Scholar
Nikhil Chopra
Google Scholar ID: xw5zQrEAAAAJ
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
Citations & Impact
Citations
2,490
H-index
24
i10-index
57
Publications
20
Co-authors
10
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Presented 'Cascade IPG for Underwater Robot State Estimation' at IEEE ICRA 2025; presented '3D Water Quality Mapping using Invariant Extended Kalman Filtering for Underwater Robot Localization' at IROS 2024 Workshop on Autonomous Robotic Systems in Aquaculture: Research Challenges and Industry Needs, and received the award for Best Control Framework for Autonomous Navigation and Control.
Research Experience
- Involved in multiple projects including Marine Robotics for Smart Aquaculture, Soft Robotics, Distributed Beamforming, Robot Disassembly, Precision Agriculture, Cooperative Aerial Robots.
Background
- Research interests include various control-theoretic formulations for robot systems and optimization frameworks, leaning into machine learning to strengthen them. Works with underwater, ground, manipulator, aerial, and soft robots.
Miscellany
- The lab is part of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at the University of Maryland College Park, and its members are affiliated with ME, the Maryland Robotics Center (MRC), and the Institute of Systems Research (ISR).
