Rover

Rover is an agile ground rover that pioneers exploration and perception in both indoor and outdoor environments. Engineered to roll with resilience and intelligence, Rover is a versatile research companion for investigating the frontiers of autonomous navigation.

Its research interests encompass mapping unstructured terrain, obstacle avoidance, and robust sensor fusion. Rover thrives in the untamed spaces where grass meets gravel, transforming raw sensor data into actionable insights with every turn of its rugged wheels. Whether it’s tracing unseen paths or constructing rich 3D maps, Rover is always eager to venture further.

With its sturdy chassis and perceptive array of sensors, including LiDAR and depth cameras, it turns algorithms into real-world autonomy and brings the science of robotics to life, one adventurous journey at a time.

Publications

VL-Nav: A Neuro-Symbolic Approach for Reasoning-based Vision-Language Navigation.
Yi Du, Taimeng Fu, Zhipeng Zhao, Shaoshu Su, Zitong Zhan, Qiwei Du, Zhuoqun Chen, Bowen Li, Chen Wang.
arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.00931, 2026.

Deployment-Ready Neuro-Symbolic Vision-Language Navigation
```
@article{du2026vlnav,
  title = {{VL-Nav}: A Neuro-Symbolic Approach for Reasoning-based Vision-Language Navigation},
  author = {Du, Yi and Fu, Taimeng and Zhao, Zhipeng and Su, Shaoshu and Zhan, Zitong and Du, Qiwei and Chen, Zhuoqun and Li, Bowen and Wang, Chen},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.00931},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.00931},
  website = {https://sairlab.org/vlnav/},
  addendum = {Deployment-Ready Neuro-Symbolic Vision-Language Navigation}
}
```
```
Du, Yi and Fu, Taimeng and Zhao, Zhipeng and Su, Shaoshu and Zhan, Zitong and Du, Qiwei and Chen, Zhuoqun and Li, Bowen and Wang, Chen, "VL-Nav: A Neuro-Symbolic Approach for Reasoning-based Vision-Language Navigation," arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.00931, 2026.
```
AnyNav: Visual Neuro-symbolic Friction Learning for Off-road Navigation.
Taimeng Fu, Zitong Zhan, Zhipeng Zhao, Shaoshu Su, Xiao Lin, Ehsan Tarkesh Esfahani, Karthik Dantu, Souma Chowdhury, Chen Wang.
arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.12654, 2025.

A Self-Supervised Friction Estimation Framework
```
@article{fu2025anynav,
  title = {{AnyNav}: Visual Neuro-symbolic Friction Learning for Off-road Navigation},
  author = {Fu, Taimeng and Zhan, Zitong and Zhao, Zhipeng and Su, Shaoshu and Lin, Xiao and Esfahani, Ehsan Tarkesh and Dantu, Karthik and Chowdhury, Souma and Wang, Chen},
  journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.12654},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12654},
  website = {https://sairlab.org/anynav/},
  addendum = {A Self-Supervised Friction Estimation Framework}
}
```
```
Fu, Taimeng and Zhan, Zitong and Zhao, Zhipeng and Su, Shaoshu and Lin, Xiao and Esfahani, Ehsan Tarkesh and Dantu, Karthik and Chowdhury, Souma and Wang, Chen, "AnyNav: Visual Neuro-symbolic Friction Learning for Off-road Navigation," arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.12654, 2025.
```