M. Fadhil Ginting

PhD Student in Aeronautics and Astronautics

Stanford University

Biography

I’m a PhD student in Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University, focusing on robotics and autonomous systems. My research focuses on learning and decision-making for autonomous systems navigating complex real-world environments.

Prior to Stanford, I was a Visiting Robotics Researcher at NASA JPL, developing autonomy algorithms for autonomous exploration of extreme environments, including the DARPA Subterranean Challenge. I completed a joint Master’s thesis at NASA JPL and in Autonomous System Lab (ASL) at ETH Zurich, supervised by Dr. Ali Agha, Dr. Juan Nieto, and Prof. Roland Siegwart.

Interests

Robotics
Machine Learning
Planning and Control

Education

Stanford University

PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics
ETH Zurich

MSc in Robotics, System, and Control
Bandung Institute of Technology

BSc in Electrical Engineering

Publications

NeBula: Quest for Robotic Autonomy in Challenging Environments, TEAM CoSTAR at the DARPA Subterranean Challenge

Under review for the Field Robotics Special Issue in advancements and lessons learned during Phase I & II of the DARPA Subterranean …

A. Agha-Mohammadi, et al.

CHORD: Distributed Data-sharing via Hybrid ROS 1 and 2 for Multi-robot Exploration of Large-scale Complex Environments

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2021

M. Ginting, K. Otsu, J. Edlund, J. Gao, A. Agha-Mohammadi

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Autonomous Spot: Long-Range Autonomous Exploration of Extreme Environments with Legged Locomotion

International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), NV, 2020. Best Paper Award on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics. …

M. Ginting, A. Bouman, N. Alatur, M. Palieri, D. D. Fan, T. Touma, T. Pailevanian, S. Kim, K. Otsu, J. Burdick, A. Agha-Mohammadi

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Copilot MIKE: An Autonomous Assistant for Multi-Robot Operations in Cave Exploration

(Accepted) IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2021.

M. Kaufmann, T. Vaquero, G. Correa, K. Otsu, M. Ginting, G. Beltrame, A. Agha-Mohammadi

Deployable Mesh Network for Enabling Reliable Communication from within Subsurface Voids to the Planetary Surface

American Geophysical Union (AGU), San Francisco, CA, 2020.

M. Ginting, T. Touma, J. Edlund, A. Buscicchio, K. Otsu, A. Agha-Mohammadi

Poster

Mars Dogs: Biomimetic Robots for the Exploration of Mars, from its Rugged Surface to its Hidden Caves

American Geophysical Union (AGU), San Francisco, CA, 2020.

T. Touma, J. Blank, M. Ginting, C. Patterson, A. Agha-Mohammadi

Video

Hardware In the Loop Simulation Development of Guidance System for Autonomous Underwater Glider

International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Informatics (ICEEI). Abstract. Autonomous Underwater Glider (AUG) as a high …

T. Putri, M. Ginting, B. Trilaksono, E. Hidayat, M. Sagala

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Featured Works

Sep 1, 2019

NASA JPL Team CoSTAR for DARPA SubT Challenge

The DARPA Subterranean Challenge seeks novel approaches to rapidly map, navigate, and search underground environments during time-sensitive operations or disaster response scenarios.

Mar 1, 2019

Magic Leap Mixed Reality for Healthcare Application

This research project aims to develop mixed reality application using face recognition and virtual interaction for healthcare industry

May 1, 2017

Autonomous Underwater Glider for Marine Exploration

Autonomous Underwater Glider (AUG) as a high durability underwater vehicle is typically capable of extremely long missions in the ocean by tracking the desired waypoints using guidance system.