient Locomotion of Legged Robots with Parallel Elasticity, Yulun Zhuang, Yichen Wang, Yanran Ding
Task-transfer across Curved Objects using Smooth Orientation Fields, Cem Bilaloglu, Tobias Löw and Sylvain Calinon
Room 4
Robust and Efficient Embedded Convex Optimization through First-Order Adaptive Caching, Ishaan Mahajan, Brian Plancher
Task and Motion Planning for Humanoid Loco-manipulation, Michal Ciebielski, Victor Dhedin, Majid Khadiv
Fast But Accurate: A Real-Time Hyperelastic Simulator with Robust Frictional Contact, Ziqiu ZENG, Siyuan LUO, Fan SHI
Physically Consistent Humanoid Loco-Manipulation using Latent Diffusion Models, Ilyass Taouil, Haizhou Zhao, Angela Dai, Majid Khadiv
From Movement Primitives to Distance Fields to Dynamical Systems, Yiming Li