Two books published from Hybrid & Networked Systems Group

New book1: Safe Autonomy with Control Barrier Functions Wei Xiao, Christos G. Cassandras, Calin Belta, Safe Autonomy with Control Barrier Functions, Springer, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27576-0 About the book: This book presents the concept of Control Barrier Function (CBF), which captures the evolution of safety requirements during the execution of a system and can be used […]

Recent Student Awards

Congratulations to Mela Coffey and Brennan Brodt, who both received travel awards from the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society to attend the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in London, UK. Additionally, Mela won Best Graduate Student Portfolio in the the 2023 Boston University College of Engineering Design Portfolio Contest. Mela also […]

Prof. Pierson wins NSF CAREER Award

Professor Pierson recently won a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for her proposal entitled “Decentralized and Online Planning for Emergent Cooperation in Multi-Robot Teams.” The total expected amount of the award is $599,998, with a duration of five years starting March 2023. Award Abstract: Mobile robot teams can […]

BU Robotics Lab: 2 papers accepted at the 2023 Learning for Dynamics and Control Conference (L4DC)

There are 2 papers from Boston University accepted at the 2023 Learning for Dynamics and Control Conference (L4DC)! Congratulations! CatlNet: Learning Communication and Coordination Policies from CaTL+ Specifications Wenliang Liu (Boston University) Kevin Leahy Zachary Serlin Calin Belta (Boston University) Time-Incremental Learning of Temporal Logic Classifiers Using Decision Trees Erfan Aasi (Boston University) Minyu Cai […]

BU Robotics Lab: 2 papers accepted at the 22nd World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC 2023)

There are 2 papers from Boston University accepted at the 22nd World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC 2023)! Congratulations! 1. A Graph-Based Approach to Generate Energy-Optimal Robot Trajectories in Polygonal Environments Logan Beaver (Boston University) Roberto Tron (Boston University) Christos Cassandras (Boston University) 2. Optimal Merging Control of an Autonomous Vehicle […]

BU Robotics Lab: 4 papers accepted at the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023)

There are 4 papers from Boston University accepted at the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023)! Congratulations! 1. Heterogeneous Coverage and Multi-Resource Allocation in Supply-Constrained Teams Mela Coffey (Boston University) Alyssa Pierson (Boston University) 2. Obscuring Objectives with Pareto-Optimal Privacy-Aware Trajectories in Multi-Robot Coverage Brennan Brodt (Boston University) Alyssa Pierson (Boston […]

BU Robotics Lab: 12 papers accepted at 2023 American Control Conference (ACC 2023)

There are 12 papers from BU Robotics Lab accepted at the 2023 American Control Conference (ACC 2023)! Congratulations! 1. REACTMIN: Reactive Scanning Based Single Particle Tracking Using a Minimum of Light Vickers, Nicholas A. (Boston University) Subedi, Sandip (Boston University) Andersson, Sean B. (Boston University) 2. Constraint-Driven Optimal Control for Emergent Swarming and Predator Avoidance […]

BU Robotics Lab: 7 papers accepted at the 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2022)

There are 7 papers from BU Robotics Lab accepted at the 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2022)! Congratulations! 1. Neuromimetic Linear Systems – Resilience and Learning (I) Sun, Zexin (Boston University) Baillieul, John (Boston University) 2. Robust Control Barrier Functions for Nonlinear Control Systems with Uncertainty: A Duality-Based Approach (I) Cohen, Max […]

Mela Coffey wins best presentation at CGSW 9.0

Mela Coffey was recently awarded best presentation at this year’s CISE Graduate Student Workshop (CGSW 9.0), where she presented her research on a coverage control approach to multi-resource allocation. The research she presented, titled “Heterogeneous Coverage and Multi-Resource Allocation in Supply-Constrained Teams”, will appear in the ICRA 2023 proceedings. Check out more details about CGSW […]