Laboratory for Intelligent Decision and Autonomous Robots (LIDAR)
Purpose
Pioneers agile, human-cooperative robots through optimization algorithms, ensuring robust, safe, real-time performance in dynamic environments, focusing on autonomy and collaboration with humans.
Description
The Laboratory for Intelligent Decision and Autonomous Robots (LIDAR) at Georgia Tech is dedicated to advancing the capabilities of highly agile and human-cooperative robots navigating complex and dynamic environments. With a focus on optimization algorithms and formal methods, the LIDAR group strives to ensure robustness, safety, and real-time performance in challenging robotics tasks. Led by a team of talented graduate and undergraduate students, the group endeavors to pioneer advancements in robot autonomy, intelligent decision-making, and motion planning, with the ultimate goal of enabling collaborative humanoid and mobile robots to operate effectively in unpredictable environments alongside humans. Research applications span agile locomotion, manipulation, robot teaming, and mobile platforms designed for extreme environment maneuvering.