Autonomous UAV Navigation in GPS-Denied Environments
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Aug 2024 - Present
- Developed VTOL-based UAV navigation simulations in Gazebo; integrated ORB-SLAM3 and RTAB-Map for real-time 3D mapping
- Built real-time UAV human detection system using YOLOv11 for rescue operations
- Implemented ROS 2 Foxy for communication between SLAM, mapping, and perception modules
- Accelerated deep learning and SLAM tasks using CUDA-enabled Jetson Nano/Xavier hardware
- Published research to ICUAS 2025 on real-time multi-UAV coordination for indoor search and rescue
ROS 2
CUDA
Python
C++
SLAM
Computer Vision