Publications

Jiajun Yu, Nanhe Chen, Guodong Liu, Chao Xu, Fei Gao, Yanjun Cao (2025). TOP: Trajectory Optimization via Parallel Optimization towards Constant Time Complexity . IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL).

Zhenyu Hou, Senming Tan, Zhihao Zhang, Long Xu, Mengke Zhang, Zhaoqi He, Chao Xu, Fei Gao, Yanjun Cao (2025). Real-time Spatial-temporal Traversability Assessment via Feature-based Sparse Gaussian Process. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2025(IROS 2025).

Qiuyu Ren, Miao Xu, Mengke Zhang, Nanhe Chen, Mingwei Lai, Chao Xu, Fei Gao, Yanjun Cao (2025). COVER: cross-vehicle transition framework for quadrotor control in air-ground cooperation. Autonomous Robots (AR).

Yuman Gao, Ruibin Zhang, Tiancheng Lai, Yanjun Cao, Chao Xu, Fei Gao (2025). Autonomous Exploration with Terrestrial-Aerial Bimodal Vehicles. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL).

Mingwei Lai, Yuqian Ye, Hanyu Wu, Chice Xuan, Ruibin Zhang, Qiuyu Ren, Chao Xu, Fei Gao, Yanjun Cao (2025). TrofyBot: A Transformable Rolling and Flying Robot with High Energy Efficiency. 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2025).

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Mengke Zhang, Zhihao Tian, Yaoguang Xia, Chao Xu, Fei Gao, Yanjun Cao (2025). Efficient Trajectory Generation Based on Traversable Planes in 3D Complex Architectural Spaces. 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2025).

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Wenjun He; Xingpeng Wang; Pengfei Wang; Tianfu Zhang; Chao Xu; Fei Gao; Yanjun Cao* (2025). EAR-SLAM: Environment-aware robust localization system for terrestrial-aerial bimodal vehicles. 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2025).

Mengke Zhang, Nanhe Chen, Hu Wang, Jianxiong Qiu, Zhichao Han, Qiuyu Rem, Chao Xu, Fei Gao, Yanjun Cao (2025). Universal Trajectory Optimization Framework for Differential Drive Robot Class. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (TASE).

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Baozhe Zhang, Xinwei Chen, Qingcheng Chen, Giovanni Beltrame, Chao Xu, Fei Gao, Yanjun Cao (2025). Global-State-Free Obstacle Avoidance for Quadrotor Control in Air-Ground Cooperation. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL).

Chice Xuan, Jiadong Lu, Zhihao Tian, Jiacheng Li, Mengke Zhang, Hanbin Xie, Jianxiong Qiu, Chao Xu, Yanjun Cao (2024). Novel design of reconfigurable tracked robot with geometry-changing tracks. 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2024).

Zhehan Li, Rui Mao, Nanhe Chen, Chao Xu, Fei Gao, Yanjun Cao (2024). Colag: A collaborative air-ground framework for perception-limited ugvs’ navigation. 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2024).

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Nanhe Chen, Zhehan Li, Lun Quan, Xinwei Chen, Chao Xu, Fei Gao, Yanjun Cao (2023). Cost-Effective Swarm Navigation System via Close Cooperation. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters(RAL).

Baozhe Zhang, Xinwei Chen, Zhehan Li, Giovanni Beltrame, Chao Xu, Fei Gao, Yanjun Cao (2023). CoNi-MPC: Cooperative Non-inertial Frame Based Model Predictive Control. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL).

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Mengke Zhang, Chao Xu, Fei Gao, Yanjun Cao (2023). Trajectory optimization for 3d shape-changing robots with differential mobile base. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023).

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Zhiren Xun, Jian Huang, Zhehan Li, Zhenjun Ying, Yingjian Wang, Chao Xu, Fei Gao, Yanjun Cao (2023). CREPES: Cooperative RElative Pose Estimation System. 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems(ICRA 2023).