Omid Esrafilian

K.N.Toosi University of Technology, EURECOM

Papers

Total Citations

110

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About

Omid Esrafilian is a leading researcher at the intersection of robotics and wireless communications, whose work is pioneering the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as intelligent, flying network nodes. His core research areas span autonomous drone navigation, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), and UAV-aided wireless connectivity. Esrafilian’s major contributions include developing a monocular vision-based system for autonomous quadrotor flight and obstacle avoidance, a foundational work that has garnered 56 citations and demonstrated how commercial drones can navigate complex environments using only a single camera. He also introduced the groundbreaking “Rebot” (Relaying Robot) concept, which uses an autonomous UAV as a flying LTE relay to enhance end-to-end connectivity for ground users—a first-of-its-kind system validated with 36 citations. More recently, his work on UAV-aided RF mapping (18 citations) has advanced the use of drones for radio frequency sensing, enabling smarter, more adaptive wireless networks. Esrafilian’s research is notable for its practical, hardware-validated approach, bridging the gap between aerial robotics and next-generation communication infrastructure.