Sanjana Srivastava
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About
Sanjana Srivastava is a leading researcher in embodied AI and robotic simulation, whose work has fundamentally shaped how robots learn to interact with human environments. She is best known as the creator of the iGibson simulation platform, which has become a cornerstone for developing interactive household robotics. Her seminal paper, "iGibson 1.0: A Simulation Environment for Interactive Tasks in Large Realistic Scenes" (2021), has amassed over 130 citations and introduced 15 fully interactive, real-world replica homes with 108 rooms—a leap forward from the simplistic environments that dominated the field. Building on this, her iGibson 2.0 (2021) shifted focus to object-centric simulation for everyday tasks, enabling robots to learn manipulation of articulated objects like cabinets and appliances. Most recently, Srivastava led the development of BEHAVIOR-1K (2024), a human-centered benchmark grounded in a survey of 1,000 real-world activities people want robots to perform. This benchmark bridges the gap between simulation and practical utility, setting a new standard for evaluating embodied AI. Her work has been instrumental in moving robotics from simple navigation to complex, interactive task completion.
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