Research outputs
Selected research outputs
- Chemist Eye: A Visual Language Model-Powered System for Safety Monitoring and Robot Decision-Making in Self-Driving Laboratories (Preprint - 2025)
- Deep Reinforcement Learning With Explicit Context Representation (Journal article - 2025)
- Affordance-Based Human-Robot Interaction With Reinforcement Learning (Journal article - 2023)
2026
RobInHood: A Robotic Chemist in a Fume Hood
An Open-Source Capping Machine Suitable for Confined Spaces
Munguia-Galeano, F., Longley, L., Veeramani, S., Zhou, Z., Clowes, R., Fakhruldeen, H., & Cooper, A. I. (2026). An Open-Source Capping Machine Suitable for Confined Spaces. In Unknown Book (Vol. 16045, pp. 461-474). doi:10.1007/978-3-032-01486-3_35
2025
Localization, inspection, and reasoning (LIRA) module for autonomous workflows in self-driving laboratories
Zhou, Z., Veeramani, S., Munguia-Galeano, F., Fakhruldeen, H., & Cooper, A. I. (2025). Localization, inspection, and reasoning (LIRA) module for autonomous workflows in self-driving laboratories. COMMUNICATIONS CHEMISTRY, 8(1). doi:10.1038/s42004-025-01770-1
PREVENT: Proactive Risk Evaluation and Vigilant Execution of Tasks for Mobile Robotic Chemists using Multi-Modal Behavior Trees
Chemist Eye: A Visual Language Model-Powered System for Safety Monitoring and Robot Decision-Making in Self-Driving Laboratories
Deep Reinforcement Learning With Explicit Context Representation
Munguia-Galeano, F., Tan, A. -H., & Ji, Z. (2025). Deep Reinforcement Learning With Explicit Context Representation. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL NETWORKS AND LEARNING SYSTEMS, 36(1), 419-432. doi:10.1109/TNNLS.2023.3325633
2024
Learning to bag with a simulation‐free reinforcement learning framework for robots
Munguia‐Galeano, F., Zhu, J., Hernández, J. D., & Ji, Z. (2024). Learning to bag with a simulation‐free reinforcement learning framework for robots. IET Cyber-Systems and Robotics, 6(2). doi:10.1049/csy2.12113
AR and HRC Integration for Enhanced Pragmatic Quality
Tong, Y., Zhang, Q., Galeano, F. M., & Ji, Z. (2024). AR and HRC Integration for Enhanced Pragmatic Quality. In 2024 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. doi:10.1109/icit58233.2024.10540971
2023
Affordance-Based Human-Robot Interaction With Reinforcement Learning
Munguia-Galeano, F., Veeramani, S., Hernandez, J. D., Wen, Q., & Ji, Z. (2023). Affordance-Based Human-Robot Interaction With Reinforcement Learning. IEEE ACCESS, 11, 31282-31292. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3262450
Designing an AR Facial Expression System for Human-Robots Collaboration
Tong, Y., Zhang, Q., Galeano, F. M., & Ji, Z. (2023). Designing an AR Facial Expression System for Human-Robots Collaboration. In 2023 28th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. doi:10.1109/icac57885.2023.10275175
PnuTac: A vision-based pneumatic tactile sensor for slip detection and object classification
Rayamane, P., Herbert, P., Munguia-Galeano, F., & Ji, Z. (2023). PnuTac: A vision-based pneumatic tactile sensor for slip detection and object classification. In 2023 29TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MECHATRONICS AND MACHINE VISION IN PRACTICE, M2VIP 2023. doi:10.1109/M2VIP58386.2023.10413420
Towards Integrating 3D Printing and Automated Assembly
Munguia-Galeano, F., Ortega-Arroyo, L., Villarreal-Cervantes, M. G., & Ji, Z. (2023). Towards Integrating 3D Printing and Automated Assembly. In 2023 IEEE 19th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) (pp. 1-7). IEEE. doi:10.1109/case56687.2023.10260529
Towards Smooth Human-Robot Handover with a Vision-Based Tactile Sensor
Rayamane, P., Munguia-Galeano, F., Tafrishi, S. A., & Ji, Z. (2023). Towards Smooth Human-Robot Handover with a Vision-Based Tactile Sensor. In Unknown Book (Vol. 14136, pp. 431-442). doi:10.1007/978-3-031-43360-3_35
2022
Context-Sensitive Personalities and Behaviors for Robots
Munguia-Galeano, F., & Setchi, R. (2022). Context-Sensitive Personalities and Behaviors for Robots. Procedia Computer Science, 207, 2325-2334. doi:10.1016/j.procs.2022.09.291