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Mihir Vinay Kulkarni

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Mihir Vinay Kulkarni

PhD Candidate
Department of Engineering Cybernetics

mihir.kulkarni@ntnu.no
Elektro B, Gløshaugen
Publications Outreach

Publications

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2025

  • Kulkarni, Mihir Vinay; Rehberg, Welf Peter; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2025) Aerial Gym Simulator: A Framework for Highly Parallelized Simulation of Aerial Robots. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
    Academic article

2024

  • Kulkarni, Mihir Vinay; Alexis, Konstantinos; Rehberg, Welf Peter. (2024) Aerial Gym Simulator Version 2.
    Software
  • Dharmadhikari, Mihir Rahul; Khedekar, Nikhil Vijay; De Petris, Paolo; Kulkarni, Mihir Vinay; Nissov, Morten Christian; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2024) Maritime Vessel Tank Inspection using Aerial Robots: Dataset.
    Database
  • Harms, Marvin Chayton; Kulkarni, Mihir Vinay; Khedekar, Nikhil Vijay; Jacquet, Martin Pierre Francois; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2024) Neural Control Barrier Functions for Safe Navigation.
    Multimedia product
  • Harms, Marvin Chayton; Kulkarni, Mihir Vinay; Khedekar, Nikhil Vijay; Jacquet, Martin Pierre Francois; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2024) Neural Control Barrier Functions for Safe Navigation. Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
    Academic article
  • Kulkarni, Mihir Vinay; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2024) Reinforcement Learning for Collision-free Flight Exploiting Deep Collision Encoding. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
    Academic article

2023

  • Kulkarni, Mihir Vinay; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2023) Reinforcement Learning for Collision-free Flight Exploiting Deep Collision Encoding .
    Multimedia product
  • Kulkarni, Mihir; Forgaard, Theodor Johannes Line; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2023) Aerial Gym Simulator.
    Software
  • Dharmadhikari, Mihir; De Petris, Paolo; Kulkarni, Mihir; Khedekar, Nikhil Vijay; Nguyen, Dinh Huan; Stene, Arnt Erik. (2023) Autonomous Exploration and General Visual Inspection of Ship Ballast Water Tanks using Aerial Robots. IEEE conference proceedings
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Kulkarni, Mihir; Nguyen, Dinh Huan; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2023) Semantically-enhanced Deep Collision Prediction for Autonomous Navigation using Aerial Robots.
    Software
  • Nguyen, Dinh Huan; Kulkarni, Mihir; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2023) ORACLE: Library of Deep Learning-based Safe Navigation Methods.
    Software
  • Kulkarni, Mihir; Nguyen, Dinh Huan; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2023) Semantically-enhanced Deep Collision Prediction for Autonomous Navigation using Aerial Robots. Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
    Academic article
  • Dharmadhikari, Mihir; de Petris, Paolo; Nguyen, Dinh Huan; Kulkarni, Mihir; Khedekar, Nikhil Vijay; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2023) Manhole Detection and Traversal for Exploration of Ballast Water Tanks using Micro Aerial Vehicles. International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)
    Academic article
  • Kulkarni, Mihir; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2023) Task-driven Compression for Collision Encoding based on Depth Images. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
    Academic article

2022

  • Tranzatto, Marco; Miki, Takahiro; Dharmadhikari, Mihir; Bernreiter, Lukas; Kulkarni, Mihir; Mascarich, Frank. (2022) CERBERUS in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge. Science robotics
    Academic article
  • Kulkarni, Mihir; Dharmadhikari, Mihir; Tranzatto, Marco; Zimmermann, Samuel; Reijgwart, Victor; De Petris, Paolo. (2022) Autonomous teamed exploration of subterranean environments using legged and aerial robots. IEEE conference proceedings
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Khedekar, Nikhil; Kulkarni, Mihir; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2022) MIMOSA: A Multi-Modal SLAM Framework for Resilient Autonomy against Sensor Degradation. IEEE conference proceedings
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mascarich, Frank; Kulkarni, Mihir; De Petris, Paolo; Wilson, Taylor; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2022) Autonomous mapping and spectroscopic analysis of distributed radiation fields using aerial robots. Autonomous Robots
    Academic article
  • De Petris, Paolo; Nguyen, Dinh Huan; Dharmadhikari, Mihir; Kulkarni, Mihir; Khedekar, Nikhil Vijay; Mascarich, Frank. (2022) RMF-Owl: A Collision-Tolerant Flying Robot for Autonomous Subterranean Exploration. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Kulkarni, Mihir; Moon, Brady; Alexis, Konstantinos; Scherer, Sebastian. (2022) Aerial Field Robotics. Springer
    Chapter

Journal publications

  • Kulkarni, Mihir Vinay; Rehberg, Welf Peter; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2025) Aerial Gym Simulator: A Framework for Highly Parallelized Simulation of Aerial Robots. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
    Academic article
  • Harms, Marvin Chayton; Kulkarni, Mihir Vinay; Khedekar, Nikhil Vijay; Jacquet, Martin Pierre Francois; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2024) Neural Control Barrier Functions for Safe Navigation. Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
    Academic article
  • Kulkarni, Mihir Vinay; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2024) Reinforcement Learning for Collision-free Flight Exploiting Deep Collision Encoding. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
    Academic article
  • Kulkarni, Mihir; Nguyen, Dinh Huan; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2023) Semantically-enhanced Deep Collision Prediction for Autonomous Navigation using Aerial Robots. Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
    Academic article
  • Dharmadhikari, Mihir; de Petris, Paolo; Nguyen, Dinh Huan; Kulkarni, Mihir; Khedekar, Nikhil Vijay; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2023) Manhole Detection and Traversal for Exploration of Ballast Water Tanks using Micro Aerial Vehicles. International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)
    Academic article
  • Kulkarni, Mihir; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2023) Task-driven Compression for Collision Encoding based on Depth Images. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
    Academic article
  • Tranzatto, Marco; Miki, Takahiro; Dharmadhikari, Mihir; Bernreiter, Lukas; Kulkarni, Mihir; Mascarich, Frank. (2022) CERBERUS in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge. Science robotics
    Academic article
  • Mascarich, Frank; Kulkarni, Mihir; De Petris, Paolo; Wilson, Taylor; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2022) Autonomous mapping and spectroscopic analysis of distributed radiation fields using aerial robots. Autonomous Robots
    Academic article

