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May 18-20, 2026
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Tuesday May 19, 2026 2:10pm - 2:50pm CDT
This session introduces the open-source Unified Autonomy Stack (https://github.com/ntnu-arl/unified_autonomy_stack), a containerized, system-level solution enabling robust autonomy across diverse aerial and ground robot morphologies. The architecture centers on three modules -multi-modal perception, multi-stage planning, and multi-layered safety mechanisms- that together deliver end-to-end mission autonomy. Resulting behaviors include safe navigation into unknown regions, exploration of complex environments, and efficient inspection planning. The stack has been validated on multiple multirotor platforms and legged robots operating in GNSS-denied and perceptually degraded environments, demonstrating resilient performance in demanding conditions. To facilitate ease of adoption and extension, we additionally release a reference hardware design that integrates a full multi-modal sensing suite, time-synchronization electronics, and high-performance compute capable of running the entire ROS-based stack while leaving headroom for further development. Strategically, we aim to expand the Unified Autonomy Stack to cover most robot configurations across air, land, and sea.
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avatar for Nikhil Khedekar

Nikhil Khedekar

Postdoctoral Researcher, Autonomous Robots Lab, Norwegian University of Science Technology (NTNU)
Nikhil Khedekar is a postdoctoral researcher in the Autonomous Robots Lab at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) leading the team’s perception research. Previously, he also led the development of LiDAR based estimation in ScoutDI AS and participated in the... Read More →
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Kostas Alexis

Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Prof. Dr. Kostas Alexis is Professor of Robotics at NTNU, head of the Autonomous Robot Lab, and Director of the Norwegian Centre for Embodied AI. His research advances resilient robotic autonomy (intelligence & morphology) for high-risk, uncertain environments, spanning control, sensor... Read More →
Tuesday May 19, 2026 2:10pm - 2:50pm CDT
200D (Level Two)
  PX4 Dev Summit
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