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).
Category: Robotics
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
THRC HSS POSTER!
Welcome USDA Team!
HiPE’s collaboration with USDA’s AnimalCareBot Project at TXST welcomes the first cohort of research students: Rose Ochoa | Kevin C. Guerra | Jamal Close
USDA’s AnimalCareBot Grant
Dr. Valles is a Co-PD of the newly funded AnimalCareBot: Bridging the Gap between Emerging Technologies for Livestock Production and Education in Agricultural Sciences from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) – National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
Dell-NVIDIA Brief HiPE’s Rover
Dell’s and NVIDIA’s workstation brief of HiPE’s work on the Smart Firefighting rover prototype featuring Erich and Saad.
Welcome Dhadkan, Saad & Dan to THRC!
Welcome Dhadkan Shrestha, Saad Rafiq, and Daniyar Boztayev to HiPE in collaboration with THRC for the Smart Firefighting project utilizing AI and drones.
THRC SD Team
EE senior FireBot (3.0) design team: LoRa system for telemetry, 3D LiDAR for enhanced obstacle detection, triangulation scream detection, and smart suspension system for navigating uneven terrain. Helping to create the next smart firefighting for safety, search, and rescue operations.
Team: Erich Ellsworth, Jaxon Castillo, Aidan McSpadden, Tanner Ivey
Support: TXST Translational Health Research Center