The Multi-Robot Systems Laboratory (MRSL) at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in NMSU has openings for Master’s and PhD students in the areas of robotics and autonomous systems, with an emphasis on mathematical modeling and control of multi-robot systems. If you enjoy and have skills in mathematical modeling, mathematical analysis, differential equations, control systems, programming (python, MATLAB, C/C++), and have experience with the Linux operating system, ROS/ROS2, Docker, computer networks, and hardware/software integration, then the MRSL is the research laboratory for you. A non-exhaustive list of research project examples includes:
- Control of multi-robot systems with safety guarantees. Design of control laws that ensure the safety of a group of robots while moving in a coordinated fashion within a constrained environment, avoiding collisions among the robots and with environmental constraints such as walls, corridors, holes, and fixed or moving objects.
- Control laws for defense and surveillance using mobile robots with pan-tilt units. Design control laws for mobile wheeled robots equipped with pan-tilt units to achieve control objectives in defense and surveillance, including intruder tracking utilizing a combination of global positioning systems and local computer vision systems, as well as continuous tracking of intruders across large areas using multi-robot systems
- Applications of defense algorithms with vision-enabled mobile robots. Study of novel applications of control algorithms used for defense and surveillance with wheeled ground robots. The incorporation of technologies such as robot manipulators and computer vision techniques will broaden potential applications
- Enhancement of defense and surveillance algorithms for mobile robots using feedback techniques. Study the enhancement of existing control strategies for defense and surveillance by adding new information into the system using feedback techniques such as estimators and filters.
Interested students should send the following to the email luisgb@nmsu.edu:
- Resume
- Unofficial transcript
- A brief PDF file with a maximum of two paragraphs describing your research interests, clearly stating any previous experience with Linux, ROS/ROS2, Docker, Python, computer networks, hardware/software integration
Luis Guerrero-Bonilla
luisgb@nmsu.edu
Assistant Professor
