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ArcLab is located at the Mechanical Engineering (ME) at the University of Hong Kong (HKU).
Our research focuses on various control techniques which can enhance the autonomy of robotics.
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 2024

W Guan, P Chen, H Zhao, Y Wang, P Lu, "EVI-SAM: Robust, Real-time, Tightly-coupled Event-Visual-Inertial State Estimation and 3D Dense Mapping," Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2024, 1-24.

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X Cao, M Li, Y Tao, P Lu, "HMA-SAR: Multi-Agent Search and Rescue for Unknown Located Dynamic Targets in Completely Unknown Environments," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024, 1-8.

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Z Luo, Y Dong, X Li, R Huang, Z Shu, E Xiao, P Lu, "MorAL: Learning Morphologically Adaptive Locomotion Controller for Quadrupedal Robots on Challenging Terrains," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024, 1-8.

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R Peng, Y Wang, P Lu, "A Tendon-Driven Continuum Manipulator With Robust Shape Estimation by Multiple IMUs," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024, 9(4), 3084 - 3091.

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 2023

 
P Chen, W Guan, F Huang, Y Zhong, W Wen, L-T Hsu, P Lu, "ECMD: An Event-Centric Multisensory Driving Dataset for SLAM," IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 2023, 1-10.

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Z Luo, E Xiao, P Lu, "FT-Net: Learning Failure Recovery and Fault-tolerant Locomotion For Quadruped Robots," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2023, 12(8):8414-8421.

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W Guan, P Chen, Y Xie, P Lu, "PL-EVIO: Robust monocular event-based visual inertial odometry with point and line features," IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2023, 1-17.

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Y Xie, M Lu, R Peng, P Lu, "Learning Agile Flights through Narrow Gaps with Varying Angles using Onboard Sensing," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2023, 8(9), 5424 - 5431.

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H Chen, CY Wen, F Gao, P Lu, "Flying in Dynamic Scenes With Multitarget Velocimetry and Perception-Enhanced Planning," IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2023, 1-12.

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R Duan, DP Paudel, CY Wen, P Lu, "Filtering 2D-3D Outliers by Camera Adjustment for Visual Odometry," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2023, 72, 1-12.

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C Fu, T Li, J Ye, G Zheng, S Li, P Lu, "Scale-Aware Domain Adaptation for Robust UAV Tracking," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2023, 8(6):3764 - 3771 .

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H Chen, S Chen, P Lu, CY Wen, "A Fast Planning Approach for 3D Short Trajectory with a Parallel Framework," Mechatronics, 2023, 1-12.

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Y Yang, Z Hou, H Chen, P Lu, "DRL-based Path Planner and its Application in Real Quadrotor with LIDAR," Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2023, 107(38):1-12.

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P. Chen, W. Guan and P. Lu, "ESVIO: Event-Based Stereo Visual Inertial Odometry," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2023.3269950.

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R. Peng, Z. Wang and P. Lu, "AeCoM: An Aerial Continuum Manipulator With IMU-Based Kinematic Modeling and Tendon-Slacking Prevention," in IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, doi: 10.1109/TSMC.2023.3257166.

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2022

M Lu, H Chen, P Lu, Perception and Avoidance of Multiple Small Fast Moving Objects for Quadrotors with Only Low-cost RGBD Camera, IEEE Robotics and Autonomous Letters, 2022,1-8.
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Z Hou, P Lu, Terminal Sliding Mode Control for Quadrotors with Chattering Reduction and Disturbances Estimator: Theory and Application, Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2022, 105(71):1-21.
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H Chen, P Lu, Q He, Real-time identification and avoidance of simultaneous static and dynamic obstacles on point cloud for UAVs navigation, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2022,154, 104124.
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R Duan, DP Paudel, C Fu, P Lu, Stereo Orientation Prior for UAV Robust and Accurate Visual Odometry, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2022, 1-14.
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Z Hou, P Lu, Event-Triggered Integral Sliding Mode Formation Control for Multiple Quadrotor UAVs with Unknown Disturbances, Franklin Open, 2022, 1-39.
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P Lu, Comparative Study of State and Unknown Input Estimation for Continuous-discrete Stochastic Systems, Franklin Open, 2022, 1-14.
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H Lin, S Lu, P Lu, H Que, P Sun, Centralized fusion estimation over wireless sensor-actuator networks with unobservable packet dropouts, Journal of the Franklin Institute 2022, 359 (2), 1569-1584.
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 2021

