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Welcome to the Heterogeneous Robotics (HeRo) Research Lab at the School of Computing, University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, GA, USA. The lab is directed by Prof. Ramviyas Parasuraman.

HeRo lab conducts experimental and application-oriented research in heterogeneous robotics systems of varying functionalities and mobility capabilities. Specifically, the current research focus are on multi-robot systems, wireless networks, intelligent & intuitive teleoperation, human-robot interfaces, robotics applied in nuclear, radioactive, rescue, disaster, and challenging environments, and machine learning applications to multi-agent systems.

Vision: Our vision is to capacitate autonomous heterogeneous multi-human multi-robot systems with intelligent, resilient, and robust methods for cooperation, communication, and interactions.

We work on several challenging research areas outlined below.

Multi-robot systems – Control, Communications, Planning, Cooperation, and Coordination

Intelligent Teleoperation – Novel and Intuitive Interaction/Interfaces

Wireless Networked Robots – Predictions and Optimization

Rescue Robotics – Deployment and Application to Search and Rescue

Robotics in Nuclear, Radioactive, and Challenging Environments

Machine Learning Applications to Robotics and Multi-Agent Systems

Recent Topics:

Multi-Robot Localization

Multi-Robot Cooperation

Multi-Robot Skill Representation and Transfer
Multi-Robot Exploration

Multi-Robot Information Sampling

Robot Networking
Multi-Robot Planning
Multi-Robot Heterogeneity
Multi-Robot ROS
Multi-Robot Consensus Control
Multi-Robot Grouping
Behavior Trees in MRS
Teleoperation Interface
Human-Robot Interface
WiFi in Connected Vehicles
Gesture Classification