Yancy Diaz-Mercado
Associate Professor
Directs the Collaborative Controls and Robotics Laboratory, developing network and optimal control methods for multi-robot autonomy and human-swarm interaction.
Yancy Diaz-Mercado's lab at UMD works on planning, control & multi-robot systems and human-AI collaboration & trust. 10 papers since 2023, 4 at top venues, mostly ACC and ICRA.
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 3/ year
- at T1 venues
- 40%
- PhD students
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- MS students
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- alumni listed
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Papers by yearfrom DBLP, 2023–2026
- 3 papers2026 · T1 1 · collecting
- 2 papers2025 · T1 2
- 3 papers2024 · T1 1
- 2 papers2023 · T1 0
T1 venuesOtherVenues: ACC, ICRA, TAC
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Planning, control & multi-robot systems9 papers
- optimal control1 paper
- Human-AI collaboration & trust0 papers
- controls0 papers
- robotics laboratory0 papers
Paper list
From DBLP.
20263 papers
- ACCA Geometric Optimal Control Algorithm for Navigation Through Heterogeneous Regions (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)Fluoroscopy-Constrained Magnetic Robot Control via Zernike-Based Field Modeling and Nonlinear MPC (opens in a new tab)
- ACCTask-Space Singularity Avoidance for Control Affine Systems Using Control Barrier Functions (opens in a new tab)
20252 papers
20243 papers
- J. Medical Robotics Res.MagnetoStalsis: Generating Peristalsis in an Artificial Bowel for Treatment of Short Bowel Syndrome (opens in a new tab)
- J. Medical Robotics Res.Mitigating Singularities in Control of Magnetic Capsule Endoscopes Using a Novel Nested Electromagnetic Coil System (opens in a new tab)
- TAC (T1)Pursuer Coordination Against a Fast Evader via Coverage Control (opens in a new tab)
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