Dr. Valles’s NSF-REU was renewed in collaboration with Texas A&M-San Antonio, “REU Site: Undergraduate Research Experiences in Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, and Mixed Reality for Smart and Connected Health“
NSF-REU Renewed!
Category: Robotics
Panel @ D360S
Dr. Valles will participate in the Digital 360 Summit 2024—Smart Mobility Panel: What is Happening with Advanced Air Mobility? Driskill Hotel, Austin, TX – September 25, 2024
Welcome Olivia!
Olivia Laurel has joined the group to work to collaborate on the USDA-sponsored project AnimalCareBot at Texas State University.
FIREFLY is in FLIGHT!
The Firefly Robotics team, including Saad Rafiq, Daniyar Boztayev, Dr. Jitendra Tate, and Dr. Valles, was awarded $20k from TXST Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) – New Ventures!
SD Best Project!
The Senior Design team (Firebot) won the Best Project Industry Choice at the Ingram School Senior Design Day.
IEEE AI-IoT Paper Accepted!
Saad Rafiq and Erich Ellsworth‘s collaboration paper with HiPE Alums Adenrele Ishola, Oscar Resendiz, and Susmitha Haripriya Varanasi, “Design of Autonomous Rover for Firefighter Rescue: Integrating Deep Learning With ROS2,” has been accepted to the 2024 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT).
IEEE-EIT’24 Paper Accepted!
Dhadkan’s paper, “Evolving Autonomous Navigation: A NEAT Approach for Firefighting Rover Operations in Dynamic Environments,” has been accepted to the 24th Annual IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology (EIT2024).
Welcome Bryce!
Bryce L. Raybon joined the group to work for the rest of the semester on the initial stages of the thermo-resistant materials for the rover and drones in collaboration with the Advanced Composites Lab.
HiPE@SXSW2024
The HiPE research group Smart Firefighting team is heading to SXSW through the TXST Corporate & Foundation Partnerships Innovation Lab event. We will showcase our Smart Firefighting project in partnership with Translational Health Research Center!
Link: SXSW 2024 Innovation Lab
