New York, November 14 – Researchers from the Resilient Intelligent Systems Lab (RISLab) at the Robotics Institute (RI) and the National Robotics and Engineering Center (NREC) have received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR) 2024 for their work titled Rapid Quadrotor Navigation in Diverse Environments using an Onboard Depth Camera. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to field robotics, particularly in advancing safety, security, and rescue operations through innovative navigation technology for multirotor vehicles.
The winning paper explores a novel approach to enhancing autonomous navigation in hazardous environments using a lightweight perception system and motion primitives-based planning. By addressing key challenges due to size, weight, and power constraints of the multirotor vehicles, the research provides critical advancements that promise to significantly improve deployments of these vehicles in search and rescue scenarios such as caves, forests, and tunnels.
The IEEE Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics is a premier venue for the latest research in robotics technologies that prioritize human safety and disaster mitigation. This year’s symposium, held in New York City, NY, brought together experts from academia, industry, and government to discuss cutting-edge developments in the field.
Jonathan and Abhishek accept the best paper award. From left to right Keiji Nagatani, Ivana Kruijff, Jonathan Lee, Abhishek Rathod, and Taskin Padir.