Pranav Kedia
@praked.bsky.social
Swarm Robotics @University of Konstanz
Ex Bee Dance Robot Person @FU Berlin
Alumnus @IIIT Bangalore
Hardware all the way, Maker, Roboticist, blah blah......
Ex Bee Dance Robot Person @FU Berlin
Alumnus @IIIT Bangalore
Hardware all the way, Maker, Roboticist, blah blah......
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Pranav Kedia
@praked.bsky.social
· Sep 9
When life gives you a fish, you sail with it. 🐟⛵🤖
Our autonomous sailboat and robotic fish finally met on Lake Constance — and the footage did not disappoint. 🌊
Big thanks to @swarmdynamics.bsky.social , Hun Jang and Liang Li for making this happen.
#robotics #swarm #autonomy #maritime
Our autonomous sailboat and robotic fish finally met on Lake Constance — and the footage did not disappoint. 🌊
Big thanks to @swarmdynamics.bsky.social , Hun Jang and Liang Li for making this happen.
#robotics #swarm #autonomy #maritime
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When life gives you a fish, you sail with it. 🐟⛵🤖
Our autonomous sailboat and robotic fish finally met on Lake Constance — and the footage did not disappoint. 🌊
Big thanks to @swarmdynamics.bsky.social , Hun Jang and Liang Li for making this happen.
#robotics #swarm #autonomy #maritime
Our autonomous sailboat and robotic fish finally met on Lake Constance — and the footage did not disappoint. 🌊
Big thanks to @swarmdynamics.bsky.social , Hun Jang and Liang Li for making this happen.
#robotics #swarm #autonomy #maritime
September 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
When life gives you a fish, you sail with it. 🐟⛵🤖
Our autonomous sailboat and robotic fish finally met on Lake Constance — and the footage did not disappoint. 🌊
Big thanks to @swarmdynamics.bsky.social , Hun Jang and Liang Li for making this happen.
#robotics #swarm #autonomy #maritime
Our autonomous sailboat and robotic fish finally met on Lake Constance — and the footage did not disappoint. 🌊
Big thanks to @swarmdynamics.bsky.social , Hun Jang and Liang Li for making this happen.
#robotics #swarm #autonomy #maritime
When life gives you a fish, you sail with it. 🐟⛵🤖
Our autonomous sailboat and robotic fish finally met on Lake Constance — and the footage did not disappoint. 🌊
Big thanks to @swarmdynamics.bsky.social , Hun Jang and Liang Li for making this happen.
#robotics #swarm #autonomy #maritime
Our autonomous sailboat and robotic fish finally met on Lake Constance — and the footage did not disappoint. 🌊
Big thanks to @swarmdynamics.bsky.social , Hun Jang and Liang Li for making this happen.
#robotics #swarm #autonomy #maritime
September 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
When life gives you a fish, you sail with it. 🐟⛵🤖
Our autonomous sailboat and robotic fish finally met on Lake Constance — and the footage did not disappoint. 🌊
Big thanks to @swarmdynamics.bsky.social , Hun Jang and Liang Li for making this happen.
#robotics #swarm #autonomy #maritime
Our autonomous sailboat and robotic fish finally met on Lake Constance — and the footage did not disappoint. 🌊
Big thanks to @swarmdynamics.bsky.social , Hun Jang and Liang Li for making this happen.
