Publications

RPF-Search: Heuristic-Guided Search with Uncertain Motion Cues for Robot Person Following in Unknown Dynamic Environments

Hanjing Ye*, Kuanqi Cai*, Jieting Zhao, Yu Zhang, Arash Ajoudani†, Hong Zhang†.
Preparing for submission to IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Demonstration to Adaptation: A User-Guided Framework for Sequential and Real-Time Planning

Kuanqi Cai, Riddhiman Laha, Yuhe Gong, Lingyun Chen, Liding Zhang, Luis F.C. Figueredo, Sami Haddadin.
2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
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Sampling-based Path Planning in Highly Dynamic and Crowded Pedestrian Flow

Kuanqi Cai, Weinan Chen, Daniel Dugas, Roland Siegwart, Jen Jen Chung
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
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Curiosity-based Robot Navigation under Uncertainty in Crowded Environments

Kuanqi Cai, Weinan Chen, Chaoqun Wang, Hong Zhang, Max Q.-H. Meng
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters with 2023 IROS2023
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FlowBot: Flow-based Modeling for Robot Navigation

Daniel Dugas, Kuanqi Cai, Olov Andersson, Nicholas Robert Jonathon Lawrance, Roland Siegwart, Jen Jen Chung
2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
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Human-aware Path Planning with Improved Virtual Doppler Method in Highly Dynamic Environments

Kuanqi Cai, Weinan Chen, Chaoqun Wang, Shuang Song, Max Q.-H. Meng
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
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Risk-aware Path Planning under Uncertainty in Dynamic Environments

Kuanqi Cai*, Chaoqun Wang*, Shuang Song, Haoyao Chen, Max Q.-H. Meng
Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems
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Adaptive Sampling for Human-aware Path Planning in Dynamic Environments

Kuanqi Cai, Chaoqun Wang, Chenming Li, Shuang Song, Max Q.-H. Meng
2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)
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A Vision-Based Road Surface Slope Estimation Algorithm for Mobile Service Robots in Indoor Environments

Kuanqi Cai, Wenzheng Chi, Max Qing-Hu Meng
2018 IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation (ICIA)
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Mobile Robot Path Planning in Dynamic Environments: A Survey

Kuanqi Cai, Chaoqun WANG, Jiyu CHENG, Shuang SONG, Clarence W.DE SILVA, Max Q.-H.Meng
Instrumentation journal
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Patents

A Four-wheel Mobile Machine Car for Loading

Kuanqi Cai, Boyi Liu, Zhuhua Hu, et al. China Patent. CN107323565A. 07/11/2017. Issue.

An Intelligent Monitoring Autonomous Robot for Recognition of Pests

Kuanqi Cai, Boyi Liu, Yan Zhang. China Patent. CN106976062A. 25/07/2017. Issue.

An Automatic Coconut Puncturing and Juice Collecting Machine

Kuanqi Cai, Boyi Liu, Xinyu Wei, et al. China Patent. CN205585269U. 21/09/2016. Issue.

An Intellegent Rubber Tapping Knife

Boyi Liu, Kuanqi Cai, Yan Zhang, et al. China Patent. CN106342655A. 25/01/2017. Issue.

The Design of Automatic Coconuts Meat Harvesting Machine Based on the PLC Combined with Hooke's Law

Zhenbin Chen, Kuanqi Cai, Boyi Liu, et al. China Patent. CN206260775U. 20/06/2017. Issue.

Pests and Diseases Identification Robot

Yan Zhang, Kuanqi Cai, Boyi Liu, et al. China Design Patent. CN304394264S. 08/12/2017. Issue.