Afzal Ahmad
I am Research Fellow at the Multi-Robot Systems lab in Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic. I have been working on multi-robot coordination for high speed flights in cluttered environments. My work in supervised of Dr. Martin Saska.
I graduated with a Master’s in Artificial Intelligence from the Czech Technical University in Prague in 2022. During my masters I have worked on decentralized control of multi-UAV systems under the supervision of Dr. Martin Saska. My masters thesis focused on investigating multi-UAV trajectory planning with limited to no information sharing among the UAVs.
Prior to this, I obtained a Bachelor’s in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati in 2019. As an undergraduate researcher, I worked on simulating a swarm of ground robots at the MIST lab, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada.
I have reviewed articles for IROS 2023, ICRA 2021 and 2023, ICUAS 2021 and Bioinspiration & Biomimetics journal.
news
| Oct 10, 2022 | Published my first journal paper in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. |
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| Aug 2, 2022 | Helped with the organisation of the The IEEE RAS Summer School on Multi-Robot Systems. |
| Aug 1, 2022 | Joined Multi-Robot Systems lab as a Research Fellow. |
| Jul 30, 2022 | Graduated from Czech Technical University in Prague. |
| May 30, 2021 | Presented by paper at ICRA 2021. |
| Sep 30, 2020 | Joined Czech Technical University in Prague for masters studies. |
| Sep 1, 2020 | Presented my first research paper at ICUAS 2020. |
| Nov 1, 2019 | My work on UAV swarm in forests got featured in IEEE Spectrum Video Friday. |
| Aug 1, 2019 | Started working as a Research Assistant in the Multi-Robot Systems lab, Prague, Czech Republic. |
| Jul 1, 2019 | Graduated from IIT Guwahati. |
| May 1, 2018 | Awarded the Shastri Research Student Fellowship for undergraduate research at Polytechnique Montreal, Canada. |
| Apr 1, 2018 | Awarded as the Best Managing Secretary among technical student clubs at IIT Guwahati. |
| Apr 10, 2016 | Won the Internet of Things Hackathon organised by Bolt IoT. |
| Aug 1, 2015 | Joined the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati as an undergraduate. |
selected publications
Journal Articles
2022
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PACNav: A Collective Navigation Approach for UAV Swarms Deprived of Communication and External LocalizationBioinspiration & Biomimetics, Nov 2022
Conference Articles
2021
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Autonomous Aerial Swarming in GNSS-denied Environments with High Obstacle DensityIn 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Jun 2021
