publications

2024

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    Enhancing Autonomous Navigation by Imaging Hidden Objects using Single-Photon LiDAR
    Aaron Young, Nevindu M. Batagoda, Harry Zhang, and 4 more authors
    In ArXiv, 2024
    Under Review
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    A Roadmap for Generative Design of Visual Intelligence
    Kushagra Tiwary, Tzofi Klinghoffer, Aaron Young, and 7 more authors
    An MIT Exploration of Generative AI, Sep 2024
    https://mit-genai.pubpub.org/pub/bcfcb6lu
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    NeST: Neural Stress Tensor Tomography by leveraging 3D Photoelasticity
    Akshat Dave, Tianyi Zhang, Aaron Young, and 3 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.10212, Sep 2024
    Under Review

2023

  1. An Overview of a Framework for Designing Robot Autonomy Stacks in Simulation
    Thomas Hansen, Shouvik Chatterjee, Sriram Ashokkumar, and 9 more authors
    Sep 2023
    ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics
  2. A Case Study in the Sim to Real Gap When Designing PID and MPC Controllers in Simulation
    Thomas Hansen, Shouvik Chatterjee, Sriram Ashokkumar, and 9 more authors
    Sep 2023
    ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics

2022

  1. ART/ATK: A research platform for assessing and mitigating the sim-to-real gap in robotics and autonomous vehicle engineering
    Asher Elmquist, Aaron Young, Thomas Hansen, and 10 more authors
    In ArXiv, Sep 2022
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    A software toolkit and hardware platform for investigating and comparing robot autonomy algorithms in simulation and reality
    Asher Elmquist, Aaron Young, Ishaan Mahajan, and 8 more authors
    In , Sep 2022
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    IRIS: Inter-planetary Rendering for Imaging and Sensors
    Carolina Aiazzi, Abhinandan Jain, Aaron Gaut, and 2 more authors
    In AIAA SciTech Forum, Sep 2022
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    A Geographically Distributed Simulation Framework for the Analysis of Mixed Traffic Scnearios Involving Conventional and Autonomous Vehicles
    Simone Benatti, Chris Schwarz, Aaron Young, and 3 more authors
    In SAE World Congress Experience - Occupant. Protection: Safety Test and Simulation Methods and Applications, Sep 2022
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    Enabling Artificial Intelligence Studies in Off-Road Mobility Through Physics-Based Simulation of Multi-Agent Scenarios
    Aaron Young, Jay Taves, Asher Elmquist, and 4 more authors
    Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, Sep 2022
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  6. Autonomy Research Testbed and a Simulation Toolkit
    Aaron Young
    Sep 2022
    Computing in Engineering Forum, Machine-Ground Consortium

2021

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    End-to-end learning for off-road, deformable terrain navigation using the Chrono open-source simulation platform
    Simone Benatti, Aaron Young, Asher Elmquist, and 4 more authors
    In International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems, Sep 2021
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    End-to-end learning for off-road, deformable terrain navigation using the Chrono open-source simulation platform
    Simone Benatti, Aaron Young, Asher Elmquist, and 4 more authors
    In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Sep 2021
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    Enabling Artificial Intelligence Studies in Off-Road Mobility Through Physics-Based Simulation of Multi-Agent Scenarios
    Aaron Young, Jay Taves, Asher Elmquist, and 3 more authors
    In International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control, Sep 2021
    Best Paper Award
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    PyChrono and Gym-Chrono: a Deep Reinforcement Learning framework leveraging Multibody Dynamics to control Autonomous Vehicles and Robots
    Simone Benatti, Aaron Young, Asher Elmquist, and 5 more authors
    In International Nonlinear Dynamics Conference, Sep 2021
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    End-to-end learning for off-road terrain navigation using the Chrono open-source simulation platform
    Simone Benatti, Aaron Young, Asher Elmquist, and 4 more authors
    Multibody System Dynamics, Sep 2021
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  6. Overview of Wisconsin Autonomous project, a team effort undertaken by the UW-Madison undergraduate students
    Aaron Young
    Sep 2021
    Computing in Engineering Forum, Machine-Ground Consortium
  7. Enabling Artificial Intelligence Studies in Off-Road Mobility Through Physics-Based Simulation of Multi-Agent Scenarios
    Aaron Young, Jay Taves, Asher Elmquist, and 3 more authors
    Sep 2021
    International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control
  8. Enabling Artificial Intelligence Studies in Off-Road Mobility Through Physics-Based Simulation of Multi-Agent Scenarios
    Aaron Young, Jay Taves, Asher Elmquist, and 3 more authors
    Sep 2021
    ECCOMAS Multibody Dynamics

2020

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    Synchrono: A Scalable, Physics-Based Simulation Platform for Testing Groups of Autonomous Vehicles And/or Robots
    Jay Taves, Asher Elmquist, Aaron Young, and 2 more authors
    In IEEE/RSJ In-ternational Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Sep 2020
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    Synchrono: A Scalable, Physics-Based Simulation Platform for Testing Groups of Autonomous Vehicles And/or Robots
    Jay Taves, Asher Elmquist, Aaron Young, and 2 more authors
    In International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control, Sep 2020
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    Enabling Artificial Intelligence Studies in Off-Road Mobility Through Physics-Based Simulation of Multi-Agent Scenarios
    Dan Negrut, Radu Serban, Asher Elmquist, and 4 more authors
    In NDIA Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium, Sep 2020
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  4. SynChrono: An MPI-Based, Scalable Physics-Based Simulation Framework for Autonomous Vehicles Operating in Off-Road Conditions
    Jay Taves, Aaron Young, Simone Benatti, and 4 more authors
    In ACM/IEEE Supercomputing Conference, Sep 2020
  5. Advanced Control for Autonomous Driving
    Alex Pletta, Aaron Young, Evan Deutsch, and 2 more authors
    Sep 2020
    Computing in Engineering Forum, Machine-Ground Consortium

2019

  1. Autonomous RC Vehicle
    Aaron Young, Mateo Silver, Stefan Caldararu, and 1 more author
    Sep 2019
    Computing in Engineering Forum, Machine-Ground Consortium
  2. Developing Control Strategies for a 1/6th Scale Autonomous Vehicle using Simulation in Chrono
    Aaron Young, Mateo Silver, and Stefan Caldararu
    Sep 2019
    Computing in Engineering Forum, Machine-Ground Consortium