Roboticist observing nature, making robots intelligent and interactable as any social animal. My interests include distributed robotics and multi-robot systems.
Montréal, Québec
Joined January 2018
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It feels very nice to see our work on hierarchical swarms at a keynote. Thank you @jumpjoe78 for an excellent talk!
And having a great 2nd day, kicked off my the amazing keynote talk by Giovanni Beltrame @jumpjoe78 @MIST_lab on heterogeneous #swarms and even a bonus human-robots #dancing demonstration 🤩
#ANTS2022 #SwarmRobotics
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And having a great 2nd day, kicked off my the amazing keynote talk by Giovanni Beltrame @jumpjoe78 @MIST_lab on heterogeneous #swarms and even a bonus human-robots #dancing demonstration 🤩
#ANTS2022 #SwarmRobotics
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Engineers @GeorgiaTech have built #robots made of robots that are greater than the sum of their parts. On their own, "smarticles" can only flap their arms, but bundled together, they form a mobile supersmarticle that's driven by collective nudging.
📝: fcld.ly/5bxsdjp
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Submitting to our Special Issue of Swarm Intelligence on Nano and Micro Swarm Robotics? Deadline is 31 Aug, but we'd love to hear about your intentions to submit as soon as possible. Just send me an email! Co-edited with @DoctorJosh, @xdcmu & @metin_sitti springer.com/journal/11721/u…
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Come and see our spotlight on #multirobot risk-aware exploration algorithm DORA at #ICRA2022 in room 118C (Multi-Robot and Swarm Robotics II) and chat with us at the poster session!
Full paper: arxiv.org/abs/2109.14551
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And for @MIST_lab last presentation at #ICRA2022, we'll show our bouncy CogniFly by @ricarbotics et al. in Aerial Robotics V (in 112A, starting at 10:00). Come squeeze it at the poster session!
Full paper: arxiv.org/abs/2103.04423
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Some truly remarkable images from Ingenuity, scouting the Entry-Descent and Landing hardware (parachute and back-shell) to inform future missions to Mars (i.e. Mars Sample Return).
A clear reminder that we can't land on Mars with only a parachute! #MarsHelicopter
We spy with our little eyes…rover landing gear!
During the #MarsHelicopter’s 26th flight, it took photos of the entry, descent, & landing gear @NASAPersevere needed to safely land on Mars. You can see the protective backshell & massive dusty parachute. go.nasa.gov/3vkglFM
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A small group of #robots can guide thousands of simple particles (think nanomedicine!). The trick: the guide robots control the rules binding the particles together. Fantastic work by @Vivek3rd @SepandD @polymtl
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2204.07195
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Very proud of our partnership with @BostonDynamics and @NASAAmes. This video highlights the capabilities of our NeBula AI and Autonomy solution integrated with a multi-robot system, to autonomously explore, map, and find signs of life in Mars-analog caves youtu.be/qTW-dbZr4U8
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Meet our new team member Spot from @BostonDynamics - help us name the robot and feel free to drop your suggestions below! Thank you @NSERC_CRSNG for supporting our research projects and allowing us to use state-of-the art hardware @polymtl
I invite the attendees of DARS to attend the online Session 2A1D: DARS online 3 which I will be chairing. There are some interesting papers that will be presented . @DARS2021 @swarm2021
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New @MIST_lab paper accepted on the @IEEEIoT Journal! In this work Y. Cao, C. Chen and @stongedav schedule ultra-wideband measurements for localization with 1000s of devices in highly-dynamic topologies. HW tested as usual!
Paper: mistlab.ca/papers/UWBTDMA/uw…
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Vivek Shankar Varadharajan retweeted
#SeasonsGreetings from @MIST_lab - we say thank you to: everyone who stayed at home, everyone who worked in an essential position, our collaborators, partners, and sponsors. @polymtl @NSERC_CRSNG @csa_asc @MitacsCanada @CHspacecenter @esa @NASAJPL @Basler_AG #robotic #exploration
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How do you explore a 3D, GPS-denied environment while maintaining connectivity with an operator? With a relay chain! Latest work on @ieeeras RA-L.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/1909.10496
Video:
youtu.be/LN2hgX1K9BY
Code:
github.com/MISTLab/SwarmRela…
@polymtl @MIST_lab @Vivek3rd #Robotics
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tinyML reaches new heights with the Crazyflie nano drone AI-deck: bit.ly/2OQWGHp
Researches in the field of swarm robotics would agree, building a swarm behavior that is usable in realistic field deployments is non-trivial. Here is our approach to maintaining connectivity that brings realistic field deployments a bit closer: youtu.be/HdueQhKV33I
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