Bio:
Mrinal Kalakrishnan graduated with a B.E. in Telecommunication
from PESIT, Bangalore in 2004, and an M.S. in Computer Science from
the University of Southern California in 2008. He is currently
pursuing his doctoral degree at USC, advised by Prof. Stefan Schaal.
His research focuses on the development of machine learning techniques
to improve the performance of motion planners for autonomous robots in
challenging domains such as rough terrain locomotion and autonomous
grasping and manipulation. He is also interested in designing and learning controllers that use sensory and visual feedback loops to achieve compliant yet robust
behavior.
Research Interests:
Machine Learning, Legged Locomotion, Motion Planning, Reinforcement Learning, Inverse Reinforcement Learning, Grasping and Manipulation, Force and Compliance Control
Videos:
| LittleDog, Phase III:
| Learning Force Control Policies for Compliant Manipulation:
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| Autonomous Robotic Manipulation (ARM) project, Phase II:
| Autonomous Robotic Manipulation (ARM) project, Phase I:
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| Willow Garage Internship, 2010:
| Willow Garage Internship, 2009:
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Google Scholar
Pre-CLMC Publications
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Email:
mail at mrinal dot net
Address:
Ronald Tutor Hall, RTH-417
3710 S. Mc.Clintock Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Phone:
(213) 821 6370
Fax:
(213) 740 1510
