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Active rendezvous for multi-robot pose graph optimization using sensing over Wi-Fi

Published in International Symposium of Robotics Research (ISRR)

Framework for improving collaboration amongst a team of robots performing distributed Pose Graph Optimization (PGO)

Recommended citation: W. Wang, N. Jadhav, P. A. Vohs, N. Hughes, M. Mazumder, and S. Gil, “Active Rendezvous for Multi-Robot Pose Graph Optimization using Sensing over Wi-Fi,” International Symposium of Robotics Research (ISRR), pp. 832–849, 2019.
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Adaptive Malicious Robot Detection in Dynamic Topologies

Published in IEEE 61st Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)

An adaptive approach to detecting malicious robots in networks with dynamic topologies.

Recommended citation: M. Cavorsi, N. Jadhav, D. Saldaña, and S. Gil, “Adaptive Malicious Robot Detection in Dynamic Topologies,” IEEE 61st Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 2236–2243, 2022.

Toolbox Release: A WiFi-Based Relative Bearing Framework for Robotics

Published in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

A toolbox for WiFi-based relative bearing estimation on robotic platforms.

Recommended citation: N. Jadhav, W. Wang, D. Zhang, S. Kumar, and S. Gil, “Toolbox Release: A WiFi-Based Relative Bearing Framework for Robotics,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 13714–13721, 2022.

Roofline Model for UAVs: A Bottleneck Analysis Tool for Onboard Compute Characterization of Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Published in IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software (ISPASS)

A bottleneck-analysis tool for characterizing onboard computing performance in autonomous aerial vehicles.

Recommended citation: S. Krishnan, Z. Wan, K. Bhardwaj, N. Jadhav, A. Faust, and V. J. Reddi, “Roofline Model for UAVs: A Bottleneck Analysis Tool for Onboard Compute Characterization of Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles,” IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software (ISPASS), pp. 162–174, 2022.

A wireless signal-based sensing framework for robotics

Published in The International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR)

A wireless sensing framework that allows robots to estimate signal directionality using onboard motion and sensing.

Recommended citation: N. Jadhav*, W. Wang*, D. Zhang, O. Khatib, S. Kumar, and S. Gil, “A wireless signal-based sensing framework for robotics,” The International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), vol. 41, pp. 955–992, 2022. *Equal contribution.

Follow Anything: Open-Set Detection, Tracking, and Following in Real-Time

Published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)

An open-set system for real-time detection, tracking, and robotic following.

Recommended citation: A. Maalouf, N. Jadhav, K. Jatavallabhula, M. Chahine, D. Vogt, R. J. Wood, A. Torralba, and D. Rus, “Follow Anything: Open-Set Detection, Tracking, and Following in Real-Time,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), vol. 9, pp. 3283–3290, 2023.

WiFi-CSI Sensing and Bearing Estimation in Multi-Robot Systems: An Open-Source Simulation Framework

Published in 40th Anniversary of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA@40)

An open-source simulation framework for WiFi-CSI sensing and bearing estimation in multi-robot systems.

Recommended citation: B. Dijkstra, N. Jadhav, A. Sloot, M. Marcantoni, B. Jayawardhana, S. Gil, and B. Haghighat, “WiFi-CSI Sensing and Bearing Estimation in Multi-Robot Systems: An Open-Source Simulation Framework,” ICRA@40, 2024.
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Reinforcement learning–based framework for whale rendezvous via autonomous sensing robots

Published in Science Robotics

Recommended citation: N. Jadhav*, S. Bhattacharya*, D. Vogt, Y. Aluma, P. Tonessen, A. Prabhakara, S. Kumar, S. Gero, R. J. Wood, and S. Gil, “Reinforcement learning-based framework for whale rendezvous via autonomous sensing robots,” Science Robotics, vol. 9, no. 95, eadn7299, 2024. *Equal contribution.
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Decentralized Vision-Based Autonomous Aerial Wildlife Monitoring

Published in International Symposium of Experimental Robotics (ISER)

A decentralized vision-based framework for autonomous wildlife monitoring with aerial robots.

Recommended citation: M. Chahine*, W. Yang*, A. Maalouf, J. Siriska, N. Jadhav, D. Vogt, S. Gil, R. J. Wood, and D. Rus, “Decentralized Vision-Based Autonomous Aerial Wildlife Monitoring,” International Symposium of Experimental Robotics (ISER), 2025. *Equal contribution.

Real-time Remote Tracking and Autonomous Planning for Whale Rendezvous using Robots

Published in International Symposium of Experimental Robotics (ISER)

Real-time remote sensing and autonomous planning for robotic rendezvous with whales.

Recommended citation: S. Bhattacharya*, N. Jadhav*, H. Izhar, K. Li, K. George, R. J. Wood, and S. Gil, “Real-time Remote Tracking and Autonomous Planning for Whale Rendezvous using Robots,” International Symposium of Experimental Robotics (ISER), 2025. *Equal contribution.

Enabling Motion-Induced WiFi-CSI Sensing in Multi-Robot Systems: A Simulation Framework

Published in 18th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS)

A simulation framework for motion-induced WiFi channel-state-information sensing in multi-robot systems.

Recommended citation: B. J. Dijkstra, N. Jadhav, M. F. Stoffijn, S. Gil, and B. Haghighat, “Enabling Motion-Induced WiFi-CSI Sensing in Multi-Robot Systems: A Simulation Framework,” 18th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS), 2026.

WiSER-X: Wireless Signals-based Efficient Decentralized Multi-Robot Exploration without Explicit Information Exchange

Published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)

WiSER-X enables efficient decentralized multi-robot exploration under severe communication constraints by using wireless signals without explicit information exchange.

Recommended citation: N. Jadhav, M. Behari, R. J. Wood, and S. Gil, “WiSER-X: Wireless Signals-based Efficient Decentralized Multi-Robot Exploration without Explicit Information Exchange,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2026. doi: 10.1109/LRA.2026.3711857.
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