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Intelligent Robotics Lab

Welcome to the Intelligent Robotics Lab at the American University of Beirut – Mediterraneo in Paphos, Cyprus. The aim is to do groundbreaking research in intelligent robotics and robotic object manipulation here in Paphos, Cyprus. You can learn more about our research here. For enquiries please contact Rafael Papallas via email here.

Research Topics

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Publications

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Journal Papers

[1]
Z. Xu, R. Papallas, J. Modisett, M. Billeter, and M. Dogar "Tracking and Control of Multiple Objects during Non-Prehensile Manipulation in Clutter". IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 2025
[2]
R. Papallas, A. G. Cohn, and M. Dogar "Online Replanning With Human-in-the-Loop for Non-Prehensile Manipulation in Clutter — A Trajectory Optimization Based Approach". IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L). 2020

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

[3]
D. Russell, R. Papallas, and M. Dogar "Online state vector reduction during model predictive control with gradient-based trajectory optimisation". International Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR). 2024
[4]
Z. Xu, R. Papallas, and M. Dogar "Physics-Based Object 6D-Pose Estimation during Non-Prehensile Manipulation". International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER). 2023
[5]
S. Wang, R. Papallas, M. Leonetti, and M. Dogar "Goal-Conditioned Action Space Reduction for Deformable Object Manipulation". IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). 2023
[6]
D. Russell, R. Papallas, and M. Dogar "Adaptive approximation of dynamics gradients via interpolation to speed up trajectory optimisation". IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). 2023
[7]
R. Papallas, and M. Dogar "To ask for help or not to ask: A predictive approach to human-in-the-loop motion planning for robot manipulation tasks". IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). 2022
[8]
R. Papallas, and M. Dogar "Non-Prehensile Manipulation in Clutter with Human-In-The-Loop". IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). 2020
[9]
W. Bejjani, R. Papallas, M. Leonetti, and M. Dogar "Planning with a Receding Horizon for Manipulation in Clutter Using a Learned Value Function". IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids). 2018