Robotics & Control @ IISc Bengaluru

Stoch Lab

The Stochastic Robotics Lab designs robust, learning-based and safety-critical controllers for legged robots and cyber-physical systems.

Legged Locomotion Learning-Based Control Safety-Critical Control Optimal Control Co-Design Optimization

News

May 12, 2026

Our recent work titled “A Co-Design Framework for High-Performance Jumping of a Five-Bar Monoped with Actuator Optimization” has been accepted to IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM) 2026, Italy!!

March 27, 2026

Our recent work titled “V-OCBF: Learning Safety Filters from Offline Data via Value-Guided Offline Control Barrier Functions” has been accepted to Transactions on Machine Learning Research (TMLR)!!

January 31, 2026

Our recent work titled “COMPAct: Computational Optimization and Automated Modular design of Planetary Actuators” has been accepted to IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2026, Vienna, Austria !!

January 20, 2026

Our recent work titled “A Collision Cone Approach for Control Barrier Functions” has been accepted to Transactions on Control System Technology (TCST)!!

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Research Areas

People

Faculty

Shishir Kolathaya
Assistant Professor, CSA & CPS, IISc

Collaborators

Aaron Ames
Bren Professor, ME & CDS, Caltech
Somil Bansal
Assistant Professor, AA, Stanford
Ayonga Hereid
Assistant Professor, ME & AE, OSU
Andrew Clark
Associate Professor, ESE, WUSTL

PhD Students

Vamshi Kumar Kurva
Learning Based Adaptive Control
Aman Singh
Design and Control Co-Optimization
Aditya Shirwatkar
Contact Rich Legged Locomotion
Aastha Mishra
Aastha Mishra
Design and Control Co-Optimization
Prakrut Kotecha
Learning based controls of Legged Robots
Sudesh Morey
Neuromorphic Event Cameras

Masters Students

UG Students

Funding & Support