Yash Turkar
Scholar

Yash Turkar

Google Scholar ID: O8cWtUcAAAAJ
Univerisity at Buffalo
Robot PerceptionSLAMSafetyUAVRemote Sensing
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Contact
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Publications
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CART: Context-Aware Terrain Adaptation using Temporal Sequence Selection for Legged Robots
2026
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Adaptive Illumination Control for Robot Perception
2026
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QAL: A Loss for Recall Precision Balance in 3D Reconstruction
2025
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Language-in-the-Loop Culvert Inspection on the Erie Canal
2025
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Resume
Academic Achievements
  • 1. Developed NightHawk, a framework that combines active illumination with exposure control to optimize image quality in low-light environments
  • 2. Introduced VISION, an end-to-end autonomous inspection pipeline for culvert inspection
  • 3. Created PIXER, which quantifies pixel contributions to improve visual odometry accuracy
  • 4. Proposed Empir3D, an evaluation framework for point cloud quality assessment
Research Experience
  • 1. Active Illumination Control in Low-Light Environments using NightHawk
  • 2. Language-in-the-Loop Culvert Inspection on the Erie Canal
  • 3. Improving Visual Odometry with PIXER
  • 4. Empir3D: Multi-Dimensional Point Cloud Quality Assessment
Education
  • Ph.D. student at the University at Buffalo, working with Dr. Karthik Dantu at DRONES Lab.
Background
  • A curious and innovative individual with a keen interest in perception for robotics. Research interests include active perception, learning, and field robotics.