Friday, August 23, 2024
10:20 a.m. (CST)
ETB 1020
Dr. Srikanth Saripalli
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
Title: “Autonomy in the Wild: Perception and Control for Off-Road Autonomous Vehicles”
Abstract
This talk focuses on perception and planning algorithms for autonomous vehicles in off-road situations. A particular emphasis is on why off-road vehicles are different than on-road vehicles and how can we solve autonomy in the off-road domain. A major portion of the talk will be on applications of the above algorithms to real vehicles and the lessons that we have learned i.e. what worked and what didn’t and how we should go about building such systems.
Biography
Srikanth Saripalli is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Director for Center for Autonomous Vehicles and Sensor Systems (CANVASS) at Texas A&M University. He holds the J. Mike Walker ’66 Professorship. His research focuses on robotic systems: particularly in air, water and ground vehicles and necessary foundations in perception, planning, control and system integration for this domain. He is currently leading several efforts in off-road autonomous ground vehicles. He has also led several long-term (> 6 month) on-road deployments of autonomous 18-wheeler trucks and slow-moving shuttles in Texas. He is currently interested in developing and deploying Autonomous Shuttles on campus and in cities. He is also interested in developing such autonomous shuttles for mobility challenged and para transit applications.
For more on Dr. Saripalli and his work, go to https://unmanned.tamu.edu.
Please join us on Friday, 8/23/24 at 10:20 a.m. in ETB 1020.