Bharat Joshi

I am a Member of the Technical Staff at Foundation working on problems at the intersection of Robotics x Computer Vision. At Foundation, I work on robot vision and 3D perception for humanoid robots, including real-time dense mapping, feature tracking, and elevation mapping on GPU. Previously, I was a Computer Vision Engineer at Dexterity, where I developed hand-eye and LiDAR-camera calibration algorithms for multi-camera, multi-arm robotic systems. I completed my PhD at Autonomous Field Robotics Lab advised by Prof. Ioannis Rekleitis.

My research was focused on increasing the robustness of visual-inertial SLAM for underwater environments. I have worked on projects involving comparing various state estimation algorithms in the underwater domain, developing a deep pose estimation framework for underwater relative localization, and using GoPro as an inexpensive sensor for underwater structure mapping. I presented a paper on tightly-coupled fusion of magnetometer with Visual-Inertial SLAM at ICRA 2024.

I received my Bachelor’s Degree from Tribhuvan University, Pulchowk Campus.