Projects

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Aerial Gym Simulator

A framework for highly parallelized simulation of aerial robots based on NVIDIA Isaac Gym.
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Unified Autonomy Stack

A field-tested autonomy architecture commanding a diverse set of robots.
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Reinforcement Learning for Collision-free Flight

Exploiting Deep Collision Encoding for autonomous flight in dense environments.
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Semantically-enhanced Deep Collision Prediction

Autonomous navigation using aerial robots with semantic awareness for collision prediction.
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DARPA Subterranean Challenge

Winning team (Team CERBERUS) of the DARPA Subterranean Challenge.
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UniPilot: Enabling GPS-Denied Autonomy Across Embodiments

A unified pilot for enabling GPS-denied autonomy across different robotic embodiments.
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Semantically-Driven Deep RL for Inspection Path Planning

Deep reinforcement learning approach for inspection path planning with semantic awareness.
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Neural Control Barrier Functions for Safe Navigation

Safe navigation using Neural Control Barrier Functions (NCBFs) for aerial robots.

Task-driven Compression for Collision Encoding

Task-driven compression method for collision encoding based on depth images.
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Autonomous Exploration and General Visual Inspection of Ship Ballast Water Tanks using Aerial Robots

General visual inspection of ship ballast water tanks using aerial robots.
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Manhole Detection and Traversal for Exploration of Ballast Water Tanks using Micro Aerial Vehicles

Enabling micro aerial vehicles to detect and traverse manholes for ballast water tank exploration.
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MIMOSA: A Multi-Modal SLAM Framework for Resilient Autonomy against Sensor Degradation

A Multi-Modal SLAM Framework for resilience against sensor degradation.
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Autonomous Teamed Exploration (DARPA SubT)

Teamed exploration of subterranean environments using legged and aerial robots.
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RMF-Owl: A Collision-Tolerant Flying Robot for Autonomous Subterranean Exploration

A collision-tolerant flying robot for autonomous subterranean exploration.
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Autonomous mapping and spectroscopic analysis of distributed radiation fields using aerial robots

Autonomous mapping and spectroscopic analysis of distributed radiation fields using aerial robots.
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The Reconfigurable Aerial Robotic Chain: Shape and Motion Planning

Shape and motion planning for a reconfigurable aerial robotic system.

Open Source Contributions

Various open-source tools and frameworks for robotics and simulation.

Aerial Field Robotics

Book chapter on aerial field robotics in the Encyclopedia of Robotics.