C Xiao, P Lu, Q He, Flying Through a Narrow Gap Using End-to-end Deep Reinforcement Learning Augmented with Curriculum Learning and Sim2Real, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2021, 1-8.
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P Lu, E van Kampen, CC de Visser, Q Chu, Angular acceleration estimation-based incremental nonlinear dynamic inversion for robust flight control, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 2020, 1-9.
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Y Li, X Liu, P Lu, Q He, R Ming, W Zhang, Air Data Sensor Fault Detection and Diagnosis in the Presence of Atmospheric Turbulence: Theory and Experimental Validation With Real Flight Data, Control Engineering Practice. 2021, 117, 104938.
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R Peng, X Chen, P Lu, A Motion decoupled Aerial Robotic Manipulator for Better Inspection, IROS, 2021.
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 R Peng, P Lu, Fast Adaptive Complementary Filter for Quadrotor Attitude Estimation During Aggressive Maneuvers, 2021 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), 182-187.
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 2020

F Li, C Fu, F Lin, Y Li, P Lu, Training-set distillation for real-time uav object tracking, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 9715-9721.
 
Han Chen and Peng Lu, Computationally Efficient Obstacle Avoidance Trajectory Planner for UAVs Based on Heuristic Angular Search Method, IROS, 2020.
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C Fu, X Yang, F Li, J Xu, C Liu, P Lu, Learning Consistency Pursued Correlation Filters for Real-Time UAV Tracking, IROS, 2020, 8293-8300.

Y He, C Fu, F Lin, Y Li, P Lu, Towards robust visual tracking for unmanned aerial vehicle with tri-attentional correlation filters, 2020 IROS, 2020, 1575-1582.

 Z Hou, P Lu, Z Tu, Nonsingular Terminal Sliding Mode Control for a Quadrotor UAV with a Total Rotor Failure, Aerospace Science and Technology, 2020.
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 2019

Q He, W Zhang, P Lu, J Liu, Performance comparison of representative model-based fault reconstruction algorithms for aircraft sensor fault detection and diagnosis, Aerospace Science and Technology, 2019.
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Han Chen, Chenxi Xiao, Peng Lu, Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance for UAVs Using a Fast Trajectory Planning Approach, 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO).
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P Lu, T Sandy, J Buchli, Adaptive Unscented Kalman Filter-based Disturbance Rejection With Application to High Precision Hydraulic Robotic Control, 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), accepted.
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Z. Huang, C. Fu, Y. Li, F. Lin, P. Lu. Learning aberrance repressed correlation filters for real-time uav tracking, 2019 Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2891-2900.

Z. Huang, C. Fu, Y. Li, F. Lin, P. Lu, Boundary Effect-Aware Visual Tracking for UAV with Online Enhanced Background Learning and Multi-Frame Consensus Verification, 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), accepted.

X Wang, E Van Kampen, QP Chu, P Lu, Stability Analysis for Incremental Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion Control, Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 2019, 42(5):1116-1129.
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X Wang, E Van Kampen, QP Chu, P Lu, Incremental Sliding Mode Fault-Tolerant Flight Control, Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 2019, 49(2):244-259.
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2018


P. Lu, T. Sandy, J. Buchli. Nonlinear disturbance attenuation control of hydraulic robotics. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2018.
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D. Falanga, P. Foehn, P. Lu, D. Scaramuzza, PAMPC: Perception-Aware Model Predictive Control for Quadrotors. 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).

X Wang, E Van Kampen, QP Chu, P Lu, Stability Analysis for Incremental Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion Control, 2018 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 1115
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2017

P Lu, E Van Kampen, QP Chu, Efficient Nonlinear Actuator Fault Reconstruction System, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2017, 1263
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P Lu, E van Kampen, CC de Visser, Q Chu, Framework for Simultaneous Sensor and Actuator Fault-Tolerant Control, Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics 2017, 40(8):2133-2136
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2016

