I'm a graduate student in the Waterloo Autonomous Vehicles Lab at the University of Waterloo where I work with Prof. Steven Waslander (MME) and Prof. Stephen Smith (ECE). My current research projects involve distributed control and motion coordination for mobile robot teams, but I'm broadly interested in vision, estimation, sensor fusion and distributed sensor networks.
I'm a member of the WAVE Lab, the UW Robotics Team and the NCFRN Field Robotics Network.
Research & Projects
My current research interests are in the motion planning and coordination of robot teams for long-term autonomous missions such as exploration, coverage and surveillance. Some of my main research projects have been:
- Coverage Path Planning: Robust coverage of an unknown environment using SLAM based mapping
- Energy Aware UAV Surveillance: Autonomous recharging of UAVs using mobile charging robots
- Multi-robot rendezvous: Optimal path planning for rendezvous on discrete roadmaps
When not surrounded by robots, I work on a bunch of random personal projects such as these.
I also write about science, comedy and the universe at neilonpaper.com
Where To Find Me
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Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1 |
Email:
nmathew@uwaterloo.ca Office: E5 3018 |