K. Madhava Krishna
International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Laboratoire d'Analyse et d'Architecture des Systèmes, International Institute of Information Technology, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Roche (France), University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Robotics Research (United States), Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology
Papers
105
Total Citations
1,530
H-Index
20
About
K. Madhava Krishna is a prominent robotics researcher whose work spans visual place recognition, mobile robot navigation, computer vision, and autonomous systems. His research has made significant contributions to how robots perceive, navigate, and interact with dynamic environments. His 2023 paper "AnyLoc: Towards Universal Visual Place Recognition," already garnering 163 citations, pushes the boundaries of environment-agnostic robot localization—a long-standing challenge in the field. Earlier foundational work on moving object detection using monocular cameras (152 citations) and motion segmentation for SLAM in dynamic worlds reflects a sustained commitment to enabling robots to operate intelligently in unstructured, real-world settings. Krishna has also advanced multi-robot systems through PRVO, a probabilistic framework for decentralized navigation under uncertainty, and explored humanoid robot control using deep reinforcement learning for stable inverse kinematics. His research extends into precision agriculture with autonomous quadcopters and space robotics, demonstrating remarkable breadth. Foundational papers on safe proactive planning and early mobile robot perception from the early 2000s reveal a career built steadily over two decades. With consistently cited work across diverse application domains, Krishna has established himself as a versatile and influential voice in intelligent robotics research.
Research Focus
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Top Papers
- 1<i>AnyLoc</i>: Towards Universal Visual Place Recognition163 citations · 2023
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- 6Safe proactive plans and their execution51 citations · 2005
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- 8Reactionless Maneuvering of a Space Robot in Precapture Phase47 citations · 2016
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- 10Dynamic body VSLAM with semantic constraints40 citations · 2015