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About
The Robotics Algorithms & Autonomous Systems (RAAS) Lab is part of the University of Maryland. Previously, the lab was located at Virginia Tech.
We design algorithms and build systems to enable teams of robots to act as sensing agents. Our research is at the intersection of theory and systems and is motivated by real-world applications to environmental monitoring, infrastructure inspection, and precision agriculture.
The lab is affiliated with the Department of Computer Science, UMIACS, and the Maryland Robotics Center at the University of Maryland.
See more about our research here.
Faculty
Pratap Tokekar
Pratap Tokekar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and UMIACS at the University of Maryland. Between 2015 and 2019, he was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the GRASP lab of University of Pennsylvania. He obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota in 2014 and Bachelor of Technology degree in Electronics and Telecommunication from College of Engineering Pune, India in 2008. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award (2020) and CISE Research Initiation Initiative award (2016). He serves as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Robotics, IEEE Transactions of Automation Science & Engineering, and the ICRA and IROS Conference Editorial Board.
Current Members
Amisha Bhaskar
Ph.D. Student
Sachin Jadhav
M.S. Student
Rui Liu
Ph.D. Student
Zahir Mahammad
M.S. Student
Joshua McClellan
Ph.D. Student
Anukriti Singh
M.S. Student
Kasra Torshizi
M.S. Student
Former Members
- Vishnu Dutt Sharma, PhD (2024). First position: Nokia Bell Labs
- Harnaik Dhami, PhD (2024). First position: Autonomy Engineer at Shield AI
- Guangyao Shi, PhD (2023). First position: Postdoc at University of Southern California
- Maymoonah Toubeh, PhD (2023). First position: Research Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech National Security Institute
- Amrit Singh Bedi, Research Scientist (2022-23). First position: Assistant Professor at University of Central Florida
- Nare Karapetyan, Postdoc (2022-23). First position: Assistant Scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
- Ahmad Bilal Asghar, Postdoc (2022-23). First position: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Army Research Lab
- Varun Suryan, PhD (2022). Current position: Optimization Engineer at Kythera Space Solutions
- Zhongshun Zhang, PhD (2021). Current position: Senior Planning Algorithms Engineer at Bosch
- Kevin Yu, PhD (2021). First position: Senior Computer Engineer Robotics Researcher at SuperDroid Robots, Inc
- Lifeng Zhou, PhD (2020). Current position: Faculty at Drexel University.
- Yoonchang Sung, PhD (2019). Current position: Post-doc at UT Austin
- Tianshu Xu, M.S. (2021). First position: Ernst & Young
- Deeksha Dixit, M.S. (2020). First position: Qualcomm
- Clay Mangette, M.S. (2020). First position: Lockheed Martin
- William Gerhard, M.S. (2019). First position: Aurora Flight Sciences
- Prajwal Shanthakumar, M.Eng (2018). First position: Continental Automotive
- Ashish Kumar Budhiraja, M.S. (2017). First position: Apple
- Nahush Gondhalekar, M.S. (2017). First position: Qualcomm
- Aravind Preshant Premkumar, M.S. (2017). First position: Apple
Current Projects
CAREER: Secure, Resilient, and Risk-Aware Multi-Robot Coordination
Joint Perception and Temporal Logic Planning for Distributed Agents in Dynamic Environments
FW-HTF: First Person View and Augmented Reality for Airborne Embodied Intelligent Cognitive Assistants
Advanced Wildfire Detection using Multiple Sensing (MIPS project with N5 Sensors)
Risk-aware Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Planning and Coordination for Long-Term Persistent Monitoring of Uncertain, Dynamic Environments
Inducing Intelligent Behaviors into Next-Generation Combat Vehicles via Risk-Sensitive Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
Autonomous Planning and Navigation for Multi-Robot Ground and Aerial Collaborative Coordination and Decision Making (ArtIAMAS-MIPS project with Kick Robotics)
Completed Projects
- CDS&E: A Computational Framework for Parsimonious Sonar Sensing (NSF)
- CPS: Medium: Multi-Scale Planning in Robot Teams for Persistent Monitoring and Intervention in Precision Grazing (USDA NIFA)
- NRI: Coordinated Detection and Tracking of Hazardous Agents with Aerial and Aquatic Robots to Inform Emergency Responders (NSF)
- Manned-Unmanned Team Positioning for Minimizing Detectability and Maximizing Visibility (ARC, U.S. Army Center of Excellence)
- CRII: RI: Assignment, Routing, and Coordination of Diverse Robotic Sensors (NSF)
- Human-in-the-Loop Planning of Distributed Multi-Robot Teams for Emergency Response (4-VA)
- Agile Autopilot Control for Infrastructure Inspection (NSF IUCRC Center for UAS)
- Robot Swarms and Human Scouts for Persistent Monitoring of Specialty Crops - subcontracted from Univ. of Pennsylvania (USDA)
- ICTAS Seed Funding