PhD Thesis Proposal

Abstract:   Inverse rendering — the process of recovering shape, material, and/or lighting of an object or environment from a set of images — is essential for applications in robotics and elsewhere, from AR/VR to perception on self-driving vehicles. While it is possible to perform inverse rendering from color images alone, it is often far easier [...]

Abstract: Climbing robots can operate in steep and unstructured environments that are inaccessible to other ground robots, with applications ranging from the inspection of artificial structures on Earth to the exploration of natural terrain features throughout the solar system. Climbing robots for planetary exploration face many challenges to deployment, including mass restrictions, irregular surface features, [...]