4 papers
Real-Time Glass Detection and Reprojection using Sensor Fusion Onboard Aerial Robots
Malakhi Hopkins, Varun Murali, Vijay Kumar +1
Autonomous aerial robots are increasingly being deployed in real-world scenarios, where transparent obstacles present significant challenges to reliable navigation and mapping. The…
Gaussian Splatting as a Unified Representation for Autonomy in Unstructured Environments
Dexter Ong, Yuezhan Tao, Varun Murali +3
In this work, we argue that Gaussian splatting is a suitable unified representation for autonomous robot navigation in large-scale unstructured outdoor environments. Such environme…
Deploying Foundation Model-Enabled Air and Ground Robots in the Field: Challenges and Opportunities
Zachary Ravichandran, Fernando Cladera, Jason Hughes +5
The integration of foundation models (FMs) into robotics has enabled robots to understand natural language and reason about the semantics in their environments. However, existing F…
Air-Ground Collaboration for Language-Specified Missions in Unknown Environments
Fernando Cladera, Zachary Ravichandran, Jason Hughes +6
As autonomous robotic systems become increasingly mature, users will want to specify missions at the level of intent rather than in low-level detail. Language is an expressive and…