Aditya Rauniyar

Aurora Innovation · Simulation & Autonomy
Robotics @ Carnegie Mellon University

adi.png

// Robotics · AI · Simulation

I work at Aurora Innovation on simulation-driven autonomy, building the future of scalable deployment of autonomous systems.

I graduated with a Master’s in Robotics from the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. My thesis, Towards Views for 4D Scene Understanding, focused on coordinating among autonomous agents with perceptual negotiation in the human world.

During my time at CMU, I led the Reidentification team for the DARPA Triage Challenge as part of Team Chiron, and co-developed AirStack — a modular autonomy stack with closed-loop simulation for embodied AI.

My research was influenced by Prof. Sebastian Scherer (pioneer of field robotics) and Prof. Katia Sycara (pioneer of advanced agents).

Send me an email for a chat!

  1. dtc_demo.gif
    DARPA Triage Challenge: Multi-Robot Perception for Subject Localization
    Aditya Rauniyar
    2025
    Multi-robot system that collaboratively detects, tracks, and localizes subjects by sharing geolocation data with a central ground station, enabling consistent re-identification across the fleet.
    HTML
  2. scene_cocap.png
    CoCap: Coordinated motion Capture for multi-actor scenes in outdoor environments
    Aditya Rauniyar, Micah Corah, and Sebastian Scherer
    2024
    arXiv HTML
  3. aug3d.png
    Aug3D: Augmenting large-scale outdoor datasets for Generalizable Novel View Synthesis
    Aditya Rauniyar, Omar Alama, Silong Yong, and 2 more authors
    2024
    arXiv HTML
  4. forest_nocol.gif
    Greedy Perspectives: Multi-Drone View Planning for Collaborative Perception in Cluttered Environments
    Krishna Suresh, Aditya Rauniyar, Micah Corah, and 1 more author
    In Proc. of the IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conf. on Intell. Robots and Syst., Oct 2024
    HTML PDF
  5. view_capture.gif
    Active Vision for Next Best View Planning in Outdoor Scenes
    Aditya Rauniyar
    Oct 2023
    Uncertainty guided next best view prediction in outdoor scene settings.
    HTML
  6. 16831_project.png
    Learning to Select Multi-Viewpoints for Filming Dynamic Targets
    Aditya Rauniyar
    Oct 2023
    We use SARSA and Q-Learning to safely select viewpoints over a trajectory to capture most informative poses across multiple views to maximize pixel coverage over moving targets.
    PDF
  7. mewbots_demo.gif
    MeWBots: Mecanum-wheeled robots for collaborative manipulation in an obstacle-clustered environment without communication
    Aditya Rauniyar, Hem Chandra Upreti, Aman Mishra, and 1 more author
    Springer’s Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, Oct 2021
    PDF
  8. frs.png
    Design Model for the Drive and Actuator of the Test Set-Up of a Novel Flexible Robotic System
    Aditya Rauniyar, Debanik Roy, Pankaj Pandit, and 1 more author
    In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Computing Research (ICCIC), Oct 2018
  9. wro_demo.gif
    Autonomous Mobile Articulated Arm for Pick and Place Operation
    Aditya Rauniyar
    Oct 2018
    2DOF articulated arm on a three wheeled omni-directional platform with fully autonomous capability to identify objects in the arena and perform pick and place operations. Won bronze at World Robot Olympiad.
    HTML
RISS_Team

RISS: Research Showcase

Aug 2023: Worked with Krishna Suresh and Micah Nye as part of their RISS program in the multi-drone project advised by Prof. Sebastian and Micah Corah. I mentored Krishna in the project and we made 1 IROS 2023 Workshop paper and 1 ICRA 2024 Submission, both me as 2nd author. (Me in center)

GSA: Soccer League

Aug 2023: Friendly soccer league organized by Graduate Student Assembly at CMU. I was part of the "Robotics Institute Football Club". We ended up winning the tournament. I played as Striker and was team's top scorer. (Me in lower-left)

RIFC2023
MEatABC

Trek to Mt. Annapurna Base Camp

May 2023: Trekked Mt. Annapurna Base Camp in the Himalayas. Total duration: 7 days. Max Altitude: 4300m.

World Robot Olympiad: Robotics Competition

Sept 2018: Participated in the World Robots Olympiad Advance Robotics Challenge. We won bronze. I led the design, simulation and validation of the autonomous robot team.

WRO
robocon2018

ABU Robocon: Robotics Competition

May 2017 & 2018: Competed in Asia's biggest robotics competition where 150+ teams participated in India. We ended in top 15 in 2017. I led the prototype that represented the university team. (Me just left of the center robot)

Representing Nation in U19 International

Jan 2013: Participated in the International School Cricket Premier Leagues, representing Nepal and playing against India (Loss) and Kuwait (Win). I secured the second-highest score with the highest run-rate in our match against Kuwait.

Cricket Nepal