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publications
Object guided autonomous exploration for mobile robots in indoor environments
Published in In the proceedings of Unmanned Systems Technology XVI, 2014
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Recommended citation: Carlos Nieto-Granda, Siddarth Choudhary, John Rogers, Jeff Twigg, Varun Murali, Henrik Christensen, "Object guided autonomous exploration for mobile robots in indoor environments." In the proceedings of Unmanned Systems Technology XVI, 2014.
Active planning based extrinsic calibration of exteroceptive sensors in unknown environments
Published in In the proceedings of 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2016
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Recommended citation: Varun Murali, Carlos Nieto, Siddharth Choudhary, Henrik Christensen, "Active planning based extrinsic calibration of exteroceptive sensors in unknown environments." In the proceedings of 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2016.
User oriented assessment of vibration suppression by command shaping in a supernumerary wearable robotic arm
Published in In the proceedings of 2016 IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2016
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Recommended citation: Roozbeh Khodambashi, Gil Weinberg, William Singhose, Shima Rishmawi, Varun Murali, Euisun Kim, "User oriented assessment of vibration suppression by command shaping in a supernumerary wearable robotic arm." In the proceedings of 2016 IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2016.
Utilizing semantic visual landmarks for precise vehicle navigation
Published in In the proceedings of 2017 IEEE 20th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), 2017
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Recommended citation: Varun Murali, Han-Pang Chiu, Supun Samarasekera, Rakesh Kumar, "Utilizing semantic visual landmarks for precise vehicle navigation." In the proceedings of 2017 IEEE 20th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), 2017.
Augmented reality driving using semantic geo-registration
Published in In the proceedings of 2018 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), 2018
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Recommended citation: Han-Pang Chiu, Varun Murali, Ryan Villamil, G Kessler, Supun Samarasekera, Rakesh Kumar, "Augmented reality driving using semantic geo-registration." In the proceedings of 2018 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), 2018.
The blackbird dataset: A large-scale dataset for uav perception in aggressive flight
Published in In the proceedings of International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, 2018
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Recommended citation: Amado Antonini, Winter Guerra, Varun Murali, Thomas Sayre-McCord, Sertac Karaman, "The blackbird dataset: A large-scale dataset for uav perception in aggressive flight." In the proceedings of International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, 2018.
Asymptotic optimality of a time optimal path parametrization algorithm
Published in IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2019
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Recommended citation: Igor Spasojevic, Varun Murali, Sertac Karaman, "Asymptotic optimality of a time optimal path parametrization algorithm." IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2019.
Flightgoggles: Photorealistic sensor simulation for perception-driven robotics using photogrammetry and virtual reality
Published in arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.11377, 2019
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Recommended citation: Winter Guerra, Ezra Tal, Varun Murali, Gilhyun Ryou, Sertac Karaman, "Flightgoggles: Photorealistic sensor simulation for perception-driven robotics using photogrammetry and virtual reality." arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.11377, 2019.
Perception-aware trajectory generation for aggressive quadrotor flight using differential flatness
Published in In the proceedings of 2019 American Control Conference (ACC), 2019
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Recommended citation: Varun Murali, Igor Spasojevic, Winter Guerra, Sertac Karaman, "Perception-aware trajectory generation for aggressive quadrotor flight using differential flatness." In the proceedings of 2019 American Control Conference (ACC), 2019.
Joint Feature Selection and Time Optimal Path Parametrization for High Speed Vision-Aided Navigation
Published in In the proceedings of 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2020
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Recommended citation: Igor Spasojevic, Varun Murali, Sertac Karaman, "Joint Feature Selection and Time Optimal Path Parametrization for High Speed Vision-Aided Navigation." In the proceedings of 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2020.
Perception-aware time optimal path parameterization for quadrotors
Published in In the proceedings of 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2020
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Recommended citation: Igor Spasojevic, Varun Murali, Sertac Karaman, "Perception-aware time optimal path parameterization for quadrotors." In the proceedings of 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2020.
The blackbird uav dataset
Published in The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2020
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Recommended citation: Amado Antonini, Winter Guerra, Varun Murali, Thomas Sayre-McCord, Sertac Karaman, "The blackbird uav dataset." The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2020.
6D object pose estimation with pairwise compatible geometric features
Published in In the proceedings of 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2021
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Recommended citation: Muyuan Lin, Varun Murali, Sertac Karaman, "6D object pose estimation with pairwise compatible geometric features." In the proceedings of 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2021.
A planted clique perspective on hypothesis pruning
Published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2022
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Recommended citation: Muyuan Lin, Varun Murali, Sertac Karaman, "A planted clique perspective on hypothesis pruning." IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2022.
AgriNeRF: Neural Radiance Fields for Agriculture in Challenging Lighting Conditions
Published in arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.15487, 2024
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Recommended citation: Samarth Chopra, Fernando Cladera, Varun Murali, Vijay Kumar, "AgriNeRF: Neural Radiance Fields for Agriculture in Challenging Lighting Conditions." arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.15487, 2024.
Challenges and Opportunities for Large-Scale Exploration with Air-Ground Teams using Semantics
Published in arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.07169, 2024
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Recommended citation: Fernando Cladera, Ian Miller, Zachary Ravichandran, Varun Murali, Jason Hughes, M Hsieh, CJ Taylor, Vijay Kumar, "Challenges and Opportunities for Large-Scale Exploration with Air-Ground Teams using Semantics." arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.07169, 2024.
Learning autonomous driving from aerial imagery
Published in arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.14177, 2024
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Recommended citation: Varun Murali, Guy Rosman, Sertac Karaman, Daniela Rus, "Learning autonomous driving from aerial imagery." arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.14177, 2024.
RT-GuIDE: Real-Time Gaussian splatting for Information-Driven Exploration
Published in arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.18122, 2024
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Recommended citation: Yuezhan Tao, Dexter Ong, Varun Murali, Igor Spasojevic, Pratik Chaudhari, Vijay Kumar, "RT-GuIDE: Real-Time Gaussian splatting for Information-Driven Exploration." arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.18122, 2024.
SPINE: Online Semantic Planning for Missions with Incomplete Natural Language Specifications in Unstructured Environments
Published in arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.03035, 2024
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Recommended citation: Zachary Ravichandran, Varun Murali, Mariliza Tzes, George Pappas, Vijay Kumar, "SPINE: Online Semantic Planning for Missions with Incomplete Natural Language Specifications in Unstructured Environments." arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.03035, 2024.
talks
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teaching
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Undergraduate course, University 1, Department, 2014
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Workshop, University 1, Department, 2015
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Teaching experience 2
Workshop, University 1, Department, 2015
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