Mahyar Pourjabar
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About
Mahyar Pourjabar is a leading researcher in the field of autonomous micro-robotics, specializing in the development of intelligent swarms of nano-drones. His work directly confronts the extreme hardware constraints of sub-10cm aerial platforms, focusing on enabling robust, infrastructure-free relative localization and collision avoidance. Pourjabar’s most influential contribution is the "Land & Localize" system, which leverages Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology to achieve scalable, on-board localization for nano-drone swarms without external infrastructure, a foundational capability cited 11 times. He further advanced swarm autonomy with a multi-sensory anti-collision design, fusing lightweight laser ranging with vision-based object detection to ensure safe, autonomous exploration during complex missions. This work, cited 7 times, demonstrates a practical path from theoretical swarm algorithms to real-world deployment on severely power-limited hardware. By solving critical bottlenecks in perception and coordination for nano-scale robots, Pourjabar is pushing the boundaries of what is possible for distributed sensing and exploration in confined or GPS-denied environments.
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