Prof. Aaron Ames — Research Profile
California Institute of Technology · Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Graduate application deadlines
Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (ME) — MS/PhD
Fall 2027Application deadline
Dec 15, 2026
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캘리포니아 공과대학교 기계토목공학과 소속 Aaron Ames 교수의 등록된 연구 분야는 Bipedal robotics, hybrid systems, Zeno behavior, prosthetic devices입니다.
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Recent papers
- CSF: Contextual Safety Filtering for Motion GeneratorsPreprintarXiv (Cornell University) · Oct 8
- Constructive Safety-Critical Control for a Class of Underactuated Systems: A Hierarchical ApproachPreprintarXiv (Cornell University) · Oct 7
- HULK: Learning Whole-Body Forceful Loco-Manipulation for HumanoidsPreprintarXiv (Cornell University) · Oct 6
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Backup Control Barrier Function Synthesis using Sum-of-Squares ReachabilityPreprintarXiv (Cornell University) · Aug 28Shared topic: Formal Methods in Verification
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QF3: Fast Flow RL with Filtered Q-GradientsPreprintarXiv (Cornell University) · Oct 6Shared topic: Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
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Reinforcement Learning via Advantage GuidancePreprintarXiv (Cornell University) · Oct 14Shared topic: Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
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