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  • Autonomous navigationMobile robots, path planning, and model predictive control
  • Robot learningReinforcement learning, sim2real transfer, and imitation learning
  • Vision-language modelsLanguage-conditioned robotic control and navigation
  • ManipulationRobotic manipulation and agricultural robotics

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