Publications

Journals

• Neural models and algorithms for sensorimotor control of an octopus arm [arXiv]

T. Wang, U. Halder, E. Gribkova, R. Gillette, M. Gazzola, and P. G. Mehta
arXiv preprint arXiv: 2402.01074, 2024 

Conferences

• A Neural Network-based Framework for Fast and Smooth Posture Reconstruction of a Soft Continuum Arm [arXiv]

T. Wang, H.-S. Chang, S. H. Kim, J. Guo, U. Akcal, B. Walt, D. Biskup, U. Halder, G. Krishnan, G. Chowdhary, M. Gazzola, and P. G. Mehta
Accepted in the proceedings of International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2025.

• Modeling the Neuromuscular Control System of an Octopus Arm [arXiv]

T. Wang, U. Halder, E. Gribkova, M. Gazzola, and P. G. Mehta
Accepted in the proceedings of 22nd IFAC World Congress, Yokohama, Japan, 2023. 

• A Sensory Feedback Control Law for Octopus Arm Movements [arXiv]

T. Wang, U. Halder, E. Gribkova, R. Gillette, M. Gazzola, and P. G. Mehta
Proceedings of 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 1059-1066, Cancún, Mexico, 2022. 

• Control-oriented modeling of bend propagation in an octopus arm [arXiv]

T. Wang, U. Halder, E. Gribkova, M. Gazzola, and P. G. Mehta
Proceedings of American Control Conference (ACC), pp. 1359-1366, Atlanta, GA, 2022. 

• Optimal Control of a Soft CyberOctopus Arm [arXiv]

T. Wang, U. Halder, H.-S. Chang, M. Gazzola, and P. G. Mehta
Proceedings of American Control Conference (ACC), pp. 4757-4764, New Orleans, LA, 2021. 

• Centralized model predictive control with distributed adaptation [arXiv]

P. K. Mishra, T. Wang, M. Gazzola, G. Chowdhary
Proceedings of 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 697-703, Austin, TX, 2020. 

• Bio-inspired learning of sensorimotor control for locomotion [arXiv]

T. Wang, A. Taghvaei, and P. G. Mehta
Proceedings of American Control Conference (ACC), pp. 2188-2193, Denver, CO, 2020. 

• Q-learning for POMDP: An application to locomotion gaits [arXiv]

T. Wang, A. Taghvaei, and P. G. Mehta
Proceedings of 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 2758-2763, Nice, France, 2019. 

Posters

• Algorithms for Chemosensing in Octopus Arms

U. Halder, T. Wang, E. Gribkova
Navigational Algorithms and Neural Circuit Computations Directing Olfactory Search Across Species, Janelia Research Campus, March 26-29, 2023. 

• Control-oriented modeling of bend propagation in an octopus arm

T. Wang, U. Halder, E. Gribkova, M. Gazzola, and P. G. Mehta
IEEE American Control Conference (ACC), Atlanta, GA, June 8-10, 2022

• Optimal Control of a Soft CyberOctopus Arm

T. Wang, U. Halder, H.-S. Chang, M. Gazzola, and P. G. Mehta
SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems (DS21), Portland, Oregon, May 23-27, 2021