Force-Torque Sensors – Calibration & Estimation

NSH 4305

Abstract: Wrist force-torque sensors were among the first proprioception sensors to be developed when robotics emerged as a field. They are now a mature technology already used in structured industrial applications like sanding and drilling. While they provide essential feedback in many manipulation algorithms, they do not garner as much excitement as exteroception sensors like [...]

Optimized Tradeoffs for Differentially Private Majority Ensembling

NSH 3305

Abstract: Inspired by the common subtask of ensembling or calibrating private models, we study the problem of computing an m*epsilon-differentially private majority of K epsilon-differentially private algorithms for m < K. We introduce a general framework to compute the private majority via Randomized Response (RRM) with a data-dependent noise function gamma that subsumes any non-trivial [...]

Spectral Mapping using Simple Sensors for Micro-Explorers

NSH 4305

Abstract: Spectral mapping is an essential task in exploration as it expands our understanding of material composition in an explored region. Although imaging spectrometers are ideal for obtaining spectra to construct spectral maps, their large size, high power consumption, and operational complexity make them impractical for small rovers and limited missions. In contrast, RGB cameras [...]

Latent-NeRF for Shape-Guided Generation of 3D Shapes and Textures

Newell-Simon Hall 3305

Abstract: In this talk, I will focus on presenting my recent work which will be presented at CVPR in less than two months. Text-guided image generation has progressed rapidly in recent years, inspiring major breakthroughs in text-guided shape generation. Recently, it has been shown that using score distillation, one can successfully text-guide a NeRF model to [...]