Publications

2026

Journals

Object-centric task representation and transfer using diffused orientation fields Cem Bilaloglu, Tobias Löw and Sylvain Calinon Science Robotics, 2026

G-MAPP: GPU-Accelerated Multi-Agent Planning and Perception for Reactive Motion Generation Tanmay Bishnoi, Riddhiman Laha, Tobias Löw, Jose Alex Chandy, Luis F. C. Figueredo and Sami Haddadin IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2026

Dual-arm admittance control using conformal geometric algebra Tobias Löw, Mariana de Paula Assis Fonseca, Vitalii Pruks, Graham Deacon, Jelizaveta Konstantinova and Sylvain Calinon Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2026

Cooperative Task Spaces for Multi-Arm Manipulation Control based on Similarity Transformations Tobias Löw, Cem Bilaloglu and Sylvain Calinon International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), 2026

Book Chapters

Recursive Forward Dynamics for Serial Kinematic Chains using Conformal Geometric Algebra Tobias Löw and Sylvain Calinon Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics XVI, Volume 2, Springer Nature, pp. 45-63, 2026

Preprints

Curve-Induced Dynamical Systems on Riemannian Manifolds and Lie Groups Saray Bakker, Martin Schonger, Tobias Löw, Javier Alonso-Mora and Sylvain Calinon arXiv:2603.05268, 2026

2025

Thesis

Robot Manipulation with Geometric Algebra: A Unified Geometric Framework for Control and Optimization Tobias Löw EPFL, 2025

Journals

Tactile Ergodic Coverage on Curved Surfaces Cem Bilaloglu*, Tobias Löw* and Sylvain Calinon IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 41, 1421-1435, 2025

gafro: Geometric Algebra for Robotics Tobias Löw, Philip Abbet and Sylvain Calinon IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), 32:3, 184-194, 2025

Conferences

Efficient and Real-Time Motion Planning for Robotics Using Projection-Based Optimization Xuemin Chi, Hakan Girgin, Tobias Löw, Yangyang Xie, Teng Xue, Jihao Huang, Cheng Hu, Zhitao Liu, and Sylvain Calinon IEEE International Conference On Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025

2024

Conferences

Extending the Cooperative Dual-Task Space in Conformal Geometric Algebra Tobias Löw and Sylvain Calinon In Proc. IEEE Intl Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 14882-14887, 2024

Preprints

Diffusion-based Virtual Fixtures Cem Bilaloglu, Tobias Löw and Sylvain Calinon arXiv:2411.02169, 2024

2023

Journals

Whole-Body Ergodic Exploration with a Manipulator Using Diffusion Cem Bilaloglu, Tobias Löw, and Sylvain Calinon IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 8:12, 8581-8587, 2023

Geometric Algebra for Optimal Control with Applications in Manipulation Tasks Tobias Löw and Sylvain Calinon IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 39:5, 3586-3600, 2023

Tensor Train for Global Optimization Problems in Robotics Suhan Shetty, Teguh Lembono, Tobias Löw, and Sylvain Calinon International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), 2023

Preprints

Geometric Projectors: Geometric Constraints based Optimization for Robot Behaviors Xuemin Chi, Tobias Löw, Yiming Li, Zhitao Liu and Sylvain Calinon arXiv:2309.08802, 2023

Projection-based first-order constrained optimization solver for robotics Hakan Girgin, Tobias Löw, Teng Xue, and Sylvain Calinon arXiv:2306.17611, 2023

2022

Journals

drozBot: Using Ergodic Control to Draw Portraits Tobias Löw, Jérémy Maceiras and Sylvain Calinon IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 7:4, 11728-11734, 2022

How Rough is the Path? Terrain Traversability Estimation for Local and Global Path Planning Gabriel G. Waibel, Tobias Löw, Mathieu Nass, David Howard, Tirthankar Bandyopadhyay, Paulo V. K. Borges IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (T-ITS), 2022

2021

Conferences

PROMPT: Probabilistic Motion Primitives based Trajectory Planning Tobias Löw, Tirthankar Bandyopadhyay, Jason Williams and Paulo Borges Proceedings of Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), 2021

2020

Conferences

PaintPath: Defining Path Directionality in Maps for Autonomous Groud Vehicles Riley Bowyer, Thomas Lowe, Paulo Borges, Tirthankar Bandyopadhyay, Tobias Löw and David Haddon IEEE International Conference On Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2020

Identification of Effective Motion Primitives for Ground Vehicles Tobias Löw, Tirthankar Bandyopadhyay and Paulo Borges IEEE International Conference On Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2020

2018

Conferences

An Adaptive Landing Gear for Extending the Operational Range of Helicopters Boris Stolz, Tim Brödermann, Enea Castiello, Gokula Engelberger, Daniel Erne, Jan Gasser, Eric Hayoz, Stephan Müller, Lorin Mühlebach, Tobias Löw, Dominique Scheuer, Luca Vendeventer, Marko Bjelonic and others IEEE International Conference On Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018