Sarthak Pathak
Papers
13
Total Citations
125
H-Index
6
About
Sarthak Pathak is a leading researcher in the intersection of computer vision, robotics, and infrastructure inspection, with a particular focus on spherical camera technology. His work has fundamentally advanced how robots perceive and interact with their environments, accumulating over 120 citations across his most influential publications. Pathak’s major contributions include pioneering dense 3D reconstruction from spherical images, developing novel localization techniques for indoor robots using Manhattan World assumptions, and creating decoupled virtual camera systems that stabilize robot teleoperation. His 2017 paper on bridge inspection using two-wheeled multicopters and 3D modeling, with 34 citations, stands as his most impactful work, directly addressing the critical global challenge of aging infrastructure. Pathak has also pushed boundaries in anomaly detection for sewer pipes using GANs and in-hand manipulation for robotic hands through contact point prediction. His innovative E-CNN architecture for accurate spherical camera rotation estimation demonstrates his ability to adapt deep learning to non-planar imaging domains. Through his research, Pathak has established himself as a key figure in making spherical cameras practical tools for real-world robotic applications, from infrastructure maintenance to autonomous navigation.
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- 3Line-Based Global Localization of a Spherical Camera in Manhattan Worlds17 citations · 2018
- 43D reconstruction of structures using spherical cameras with small motion15 citations · 2016
- 5A decoupled virtual camera using spherical optical flow14 citations · 2016
- 6Anomaly detection from images in pipes using GAN8 citations · 2023
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- 8Optical flow-based video completion in spherical image sequences5 citations · 2016
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