Thomas Pilarski has over fifteen years experience in developing robotic and computer vision systems.  He is the PI for Oshkosh Defense’s CARGO project, which is automating large military trucks for convoying and other logistics applications.  He also serves as the technical lead for Caterpillar’s revolutionary Autonomous Haulage System, which is developing fully-automated off-road mining trucks that load and dump ore and safely navigate a network of haul roads.   He was the technical lead for DARPA’s UPI/Crusher project, in charge of developing the entire autonomy system for the Crusher UGV.  His perception system for visually inspecting mining conveyor belts is in daily use in CONSOL energy coal mines.

Mr. Pilarski holds an MS in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University and a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Buffalo.

Projects
CARGO, Autonomous Haulage, UPI, Crusher, Belt Inspection, PerceptOR, LAGR, Ultrastrip, Caisson Construction

Interests
3D Range Sensing, Image Processing, Motion Planning & Execution, Multi-Vehicle Coordination, Systems Integration & Testing

For a more detailed description of research interests and papers see:
http://www.ri.cmu.edu/person.html?type=publications&person_id=238