Robotics Researcher
Prajit Krisshna Kumar
I graduated with my PhD in Robotics at ADAMS Lab, University at Buffalo, under Dr. Souma Chowdhury. My research is in multi-robot systems — reinforcement learning, graph learning, multi-objective co-design, and urban air mobility — with papers across venues including IROS, IDETC, and AIAA, a Best Paper Award at IEEE-MRS, and a Best Student Paper Award at AIAA Aviation. I'm currently a Senior Researcher at Fujitsu Research of America.
Featured research
Learning Approach to Efficient Vision-Based Active Tracking of a Flying Target by an Unmanned Aerial VehicleBest Student Paper Award
Jagadeswara P K V Pothuri, Aditya Bhatt, Prajit KrisshnaKumar, Manaswin Oddiraju, Souma Chowdhury
Learning Robot Swarm Tactics over Complex Adversarial EnvironmentsBest Paper Award
Amir Behjat, Hemanth Manjunatha, Prajit KrisshnaKumar, Apurv Jani, Leighton Collins, Payam Ghassemi, Joseph Distefano, David Doermann, Karthik Dantu, Ehsan Esfahani, Souma Chowdhury
Efficient Planning for Scalable and Load-Balanced Area Coverage by Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Jhoel Witter, Leighton Collins, Prajit KrisshnaKumar, Jagadeswara P K V Pothuri, Payam Ghassemi, Ehsan Tarkesh Esfahani, Karthik Dantu, Souma Chowdhury
Experience
Senior Researcher
Graduate Research Assistant
Multi-robot concurrent design of behavior and morphology, heterogeneous swarm operations, and urban air mobility vertiport management.
Research Aide
Developed a 3D Unreal Engine driving simulation to measure performance deficits from internal and external driver distractions.