Brian Acosta
Robotics Master's '24; PhD, MEAM '25 - Robotics/AI Engineer, Figure
Brian is a senior PhD student in the DAIR Lab. His research focuses on optimization-based control of dynamic bipedal robots, especially robust integration with perception systems for walking on rough terrain. Brian received his B.S. in mechanical engineering in 2020 from Purdue University.
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Publications
Push Anything: Single- and Multi-Object Pushing From First Sight with Contact-Implicit MPC
Publisher ICRA
Learning a Vision-Based Footstep Planner for Hierarchical Walking Control
Publisher IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots
Perceptive Mixed-Integer Footstep Control for Underactuated Bipedal Walking on Rough Terrain
Publisher IEEE Transactions on Robotics
Validating Robotics Simulators on Real World Impacts
Publisher IEEE
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