My primary research interests are in developing fully autonomous MAVs for exploration purposes, with a broad interest in State Estimation, SLAM / SfM, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Planning, and Controls.
PhD in CS (@MIT, 2013 ~ hopefully 2019)
Supervisor: Prof. Nick Roy
Robust Robotics Group, CSAIL
MS in CS (@Georgia Tech, 2011~2013)
Supervisor: Prof. Frank Dellaert
BORG Lab
BSc in Mechatronics Engineering (@University of Waterloo, 2006~2011)
Supervisor: Prof. Steven Waslander
Waterloo Autonomous Vehicles (WAVE) Lab
Publications
- Path Planning with Uncertainty: Voronoi Uncertainty Fields, Kyel Ok, Sameer Ansari, William Gallagher, William Sica, Frank Dellaert, and Mike Stilman, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2013
- Vistas and Wall-Floor Intersection Features - Enabling Autonomous Flight in Man-made Environments, Kyel Ok, Duy-Nguyen Ta, and Frank Dellaert, Workshop on Visual Control of Mobile Robots, 2012
- Attitude Heading Reference System with Rotation-Aiding Visual Landmarks, Chris Beall, Duy-Nguyen Ta, Kyel Ok, and Frank Dellaert, Intl. Conf. on Information Fusion (FUSION), 2012
- Saliency Detection and Model-based Tracking: a Two Part Vision System for Small Robot Navigation in Forested Environment, Richard Roberts, Duy-Nguyen Ta, Julian Straub, Kyel Ok, and Frank Dellaert, Unmanned Systems Technology XIV - SPIE Defense; Security; and Sensing, 2012