Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) - Autonomous Systems and Robotics
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is India's premier defense research agency under the Ministry of Defence. Its Autonomous Systems and Robotics division develops AI/ML technologies, autonomous navigation systems, and unmanned ground and underwater combat vehicles.
Notable achievements
Autonomous environment perception systems, HEAUVs (High Endurance Autonomous Underwater Vehicles), autonomous combat vehicle development
Notable work
Recent publications
All papers →Matched by this lab's specialties (keyword overlap + direct affiliation)
Bioinspired underwater robotics: Advances across the materials, design, control, and applications
Dilip Muchhala, Pramod Kumar Maurya, Adarsh Raut +3 more
Robotics and Autonomous Systems · 2026
Wheeled autonomous rover design and control for snow-covered terrain
Austin P. Lines, Adam Gronewold, Joshua Elliot +6 more
Robotics and Autonomous Systems · 2026
Performance Comparison of Classical and Neural Sampling Algorithms for Robotic Navigation
Hichem Cheriet, Badra Khellat Kihel, Samira Chouraqui
2026
STR Robot: Design of an Autonomous Mobile Robot from Simulation to Reality
Vinh Nguyen, Gia-Uy Le, Tien-Dat Nguyen +2 more
2026
Autonomous Frontier-Based Exploration with VLM Guidance
Aarush Aitha, Avideh Zakhor
2026
HydroAir: An Air-Propelled Surface Vehicle for Autonomous Navigation and 3D Reconstruction in Shallow and Obstacle-Rich Aquatic Environments.
Honório LM, Vidal VF, Biundini IZ +3 more
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026