Motion and Teaming Laboratory (Mo-T Lab)

Director

Michael Otte Arospace Engineering (ENAE), Assistant Professor Computer Science (CMCS), Affiliate Assistant Professor Maryland Robotics Center (MRC), Member Motion and Teaming Laboratory (Mo-T Lab), Director 3179 Glenn L. Martin Hall Bldg {my last name} @umd.edu Mo-T Lab Students and Postdocs Mo-T Lab Alumni Mo-T Lab Facilities and Test Platforms

Postdoctoral Scholars

George P. Kontoudis Personal Website

Ph.D. Students

	Sharan Nayak Aerospace Engineering (ENAE) Linkedin YouTube
	Mohamed Khalid M. Jaffar Aerospace Engineering (ENAE) Linkedin {last name} 26@umd.edu
	Ollie Rodriguez Aerospace Engineering (ENAE)
	Loy McGuire Aerospace Engineering (ENAE) Linkedin {first initial} {last name} @umd.edu
	Alex Mendelsohn Computer Science (CMCS) {first name} j {last name} @gmail.com
	Dalan Loudermilk Aerospace Engineering (ENAE) Linkedin {first name} @umd.edu

Master's of Science Students

At the moment none, but we are always looking for good people! All of my six former M.S. students have either continued on to a Ph.D. or are gainfully employed. See the Mo-T Lab Alumni section below for placement details.

Master's of Engineering Interns

	Alkesh Kumar Robotics (MAGE) Personal Website
	Bharath Reddy Bora Robotics (MAGE) Linkedin

External Collaborators and Exchange Students

	Jae-Kyung Cho Exchange Student (ECE) Seoul National University (SNU) Republic of Korea Personal Website
	Aditya Savio Paul Collaborator University of Tartu Republic of Estonia Personal Website

Undergraduate Researchers

	Chris Martinez Reina Aerospace Engineering (ENAE)
	Jared Allanigue Aerospace Engineering (ENAE)
	Darius Lukas Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)

High School Student Researchers

We typically have between one and four high school researchers in the lab, depending on the year and time of year. See our note regarding the on-line privacy of minors.

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Mo-T Lab Alumni

Master's of Science Alumni

• Ryan Ernandis (ENAE, 2020), M.S. Thesis: "Sampling based motion planning for minimizing uncertainty with Stewart platforms." Placement: Astrobotic
• Akshay Vinay Bapat (ENSE, 2020, Co-Advised with Jeffrey Herrmann), M.S. Thesis: "Development of a multi-agent task allocation algorithm for low communication scenarios." Placement: Magna International (Robotics Test Engineer).
• Sharan Nayak (ENAE, 2020), Non-Thesis Option. Placement: Ongoing Ph.D. student in the Mo-T Lab.
• Aditya Savio Paul (University of Tartu, Estonia, 2020, External Co-Advisor), M.S. Thesis: "Autonomous motion planning for spacecrafts near small solar systembodies: simultaneously refining the gravitational field model andre-planning gravity dependant maneuvers." Placement: Tartu Observatory.
• Loy McGuire Loy McGuire (ENAE, 2020,), M.S. Thesis ``Overcomming local minima through viscoelastic fluid-inspired swarm behavior.'' Placement: Ongoing Ph.D. student in the Mo-T Lab.
• Anshuman Singh (ENSE, 2021, Co-Advised with Huan Xu), M.S. Thesis: "Proof of concept for pair based approach for swarm robotics." Placement: Ulendo Software Solutions for Manufacturing Automation.

Master's of Engineering Alumni

• Manas Gupta (M.Eng. Robotics, 2019, Co-Advised with Huan Xu), Placement: Torc Robotics.
• Shivang Patel (M.Eng. Robotics, 2019, Co-Advised with Huan Xu), Placement: University of West Verginia Ph.D. Program.
• Pranav Dhulipala (M.Eng. Robotics, 2019, Co-Advised with Huan Xu), Placement: Microsoft.

Undergraduate Alumni

• Marvellous Achugbu
• James Bollinger
• Andres Christensen
• Charles Demery
• Justin DeVito
• Zachary Hoover
• Neel Godhani
• Savya Konkalmatt
• Brian Lee
• Ryland Lillibridge
• Kevin Lin
• Miles Jones
• Paul Motter
• Hridoy Rozario
• Noah Schultz
• William Sherman
• Leon Stevenson
• Mya Thompkins
• Richard Yu

High School Alumni

• The work done by our twelve previous and ongoing high school interns has been awesome! We error on the side of privacy with respect to listing the names of minors on-line. So, if you were/are a high school intern in the Mo-T Lab and would like to be listed here, and are now old enough to make that decision legally, then let Dr. Otte know and we will be happy to add you! Otherwise, if you are a minor and would like to be listed then please have your parent/legal guardian provide their permission via email to Dr. Otte and we will be happy to add you!

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Facilities and Test Platforms

Indoor UAV Test Space

	Vicon Motion Capture System Safety Nets
	Various UAVs Platforms from: Bitcraze, Parrot, Intel, etc. Custom Platforms

kilobot Swarm Robot Testbed

	200+ robots Overhead Programmer (I/O, Controller) Overhead Light Projector Light Intensity Control Overhead Camera Multi-Robot Charging Station
	Light Intensity Sensor Inferred Communication Vibration Based Locomotion Multicolor LED

Turtlebot3 Team

	6 Turtlebot3 Burger platforms Laser Scanars Stereo Cameras RGB Cameras Custom Actuators
	Gravel and Foam Testbed

Additional Shared Resources

Fearless Flight Facility (F3) Netted Outdoor Flight Facility 100ft wide, 300ft long, and 50ft high Managed by the Dept. Aerospace Engineering

As a member of the Maryland Robotics Center (MRC) the Mo-T Lab and its members also have access to numerous shared facilities and test platforms. Of note are the following: Robotics Realization Lab: additional ground platforms and additional test space. Brin Family Aerial Robotics Lab: additional air platforms and additional indoor flying space. Robotics Manipulator Lab: manipulator platforms and additional test space.