We engineer cognitive architectures for autonomous systems, bridging the gap between perception, learning, and control in unstructured environments.
Exploring the frontiers of autonomous systems.

Focuses on the coordination and decision-making of distributed robotic teams, including cooperative control, swarm navigation, and pursuit-evasion games.

Encompasses the design, control, and real-world implementation of robots across diverse domains, including aerial (UAVs), marine, and off-road navigation.

Bridges the gap between raw sensor data and high-level reasoning using computer vision, multimodal deep learning, foundation models, and reinforcement learning.

Develops the mathematical and algorithmic foundations for safe, efficient, and optimized robotic movement using model-predictive and neuroadaptive control.

Explores how humans interface with, teach, and control complex robotic systems using immersive technologies, HITL learning, and mixed reality.
Vinita Sao receives the Best Poster Award at IEEE MRS 2025 for her work on heterogeneous multi-robot decentralized task allocation.