Projects

Scalable Distributed Optimal Control Algorithms Validated On Multi-Robot Test-bed NSF- Engineering Research Initiation

Test optimal control algorithms on a team of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), in real-world conditions using the experimental MRS test-bed.

Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Towards Near-Ground Active Information Acquisition Tasks in Agriculture USDA/NIFA- NSF/FRR

Integrating camera based active information acquisition for agriculture with stably coordinating unmanned aerial vehicles in multi-robot teams.

Topology Control of Asymmetrically Interacting Underwater Multi-Robot System NSF-Foundational Research in Robotics (FRR)

Developing distributed and scalable multi-robot topology control algorithms for a team of underwater soft robots.

From Graph Stability To Grasp Stability NSF- Mind, Machine and Motor Nexus (M3X)

Enhancing the capability of manipulator class of robots equipped with tactile sensors by using generative model approaches to classify manipulation tasks such as- object recognition, material classification, texture recognition, slip detection and grasp stability.