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Peer-reviewed research.

Contributions across world models, edge-native robotics, multi-agent autonomy, and synthetic data systems for ecology and agriculture.

2025 4 papers
  1. Ortho-Fuse: Orthomosaic Generation for Sparse High-Resolution Crop Health Datasets Through Intermediate Optical Flow Estimation

    Rugved Katole, Christopher Stewart

    Workshop Proceedings of the 54th International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP)

    A novel approach for generating orthomosaics from sparse high-resolution imagery for crop health assessment using intermediate optical flow estimation.

  2. Edge-Native, Behavior-Adaptive Drone System for Wildlife Monitoring

    Jenna Kline, Rugved Katole, Tanya Berger-Wolf, Christopher Stewart

    Proceedings of the Tenth ACM/IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing (SEC)

    An edge-native drone system that adapts behavior for efficient wildlife monitoring with real-time decision-making at the edge.

  3. Poster: An Edge-Native Approach to Behavior-Adaptive Navigation in Drone Systems

    Jenna Kline, Rugved Katole, Christopher Stewart

    Proceedings of the Tenth ACM/IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing (SEC)

    Poster presentation on edge-native behavior-adaptive navigation for drone systems.

  4. SmartWilds: Multimodal Wildlife Monitoring Dataset

    Jenna Kline, Anirudh Potlapally, Bharath Pillai, Tanishka Wani, Rugved Katole, Vedant Patil, Penelope Covey, Hari Subramoni, Tanya Berger-Wolf, Christopher Stewart

    arXiv:2509.18894

    A comprehensive multimodal dataset for wildlife monitoring, enabling research in computer vision and machine learning for conservation.

2023 5 papers
  1. Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Heterogeneous UAV Swarm Enabling Detailed Crop Health Assessment

    Rugved Katole, Kevyn Angueira, Arpita Sinha, Christopher Stewart

    IEEE

    A multi-agent reinforcement learning framework for coordinating heterogeneous UAV swarms for detailed crop health assessment.

  2. Balancing Priorities in Patrolling with Rabbit Walks

    Rugved Katole, Deepak Mallya, Leena Vachhani, Arpita Sinha

    arXiv:2312.16564

    Multi-agent patrolling that balances competing priorities using Rabbit walk-based algorithms.

  3. A Low-Cost Framework for Decentralized Autonomous Intersection Management

    Rugved Katole, Arpita Sinha

    arXiv:2311.17681

    Decentralized framework for autonomous intersection management that reduces costs while maintaining safety and efficiency.

  4. Swarm Synergy: A Silent and Anonymous Way of Forming Community

    Sweksha Jain, Rugved Katole, Leena Vachhani

    arXiv:2311.17697

    Silent and anonymous community formation in swarm robotics, enabling privacy-preserving coordination.

  5. MEMS Based Pressure Sensor for Detection of Negative Pressure Wave in Subsea Pipelines

    Sumit Sunil Kumar, Dhyan Patel, Rugved Katole, Ujwal Gandhi

    Journal/Conference TBD

    MEMS-based pressure sensor system for detecting negative pressure waves in subsea pipelines for early leak detection.