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portfolio
Autonomous Systems for Whale Research
Field robotic systems for remote tracking, rendezvous, and biological observation of sperm whales.
Multi-Robot Systems and Wireless Sensing
Multi-robot coordination, decentralized exploration, and wireless signals as an onboard sensing modality.
publications
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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talks
Active Rendezvous for Multi-Robot Pose Graph Optimization using Sensing over Wi-Fi
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Workshop presentation on active robot rendezvous using WiFi sensing to improve distributed pose graph optimization.
Toolbox Release: A WiFi-Based Relative Bearing Framework for Robotics
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Conference presentation of a toolbox for WiFi-based relative bearing estimation on robots.
Decentralized Multi-Robot Exploration via Implicit Information Exchange
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Seminar on decentralized exploration using wireless sensing as a form of implicit information exchange.
Real-time wireless sensing at the edge for in situ multi-robot deployment
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Invited talk on wireless sensing systems designed for real-time field deployment on robot teams.
Wireless sensing at the edge for in situ multi-robot coordination
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Invited talk on real-time wireless sensing and its role in multi-robot coordination.
Communication-as-a-sensor for in situ multi-robot coordination
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Invited talk on using communication signals as a sensing modality for multi-robot coordination in real-world deployments.
teaching
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Teaching Assistant, Arizona State University
Led in-person and online discussion sections, graded assignments, supported student projects, and advised students.
Coordination and Control of Multi-Robot Systems
Teaching Assistant, Arizona State University
Led discussion sections, graded assignments, assisted with projects, and advised students studying multi-robot coordination and control.
Multi-Robot Systems: Control, Communication, and Security
Teaching Fellow, Harvard University
- Co-designed and developed three mini-workshops introducing robot control and sensing with ROS, LoCoBot, and TurtleBot platforms equipped with LiDAR, RGB-D cameras, and WiFi sensing.
- Integrated WiFi-based directionality estimation into the coursework for use in final projects.
- Designed and evaluated a search-and-rescue final project and guided student teams through deployment on robot platforms.
Research Mentoring
Research Mentor, Harvard University
- Meghna Behari — Harvard undergraduate senior thesis; subsequently Amazon Robotics.
- Steven Cho — Harvard undergraduate senior thesis; subsequently ETH Zurich M.Sc.
- Carla Paillardon — ETH Zurich M.Sc. visiting student at Harvard; master’s thesis.
