Shreyas Kousik

Shreyas Kousik is an Assistant Professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, affiliated with the College of Engineering. He leads the Safe Robotics Lab, focusing on translating mathematical safety guarantees to real-world robotic systems through uncertainty modeling and collision avoidance methods.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan (Advisor: Prof. Ram Vasudevan)
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (Advisor: Prof. Antonia Antoniou)

Research Focus: His work bridges autonomy theory and practical implementation, specializing in: (1) Real-time safety verification for robotic systems, (2) Reachability-based trajectory design under uncertainty, (3) Neural network applications for safe control, and (4) Human-centered robotic interactions. Primary methodologies include zonotope-based reachability analysis, model predictive control, and imitation learning frameworks.

Publications: Recent works demonstrate strong emphasis on safety-critical applications including manipulator control (2025), bipedal social navigation (2024), and autonomous vehicle planning (2023). Predominant themes include real-time verification, uncertainty quantification, and integration of learning-based methods with formal guarantees.

Technical Contributions: Developed open-source tools including the Reachability-based Trajectory Design (RTD) framework and robot simulator. Contributes to robotics infrastructure through GitHub repositories focused on trajectory optimization and control implementations.