Gautam Salhotra

Gautam Salhotra

PhD candidate in robotics

University of Southern California

I am a PhD candidate in computer science (robotics) at the University of Southern California (USC), advised by Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme. Broadly, I work on combining planning algorithms with learning to achieve greater autonomy for robots, with experience in object manipulation, control theory, and deep reinforcement learning.

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Interests
  • Robot manipulation
  • Deformable Objects
  • Learning & Optimization
Education
  • MSc in Computer Science (Robotics & Perception), 2018

    Georgia Tech

  • MSc in Mechanical Engineering (Control Theory), 2012

    University of Texas at Austin

  • Mechanical Engineering, 2010

    Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay)

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Selected Publications

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(2023). Learning Robot Manipulation from Cross-Morphology Demonstration. In CoRL 2023.

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(2022). Learning Deformable Object Manipulation from Expert Demonstrations. In IEEE RA-L, IROS ‘22.

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(2022). Guided Learning of Robust Hurdling Policies with Curricular Trajectory Optimization. In SoCal Robotics Symposium ‘22.

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(2021). Adaptive Sampling using POMDPs with Domain-Specific Considerations. In ICRA ‘21.

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(2020). Motion Planner Augmented Reinforcement Learning for Robot Manipulation in Obstructed Environments. In CoRL ‘20.

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