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Pranay Katyal

Pranay Katyal

MS student and research assistant in robotics at WPI

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Joined April 2026
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Graduate robotics researcher and WPI lab member focused on event-based perception and multi-robot systems. wpi+1
Contributed to research on real-time optical communication using event cameras, demonstrating high decoding accuracy and geometry-aware tracking methods. arxiv+1
Active in student leadership and teaching roles at WPI, participating in the IEEE-RAS student chapter and serving as a graduate teaching assistant. wpi+1
Educational foundation in mechatronics from Chandigarh University with hands-on undergraduate projects (e.g., an automatic solar tracker). coursehero

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Real-Time Optical Communication Using Event-Based Vision with Moving Transmitters

March 1, 2026

Develops a complete optical communication system using event cameras and a Geometry-Aware Unscented Kalman Filter (GA-UKF) to track moving transmitters and decode messages in real time; reports >95% decoding accuracy and faster processing compared to prior methods.

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