Publications

Selected publications

  1. ICLR 2026
    Discrete Variational Autoencoding via Policy Search
    Michael Drolet , Firas Al-Hafez , Aditya Bhatt , Jan Peters and Oleg Arenz
    In International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) 2026
    PDF
  2. RA-L 2024 @ICRA 2025 @CoRL 2024 (WBC)
    A Comparison of Imitation Learning Algorithms for Bimanual Manipulation
    Michael Drolet , Simon Stepputtis , Siva Kailas , Ajinkya Jain , Jan Peters , Stefan Schaal and Heni Ben Amor
    In IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2024
    PDF
  3. ICRA 2023
    Learning and Blending Robot Hugging Behaviors in Time and Space
    Michael Drolet , Joseph Campbell and Heni Ben Amor
    In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2023
    PDF

Other publications

  1. ICRA 2020
    On the Effects of Visual Anticipation of Floor Compliance Changes on Human Gait: Towards Model-based Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation
    Michael Drolet , Emiliano Quinones Yumbla , Bradley Hobbs and Panagiotis Artemiadis
    In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2020
    PDF
  2. IROS 2023
    Anytime, Anywhere: Human Arm Pose from Smartwatch Data for Ubiquitous Robot Control and Teleoperation
    Fabian C Weigend , Shubham Sonawani , Michael Drolet and Heni Ben Amor
    In IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2023
    PDF
  3. AMAM 2025
    Active Gait Rehabilitation using Inverse Reinforcement Learning
    Zongwei Zhang , Michael Drolet , Firas Al-Hafez , Sebastian Hirt and Jan Peters
    In Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2025) 2025
    PDF
  4. AMAM 2025
    Learning Robot Locomotion from Diverse Datasets
    Lu Liu , Michael Drolet , Oleg Arenz and Jan Peters
    In Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2025) 2025
    PDF
  5. AMAM 2025
    Combined Learning of Exoskeleton Mid-level Assistance Profiles and Low-level Control Parameters
    Sebastian Hirt , Mustafa Kamal , Maziar A. Sharbafi , Michael Drolet and Rolf Findeisen
    In Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2025) 2025
    PDF

Publications

Selected publications

  1. ICLR 2026
    Discrete Variational Autoencoding via Policy Search
    Michael Drolet , Firas Al-Hafez , Aditya Bhatt , Jan Peters and Oleg Arenz
    In International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) 2026
    PDF
  2. RA-L 2024 @ICRA 2025 @CoRL 2024 (WBC)
    A Comparison of Imitation Learning Algorithms for Bimanual Manipulation
    Michael Drolet , Simon Stepputtis , Siva Kailas , Ajinkya Jain , Jan Peters , Stefan Schaal and Heni Ben Amor
    In IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2024
    PDF
  3. ICRA 2023
    Learning and Blending Robot Hugging Behaviors in Time and Space
    Michael Drolet , Joseph Campbell and Heni Ben Amor
    In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2023
    PDF

Other publications

  1. ICRA 2020
    On the Effects of Visual Anticipation of Floor Compliance Changes on Human Gait: Towards Model-based Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation
    Michael Drolet , Emiliano Quinones Yumbla , Bradley Hobbs and Panagiotis Artemiadis
    In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2020
    PDF
  2. IROS 2023
    Anytime, Anywhere: Human Arm Pose from Smartwatch Data for Ubiquitous Robot Control and Teleoperation
    Fabian C Weigend , Shubham Sonawani , Michael Drolet and Heni Ben Amor
    In IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2023
    PDF
  3. AMAM 2025
    Active Gait Rehabilitation using Inverse Reinforcement Learning
    Zongwei Zhang , Michael Drolet , Firas Al-Hafez , Sebastian Hirt and Jan Peters
    In Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2025) 2025
    PDF
  4. AMAM 2025
    Learning Robot Locomotion from Diverse Datasets
    Lu Liu , Michael Drolet , Oleg Arenz and Jan Peters
    In Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2025) 2025
    PDF
  5. AMAM 2025
    Combined Learning of Exoskeleton Mid-level Assistance Profiles and Low-level Control Parameters
    Sebastian Hirt , Mustafa Kamal , Maziar A. Sharbafi , Michael Drolet and Rolf Findeisen
    In Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2025) 2025
    PDF

