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!!
Stoch Lab
The Stochastic Robotics Lab designs robust, learning-based and safety-critical controllers for legged robots and cyber-physical systems.
News
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)!!
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 !!
Our recent work titled “A Collision Cone Approach for Control Barrier Functions” has been accepted to Transactions on Control System Technology (TCST)!!
Research Areas
End-to-End Learning-Based Control for Legged Locomotion
Learning-based controllers that let robots walk, run, and adapt on real terrain.
Safety-Critical Control
Formal safety guarantees that keep legged robots out of harm's way.
Co-Design for Legged Systems
Optimizing robot bodies and controllers together for maximum performance.
Humanoids Research
Pushing humanoid and bipedal robots toward real-world agility.
People
Faculty
Shishir Kolathaya
Collaborators
Aaron Ames
Somil Bansal
Ayonga Hereid
Andrew Clark
Pushpak Jagtap
Majid Khadiv
Debasish Ghose
Bharadwaj Amrutur
Shalabh Bhatnagar
Jishnu Keshavan
Ashish Joglekar
Ashitava Ghosal
PhD Students
Vamshi Kumar Kurva
Aman Singh
Aditya Shirwatkar
Aastha Mishra
Prakrut Kotecha
Sudesh Morey
Masters Students
UG Students
Funding & Support