English
Related papers

Related papers: A Preliminary Study for a Quantum-like Robot Perce…

200 papers

The intersection of Quantum Technologies and Robotics Autonomy is explored in the present paper. The two areas are brought together in establishing an interdisciplinary interface that contributes to advancing the field of system autonomy,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-08-28 Farbod Khoshnoud , Marco B. Quadrelli , Ibrahim I. Esat , Dario Robinson

The rapid progress in quantum computing (QC) and machine learning (ML) has attracted growing attention, prompting extensive research into quantum machine learning (QML) algorithms to solve diverse and complex problems. Designing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-13 Samuel Yen-Chi Chen , Huan-Hsin Tseng , Hsin-Yi Lin , Shinjae Yoo

We propose Q-Policy, a hybrid quantum-classical reinforcement learning (RL) framework that mathematically accelerates policy evaluation and optimization by exploiting quantum computing primitives. Q-Policy encodes value functions in quantum…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Kalyan Cherukuri , Aarav Lala , Yash Yardi

We present a quantum computing approach to analyzing Large Language Model (LLM) embeddings, leveraging complex-valued representations and modeling semantic relationships using quantum mechanical principles. By establishing a direct mapping…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-03 Timo Aukusti Laine

We propose an approach to quantum computing in which quantum gate strengths are parametrized by quantum degrees of freedom, and the capability of the quantum computer to perform desired tasks is monitored and gradually improved by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-25 Soren Gammelmark , Klaus Molmer

Recent progress in quantum physics has made it possible to perform experiments in which individual quantum systems are monitored and manipulated in real time. The advent of such new technical capabilities provides strong motivation for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-18 Andrew Doherty , John Doyle , Hideo Mabuchi , Kurt Jacobs , Salman Habib

An outstanding challenge for the widespread deployment of robotic systems like autonomous vehicles is ensuring safe interaction with humans without sacrificing performance. Existing safety methods often neglect the robot's ability to learn…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-03 Haimin Hu , Zixu Zhang , Kensuke Nakamura , Andrea Bajcsy , Jaime F. Fisac

Quantum machine learning (QML) is the use of quantum computing for the computation of machine learning algorithms. With the prevalence and importance of classical data, a hybrid quantum-classical approach to QML is called for. Parameterized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-18 Daniel T. Chang

Attempts to apply Neural Networks (NN) to a wide range of research problems have been ubiquitous and plentiful in recent literature. Particularly, the use of deep NNs for understanding complex physical and chemical phenomena has opened a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-12-01 Arijit Sehanobish , Hector H. Corzo , Onur Kara , David van Dijk

Real-world robotic tasks often require agents to achieve sequences of goals while respecting time-varying safety constraints. However, standard Reinforcement Learning (RL) paradigms are fundamentally limited in these settings. A natural…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Anastasios Manganaris , Vittorio Giammarino , Ahmed H. Qureshi

The mathematical formalism of quantum theory has been successfully used in human cognition to model decision processes and to deliver representations of human knowledge. As such, quantum cognition inspired tools have improved technologies…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2015-12-31 Diederik Aerts , Jan Broekaert , Sandro Sozzo , Tomas Veloz

HRI research increasingly demands robots that go beyond task execution to respond meaningfully to user emotions. This is especially needed when supporting students with learning difficulties in game-based learning scenarios. Here, the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Soon Jynn Chu , Raju Gottumukkala , Alan Barhorst

Universality of quantum mechanics -- its applicability to physical systems of quite different nature and scales -- indicates that quantum behavior can be a manifestation of general mathematical properties of systems containing…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-11-03 Vladimir V. Kornyak

Inferring physical properties can significantly enhance robotic manipulation by enabling robots to handle objects safely and efficiently through adaptive grasping strategies. Previous approaches have typically relied on either tactile or…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-25 Zexiang Guo , Hengxiang Chen , Xinheng Mai , Qiusang Qiu , Gan Ma , Zhanat Kappassov , Qiang Li , Nutan Chen

We propose a formal reconstruction of quantum mechanics grounded not in external mathematical abstractions, but in the structured dynamics of subjective experience. The Qualia Abstraction Language (QAL) models physical systems as evolving…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2025-08-06 Mikołaj Sienicki , Krzysztof Sienicki

Mind perception in robots has been an understudied construct in human-robot interaction (HRI) compared to similar concepts such as anthropomorphism and the intentional stance. In a series of three experiments, we identify two factors that…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-04-17 Sebastian Wallkotter , Rebecca Stower , Arvid Kappas , Ginevra Castellano

Quantum machine learning (QML) is an emerging field that investigates the capabilities of quantum computers for learning tasks. While QML models can theoretically offer advantages such as exponential speed-ups, challenges in data loading…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-03 Florian J. Kiwit , Bernhard Jobst , Andre Luckow , Frank Pollmann , Carlos A. Riofrío

Identifying and extracting the past information relevant to the future behaviour of stochastic processes is a central task in the quantitative sciences. Quantum models offer a promising approach to this, allowing for accurate simulation of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-26 Qing Liu , Thomas. J. Elliott , Felix. C. Binder , Carlo Di Franco , Mile Gu

This article presents a review of quantum computing research works for Natural Language Processing (NLP). Their goal is to improve the performance of current models, and to provide a better representation of several linguistic phenomena,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Sabrina Campano , Tahar Nabil , Meryl Bothua

Hybrid quantum-classical learning models increasingly integrate neural networks with variational quantum circuits (VQCs) to exploit complementary inductive biases. However, many existing approaches rely on tightly coupled architectures or…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-30 Jun Qi , Chao-Han Huck Yang , Pin-Yu Chen , Min-Hsiu Hsieh , Hector Zenil , Jesper Tegner