Publications

Selected publications

  1. ICLR 2026
    Discrete Variational Autoencoding via Policy Search
    Michael Drolet , Firas Al-Hafez , Aditya Bhatt , Jan Peters and Oleg Arenz
    In International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) 2026
    PDF
  2. RA-L 2024 @ICRA 2025 @CoRL 2024 (WBC)
    A Comparison of Imitation Learning Algorithms for Bimanual Manipulation
    Michael Drolet , Simon Stepputtis , Siva Kailas , Ajinkya Jain , Jan Peters , Stefan Schaal and Heni Ben Amor
    In IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2024
    PDF
  3. ICRA 2023
    Learning and Blending Robot Hugging Behaviors in Time and Space
    Michael Drolet , Joseph Campbell and Heni Ben Amor
    In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2023
    PDF

Other publications

  1. ICRA 2020
    On the Effects of Visual Anticipation of Floor Compliance Changes on Human Gait: Towards Model-based Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation
    Michael Drolet , Emiliano Quinones Yumbla , Bradley Hobbs and Panagiotis Artemiadis
    In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2020
    PDF
  2. IROS 2023
    Anytime, Anywhere: Human Arm Pose from Smartwatch Data for Ubiquitous Robot Control and Teleoperation
    Fabian C Weigend , Shubham Sonawani , Michael Drolet and Heni Ben Amor
    In IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2023
    PDF
  3. AMAM 2025
    Active Gait Rehabilitation using Inverse Reinforcement Learning
    Zongwei Zhang , Michael Drolet , Firas Al-Hafez , Sebastian Hirt and Jan Peters
    In Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2025) 2025
    PDF
  4. AMAM 2025
    Learning Robot Locomotion from Diverse Datasets
    Lu Liu , Michael Drolet , Oleg Arenz and Jan Peters
    In Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2025) 2025
    PDF
  5. AMAM 2025
    Combined Learning of Exoskeleton Mid-level Assistance Profiles and Low-level Control Parameters
    Sebastian Hirt , Mustafa Kamal , Maziar A. Sharbafi , Michael Drolet and Rolf Findeisen
    In Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2025) 2025
    PDF

Publications

Selected publications

  1. ICLR 2026
    Discrete Variational Autoencoding via Policy Search
    Michael Drolet , Firas Al-Hafez , Aditya Bhatt , Jan Peters and Oleg Arenz
    In International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) 2026
    PDF
  2. RA-L 2024 @ICRA 2025 @CoRL 2024 (WBC)
    A Comparison of Imitation Learning Algorithms for Bimanual Manipulation
    Michael Drolet , Simon Stepputtis , Siva Kailas , Ajinkya Jain , Jan Peters , Stefan Schaal and Heni Ben Amor
    In IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2024
    PDF
  3. ICRA 2023
    Learning and Blending Robot Hugging Behaviors in Time and Space
    Michael Drolet , Joseph Campbell and Heni Ben Amor
    In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2023
    PDF

Other publications

  1. ICRA 2020
    On the Effects of Visual Anticipation of Floor Compliance Changes on Human Gait: Towards Model-based Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation
    Michael Drolet , Emiliano Quinones Yumbla , Bradley Hobbs and Panagiotis Artemiadis
    In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2020
    PDF
  2. IROS 2023
    Anytime, Anywhere: Human Arm Pose from Smartwatch Data for Ubiquitous Robot Control and Teleoperation
    Fabian C Weigend , Shubham Sonawani , Michael Drolet and Heni Ben Amor
    In IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2023
    PDF
  3. AMAM 2025
    Active Gait Rehabilitation using Inverse Reinforcement Learning
    Zongwei Zhang , Michael Drolet , Firas Al-Hafez , Sebastian Hirt and Jan Peters
    In Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2025) 2025
    PDF
  4. AMAM 2025
    Learning Robot Locomotion from Diverse Datasets
    Lu Liu , Michael Drolet , Oleg Arenz and Jan Peters
    In Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2025) 2025
    PDF
  5. AMAM 2025
    Combined Learning of Exoskeleton Mid-level Assistance Profiles and Low-level Control Parameters
    Sebastian Hirt , Mustafa Kamal , Maziar A. Sharbafi , Michael Drolet and Rolf Findeisen
    In Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2025) 2025
    PDF