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Career

· Scientific Advisor, FiveAI2021–2023
· Vice President - Prediction and Planning, FiveAI2017–2020
· Professor and Chair of Robot Learning and Autonomy, The University of Edinburgh2007–
· Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin2001–2007
· Staff Engineer, National Instruments Corp.1999–2007
· B.E. (with Distinction), Bangalore University
· M.E. in Systems and Control, University of Virginia

Publications (223)

Open X-Embodiment: Robotic Learning Datasets and RT-X Models : Open X-Embodiment Collaboration
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation · 2024
282
cited
A game-theoretic model and best-response learning method for ad hoc coordination in multiagent systems
Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agent Systems · 2013
126
cited
Learning spatial relationships between objects
Int. J. Robotics Res. · 2011
112
cited
Bayesian policy reuse
Machine-mediated learning · 2015
85
cited
The Active Inference Approach to Ecological Perception: General Information Dynamics for Natural and Artificial Embodied Cognition
Frontiers in Robotics and AI · 2018
82
cited
Applications and Techniques for Fast Machine Learning in Science
Frontiers in Big Data · 2021
81
cited
Belief and Truth in Hypothesised Behaviours
Artificial Intelligence · 2015
81
cited
Interpretable Goal-based Prediction and Planning for Autonomous Driving
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation · 2020
74
cited
Learning Grasp Affordance Reasoning Through Semantic Relations
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters · 2019
73
cited
Topological trajectory classification with filtrations of simplicial complexes and persistent homology
Int. J. Robotics Res. · 2016
64
cited
Residual Learning from Demonstration: Adapting DMPs for Contact-rich Manipulation
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters · 2020
63
cited
Designing safe, profitable automated stock trading agents using evolutionary algorithms
Annual Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation · 2006
60
cited
A Two-Stage Optimization-Based Motion Planner for Safe Urban Driving
IEEE Transactions on robotics · 2020
55
cited
Lower Dimensional Kernels for Video Discriminators
Neural Networks · 2019
52
cited
Affordances in Robotic Tasks - A Survey
arXiv.org · 2020
49
cited
Expectations and Perceptions of Healthcare Professionals for Robot Deployment in Hospital Environments During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Frontiers in Robotics and AI · 2021
42
cited
Adaptable Pouring: Teaching Robots Not to Spill using Fast but Approximate Fluid Simulation
Conference on Robot Learning · 2017
40
cited
The ORCA Hub: Explainable Offshore Robotics through Intelligent Interfaces
IEEE/ACM International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction · 2018
40
cited
Games, Groups and the Global Good
Journal of the Operational Research Society · 2013
33
cited
What good are actions? Accelerating learning using learned action priors
International Conference on Development and Learning · 2012
33
cited
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