Vivek Shankar Varadharajan

Roboticist observing nature, making robots intelligent and interactable as any social animal. My interests include distributed robotics and multi-robot systems.

[Vivek Shankar Varadharajan @Vivek3rd]

🚀 Excited to share that our team at #MISTLab and @polymtl will be featured on @CNN's Tech for Good! Our segment highlights our research on multi-robot autonomy for space exploration, where we showcased the autonomy modules of our heterogeneous robot swarm.

[Vivek Shankar Varadharajan @Vivek3rd]

It feels very nice to see our work on hierarchical swarms at a keynote. Thank you @jumpjoe78 for an excellent talk!

[Marina Papadopoulou @MarinaVPap]

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

[Marina Papadopoulou @MarinaVPap]

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

[Science Robotics @SciRobotics]

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.

📝: https://t.co/XkFPHeFTPK

[Sabine Hauert @sabinehauert]

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 https://t.co/8b5jwrWUwj

[Giovanni Beltrame @jumpjoe78]

Congratulations to now Dr. @Vivek3rd for successfully defending his PhD thesis on hierarchical #robot #swarms @MIST_lab @polymtl ! Vivek's thesis had an incredible breadth and was a massive experimental undertaking. I'm proud of his achievements!

[Giovanni Beltrame @jumpjoe78]

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: https://t.co/oixItt940m

[Giovanni Beltrame @jumpjoe78]

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: https://t.co/7XhRWeoSFB

[Vivek Shankar Varadharajan @Vivek3rd]

@SwarmDynamics @jumpjoe78 Thank you Prof. Hamann.

[Vivek Shankar Varadharajan @Vivek3rd]

@ilpincy @jumpjoe78 @MIST_lab @polymtl Thank you @ilpincy! I love this comment for some reason. I look forward to a collaborative research work with you in the future. I feel I could use your inputs and perspective in research.

[Benjamin Morrell @MorrellBenjamin]

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

[Giovanni Beltrame @jumpjoe78]

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: https://t.co/zcNclfzFPj

[NASA/JPL TeamCoSTAR @NASA_TeamCoSTAR]

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 https://t.co/SsTwcdraXw

[MIST Lab @MIST_lab]

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

[Vivek Shankar Varadharajan @Vivek3rd]

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

[MIST Lab @MIST_lab]

Today we had our first test day at the @csa_asc ‘s Mars Yard in preparation for #IGLUNA2021. Here you see one of our rovers in the wild while it is autonomously navigating through obstacles on „#Mars“.

[Giovanni Beltrame @jumpjoe78]

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: https://t.co/WspzpB2eW3
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[MIST Lab @MIST_lab]

#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

[MIST Lab @MIST_lab]

The A-TEC in competition is going very well for the team so far! Results on Friday! Credit especially to Yanjun Cao for his incredible work.

[Giovanni Beltrame @jumpjoe78]

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: https://t.co/oGba34sew7
Video:
https://t.co/941zkYLTN3
Code:
https://t.co/4Pb2sSzrh5

@polymtl @MIST_lab @Vivek3rd #Robotics