P Lu, E van Kampen, CC de Visser, Q Chu, Aircraft Fault-Tolerant Trajectory Control Using Incremental Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion, Control Engineering Practice 2016
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P Lu, Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control for Aircraft Subjected to Sensor and Actuator Faults, Delft University of Technology, 2016
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P Lu, E van Kampen, CC de Visser, QP Chu, Framework for State and Unknown Input Estimation of Linear Time-varying Systems, Automatica 2016, 73, 145-154
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P Lu, E van Kampen, C de Visser, Q Chu, Nonlinear aircraft sensor fault reconstruction in the presence of disturbances validated by real flight data, Control Engineering Practice 2016, 49, 112-128
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P Lu, L Van Eykeren, E van Kampen, CC de Visser, QP Chu, Adaptive Three-Step Kalman Filter for Air Data Sensor Fault Detection and Diagnosis, Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics 2016
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2015

P Lu, E van Kampen, Active fault-tolerant control for quadrotors subjected to a complete rotor failure, 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 4698-4703
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P Lu, L Van Eykeren, E van Kampen, Q Chu, Selective-Reinitialization Multiple-Model Adaptive Estimation for Fault Detection and Diagnosis, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics 2015, 38 (8), 1409-1424
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P Lu, L Van Eykeren, E van Kampen, Q Chu, Sensor fault detection and estimation for quadrotors using kinematic equations, Advances in Aerospace Guidance, Navigation and Control 2015, 363-379
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P Lu, L Van Eykeren, E van Kampen, C de Visser, Q Chu, Double-model adaptive fault detection and diagnosis applied to real flight data, Control Engineering Practice 2015, 36, 39-57
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D Jatiningrum, P Lu, C de Visser, Q Chu, M Mulder, Development of a New Method for Calibrating an Angular Accelerometer Using a Calibration Table, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2015, 1-13
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P Lu, L Van Eykeren, E Van Kampen, QP Chu, Air Data Sensor Fault Detection and Diagnosis with Application to Real Flight Data, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 1-20
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P. Lu, E. van Kampen, Q. Chu. Nonlinear Quadrotor Control with Online Model Identification. Advances in Aerospace Guidance, Navigation and Control, 81-98.
Book Chapter

P. Lu, L. Van Eykeren, E. van Kampen, Q. Chu. Sensor Fault Detection and Estimation for Quadrotors Using Kinematic Equations. Advances in Aerospace Guidance, Navigation and Control, 363-379.
Book Chapter

P Lu, E Van Kampen, Active fault-tolerant control system using incremental backstepping approach, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2015, 1-18
Best Student Paper Finalists
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P Lu, E van Kampen, QP Chu, Nonlinear Quadrotor Control with Online Model Identification, Advances in Aerospace Guidance, Navigation and Control 2015, 81-98
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P Lu, E van Kampen, QP Chu, Robustness and Tuning of Incremental Backstepping Approach, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2015, 1-15
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P Lu, E van Kampen, CC de Visser, QP Chu, Aircraft Inertial Measurement Unit Fault Identification with Application to Real Flight Data, Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics 2015, 38 (12), 2467-2475
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2014
P Lu, E van Kampen, Selective-Reinitialization Multiple Model Adaptive Estimation for Fault Detection and Diagnosis, AIAA guidance, navigation, and control conference 2014, 1-18
Best Student Paper Finalists
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P Lu, E Van Kampen, B Yu, Actuator fault detection and diagnosis for quadrotors, International Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Competition 2014, 58-63

P Lu, L Van Eykeren, E van Kampen, QP Chu, B Yu, Adaptive Hybrid Unscented Kalman Filter for Aircraft Sensor Fault Detection, Isolation and Reconstruction, AIAA guidance, navigation, and control conference 2014, 1-24
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B. Yu, Y. Zhang, Y. Yi, Y. Qu, P. Lu. Fault Detection for Partial Loss of Effectiveness Faults of Actuators in a Quadrotor Unmanned Helicopter. Proceedings of the World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA), 2014.
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2012
P. Lu, W. Zhang, G. Li, X. Liu. Novel MOPSO and Its Application in the Reliability Optimization of
Large Complex Systems
. Application Research of Computers, 2012, 29(6):2153-2155.
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P. Lu, W. Zhang, G. Li, X. Liu, X. Li. A Novel MOPSO based on the Invasive Weed Mechanism. Journal of Northwestern Polytechnical University, 2012, 30(2):286-290.
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