Papers
20
Total Citations
523
H-Index
10
About
Srikanth Saripalli is a prominent robotics researcher whose work spans autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), computer vision-based navigation, and off-road autonomous systems. His research has fundamentally advanced the capabilities of GPS-denied flight, demonstrating that affordable multirotor platforms can reliably perform complex visual object tracking and following — work that has garnered nearly 100 citations. Saripalli's contributions to visual and inertial navigation for UAVs, dating back to 2008, helped establish foundational frameworks still referenced today. His interdisciplinary reach is notable: he pioneered the application of UAV technology to ecohydrology, enabling unprecedented high-resolution environmental monitoring, a paper that has attracted over 90 citations. Early in his career, Saripalli tackled the challenge of autonomous sensor network deployment using flying robots, contributing seminal work that shaped how researchers think about aerial robotic infrastructure. His portfolio also includes autonomous ship-deck landing, GPU-accelerated voxel mapping for off-road navigation, and UAV integration in manufacturing environments. With research spanning more than two decades — from the University of Southern California to cutting-edge terrain navigation — Saripalli represents a versatile and enduring voice in autonomous systems and field robotics.
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Top Papers
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- 2Ecohydrology with unmanned aerial vehicles93 citations · 2014
- 3Combined Visual and Inertial Navigation for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle75 citations · 2008
- 4Deployment and Connectivity Repair of a Sensor Net with a Flying Robot65 citations · 2006
- 5Toward visual autonomous ship board landing of a VTOL UAV38 citations · 2013
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- 7Autonomous Flying Vehicle Research at the University of Southern California29 citations · 2002
- 8G-VOM: A GPU Accelerated Voxel Off-Road Mapping System16 citations · 2022
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