Part of book/report

  • Dharmadhikari, Mihir; De Petris, Paolo; Kulkarni, Mihir; Khedekar, Nikhil Vijay; Nguyen, Dinh Huan; Stene, Arnt Erik. (2023) Autonomous Exploration and General Visual Inspection of Ship Ballast Water Tanks using Aerial Robots. IEEE conference proceedings
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Kulkarni, Mihir; Dharmadhikari, Mihir; Tranzatto, Marco; Zimmermann, Samuel; Reijgwart, Victor; De Petris, Paolo. (2022) Autonomous teamed exploration of subterranean environments using legged and aerial robots. IEEE conference proceedings
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Khedekar, Nikhil; Kulkarni, Mihir; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2022) MIMOSA: A Multi-Modal SLAM Framework for Resilient Autonomy against Sensor Degradation. IEEE conference proceedings
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • De Petris, Paolo; Nguyen, Dinh Huan; Dharmadhikari, Mihir; Kulkarni, Mihir; Khedekar, Nikhil Vijay; Mascarich, Frank. (2022) RMF-Owl: A Collision-Tolerant Flying Robot for Autonomous Subterranean Exploration. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Kulkarni, Mihir; Moon, Brady; Alexis, Konstantinos; Scherer, Sebastian. (2022) Aerial Field Robotics. Springer
    Chapter

PRODUKT

  • Kulkarni, Mihir Vinay; Alexis, Konstantinos; Rehberg, Welf Peter. (2024) Aerial Gym Simulator Version 2.
    Software
  • Dharmadhikari, Mihir Rahul; Khedekar, Nikhil Vijay; De Petris, Paolo; Kulkarni, Mihir Vinay; Nissov, Morten Christian; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2024) Maritime Vessel Tank Inspection using Aerial Robots: Dataset.
    Database
  • Harms, Marvin Chayton; Kulkarni, Mihir Vinay; Khedekar, Nikhil Vijay; Jacquet, Martin Pierre Francois; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2024) Neural Control Barrier Functions for Safe Navigation.
    Multimedia product
  • Kulkarni, Mihir Vinay; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2023) Reinforcement Learning for Collision-free Flight Exploiting Deep Collision Encoding .
    Multimedia product
  • Kulkarni, Mihir; Forgaard, Theodor Johannes Line; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2023) Aerial Gym Simulator.
    Software
  • Kulkarni, Mihir; Nguyen, Dinh Huan; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2023) Semantically-enhanced Deep Collision Prediction for Autonomous Navigation using Aerial Robots.
    Software
  • Nguyen, Dinh Huan; Kulkarni, Mihir; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2023) ORACLE: Library of Deep Learning-based Safe Navigation Methods.
    Software

Outreach

2024

  • Academic lecture
    Kulkarni, Mihir Vinay; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2024) Reinforcement Learning for Collision-free Flight Exploiting Deep Collision Encoding. IEEE IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2024 , Yokohama 2024-05-13 - 2024-05-17
  • Poster
    Kulkarni, Mihir Vinay; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2024) Reinforcement Learning for Collision-free Flight Exploiting Deep Collision Encoding. IEEE IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2024 , Yokohama 2024-05-13 - 2024-05-17
  • Academic lecture
    Dharmadhikari, Mihir Rahul; Khedekar, Nikhil Vijay; De Petris, Paolo; Kulkarni, Mihir Vinay; Nissov, Morten; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2024) Maritime Vessel Tank Inspection using Aerial Robots: Experience from the field and dataset release. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2024-05-13 - 2024-05-17
  • Poster
    Dharmadhikari, Mihir Rahul; Khedekar, Nikhil Vijay; de Petris, Paolo; Kulkarni, Mihir Vinay; Nissov, Morten Christian; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2024) Maritime Vessel Tank Inspection using Aerial Robots: Experience from the field and dataset release. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2024 Workshop on Field Robotics , Yokohama 2024-05-13 - 2024-05-17
  • Academic lecture
    Harms, Marvin Chayton; Jacquet, Martin Pierre Francois; Kulkarni, Mihir Vinay; Khedekar, Nikhil Vijay; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2024) Neural Control Barrier Functions for Safe Navigation. IEEE/RSJ IROS 2024 , Abu Dhabi 2024-10-14 - 2024-10-18
  • Poster
    Harms, Marvin Chayton; Jacquet, Martin Pierre Francois; Kulkarni, Mihir Vinay; Khedekar, Nikhil Vijay; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2024) Neural Control Barrier Functions for Safe Navigation. IEEE/RSJ IROS 2024 , Abu Dhabi 2024-10-14 - 2024-10-18

2023

  • Poster
    Kulkarni, Mihir; Forgaard, Theodor Johannes Line; Alexis, Konstantinos. (2023) Aerial Gym - Isaac Gym Simulator for Aerial Robots. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2023 The Role of Robotics Simulators for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles , London, UK 2023-05-29 - 2023-06-02

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