Seventh Master Trainer Program
Technology Specific Work Theme: Allied UAS Technologies
Focus: Vision-based Navigation for UAS
- Dates: 26th – 30th October 2026
- Venue: A3-117 Hall, Vindhya Building, IIITH Campus
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- Registration Closes: 22nd October 2026
- Registration Fee: To be paid at the venue on 26th October 2026
About the Program
IIIT Hyderabad is identified as one of the Resource Centers (RC) for the MeitY approved project entitled “Capacity building for human resource development in Unmanned Aircraft System (Drone and related Technology)”. As part of this initiative, the Robotics Research Center (RRC), IIIT Hyderabad is organizing the Seventh Master Trainer Program (MTP) from 26th to 30th October 2026. The program is organized under the Technology Specific Work Theme “Allied UAS Technologies”, with focus on Vision-based Navigation for UAS.
Program Topics
The five-day program will cover topics from:
- Foundations of Computer Vision
- Motion Planning and Physical AI
- Topographic Mapping and Path Planning
- Vision-Action Policies for Navigation
- Interpretable Robot Learning for Navigation
- Integration of Classical Robotics with Modern AI
- Applications of Vision-Language Models (VLMs)
- Implementation of Autonomous Navigation for UAS
Detailed Schedule
| Date | Time Slot | Faculty Name | Lecture Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 October 2026 | 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Girish Varma | Perception using Computer Vision and Deep Learning |
| 26 October 2026 | 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | Sourav Garg | Vision Based Mapping |
| 26 October 2026 | 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Antony Thomas | rotaion matrices and geometry |
| 26 October 2026 | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Harikumar Kandath | UAV - Sensors and Modeling |
| 27 October 2026 | 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Girish Varma | Transformers & Foundation Models |
| 27 October 2026 | 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | Sourav Garg | Vision Based Localization |
| 27 October 2026 | 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Girish Varma | Perception Lab |
| 27 October 2026 | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Girish Varma | Transformers & Foundation Models Lab |
| 28 October 2026 | 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Girish Varma | Model Compression and Deployment |
| 28 October 2026 | 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | Spandan Roy | VLM in Aerial manipulation |
| 28 October 2026 | 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Girish Varma | Model Compression and Deployment Lab |
| 28 October 2026 | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Bitla Bhanu Teja | Pin Hole Camera model and camera calibration |
| 29 October 2026 | 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Bitla Bhanu Teja | Pin Hole Camera model and camera calibration |
| 29 October 2026 | 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | Bitla Bhanu Teja | Introduction to GTSAM |
| 29 October 2026 | 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Bitla Bhanu Teja | Position estimation using Camera and Aruco markers |
| 29 October 2026 | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Bitla Bhanu Teja | PnP - position estimation using multiple markers |
| 30 October 2026 | 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Bitla Bhanu Teja | Path Planning |
| 30 October 2026 | 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | Bitla Bhanu Teja | Experiments with drone |
| 30 October 2026 | 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Madhava krishna | Integrating Classical Robotics with Modern AI |
| 30 October 2026 | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Bitla Bhanu Teja | Experiments with drone |
Speakers
Dr Girish Varma |
Prof. K. Madhava Krishna |
Dr. Spandan Roy |
Dr. Antony Thomas |
Dr. Sourav Garg |
Dr. Harikumar Kandath |
Bitla Banu Teja |
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Organized by Robotics Research Center, IIIT Hyderabad
Funded by MeitY, Government of India
