Hi! I'm Emanuel. I am an MSc Robotics student at Carnegie Mellon University working under the supervision of Prof. Katia Sycara.
My current research focuses on safe planning and physics-informed world models for navigation in smoke-dense environments. I am broadly interested in semi/self-supervised learning, perception, and safe AI/robotics for real-world applications.
I have worked on a wide range of research projects related to surgical robotics, safe adaptation for autonomous vehicles, and reinforcement learning for mobile robots. I also gained industrial experience in computer vision, hardware integration, and 3D perception at Noteworthy AI, where I contributed to multiple product stages for infrastructure inspection using fleet vehicles.
Outside of research - Novice table tennis player and specialty coffee lover.
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News
- Graduating with an MSc in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University. Expected Summer 2026.
- Paper submitted to IROS 2026.
- Completed an internship at Noteworthy AI in Summer 2025.
- Began my MSc in Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University in Fall 2024.
- Concluded my work at Noteworthy AI in Summer 2024.
- Participated in the Tropical Probabilistic AI School 2024.
- Selected out of 700+ applicants to participate in CMU’s Robotics Institute Summer Scholars (RISS) program 2021.