Nibarkavi Naresh Babu Amutha

Master's

Robotics Technology

University of Michigan Field Robotics Group Ann Arbor

Research Student

- Underwater 3D Reconstruction using Imaging Sonar and Monocular Camera via NeRFs (Jun 2023 - Apr 2024) - Developed a driver and a visualizer for an imaging sonar for real-world data acquisition employing ROS in Python and C - Calibrated sonar and camera, deducing their transformation matrix and depth-scaling factor through optimization formulation - Investigated Neural Implicit Representations, designed and conducted underwater experiments for benchmarking state-of-the-art 3D reconstruction models and extended Neusis by formulating a distance function that reduces noise and outliers Shipwreck Localization and Ranking using side-scan-sonar (Jan 2023 - May 2023) - Developed an algorithm to compute the GPS coordinates with 30m resolution and 10m accuracy for detected shipwrecks - Formulated a confidence score via pixel-wise segmentation of regions of interest to rank the shipwreck sites for archaeological