#robotics #swarm #autonomy #maritime
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Full room for Eleonora Gatti's talk at @css-conference.bsky.social, presenting our analysis on the energetic benefits of using social information, in the case study of large soaring birds 🦅 @cbehav.bsky.social #CCS2025 Siena 🇮🇹
September 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Full room for Eleonora Gatti's talk at @css-conference.bsky.social, presenting our analysis on the energetic benefits of using social information, in the case study of large soaring birds 🦅 @cbehav.bsky.social #CCS2025 Siena 🇮🇹
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After two great opening keynotes at @css-conference.bsky.social, my students @nomaanhusain.bsky.social and Sindiso Mkhatshwa present their research in lightening plenary talks. #swarmRobotics #collectiveBehaviour #CCS2025 @cbehav.bsky.social Siena 🇮🇹
September 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
After two great opening keynotes at @css-conference.bsky.social, my students @nomaanhusain.bsky.social and Sindiso Mkhatshwa present their research in lightening plenary talks. #swarmRobotics #collectiveBehaviour #CCS2025 @cbehav.bsky.social Siena 🇮🇹
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Hey #CCS2025 friends, before your dinner🍝 in Siena, come to Simay Atasoy's poster to discover how many robots can be optimimally allocated to many tasks! While this problem seems computationally untractable, she found how to solve it efficiently! @cbehav.bsky.social @css-conference.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Hey #CCS2025 friends, before your dinner🍝 in Siena, come to Simay Atasoy's poster to discover how many robots can be optimimally allocated to many tasks! While this problem seems computationally untractable, she found how to solve it efficiently! @cbehav.bsky.social @css-conference.bsky.social
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First Call for Papers - ANTS 2026
Darmstadt, Germany | June 8–10, 2026
ants2026.org
The 15th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence invites submissions on the theme:
"Reaching beyond – swarm intelligence across systems, disciplines, and communities".
🗓️ Submission deadline: 10 Nov 2025
Darmstadt, Germany | June 8–10, 2026
ants2026.org
The 15th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence invites submissions on the theme:
"Reaching beyond – swarm intelligence across systems, disciplines, and communities".
🗓️ Submission deadline: 10 Nov 2025
June 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
First Call for Papers - ANTS 2026
Darmstadt, Germany | June 8–10, 2026
ants2026.org
The 15th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence invites submissions on the theme:
"Reaching beyond – swarm intelligence across systems, disciplines, and communities".
🗓️ Submission deadline: 10 Nov 2025
Darmstadt, Germany | June 8–10, 2026
ants2026.org
The 15th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence invites submissions on the theme:
"Reaching beyond – swarm intelligence across systems, disciplines, and communities".
🗓️ Submission deadline: 10 Nov 2025
Last month I pitched @fallingwallslabdk.bsky.social BW at @uni-konstanz.de 🚀
Shared my project SailSwarm — tiny wind-powered robots reimagining ocean monitoring 🌊🤖
Big ideas, 3-min limits, and a room full of future-shapers. What a ride! #FallingWallsLab #SailSwarm #SciComm #OceanTech
Shared my project SailSwarm — tiny wind-powered robots reimagining ocean monitoring 🌊🤖
Big ideas, 3-min limits, and a room full of future-shapers. What a ride! #FallingWallsLab #SailSwarm #SciComm #OceanTech
August 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Last month I pitched @fallingwallslabdk.bsky.social BW at @uni-konstanz.de 🚀
Shared my project SailSwarm — tiny wind-powered robots reimagining ocean monitoring 🌊🤖
Big ideas, 3-min limits, and a room full of future-shapers. What a ride! #FallingWallsLab #SailSwarm #SciComm #OceanTech
Shared my project SailSwarm — tiny wind-powered robots reimagining ocean monitoring 🌊🤖
Big ideas, 3-min limits, and a room full of future-shapers. What a ride! #FallingWallsLab #SailSwarm #SciComm #OceanTech
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The sixth day of the Konstanz School of Collective Behaviour 2025 (#kscb2025) continues with a #keynote by Pranav Kedia on #biomimetic #sailboat #swarms
#bioinspiration
@cbehav.bsky.social
https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/
#bioinspiration
@cbehav.bsky.social
https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/
July 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The sixth day of the Konstanz School of Collective Behaviour 2025 (#kscb2025) continues with a #keynote by Pranav Kedia on #biomimetic #sailboat #swarms
#bioinspiration
@cbehav.bsky.social
https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/
#bioinspiration
@cbehav.bsky.social
https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/
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Autonomous sailboats? Check. Lecture? Check. Boat-on-stage entrance? @praked.bsky.social stole the show at #KSCB2025. 😎⛵
July 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Autonomous sailboats? Check. Lecture? Check. Boat-on-stage entrance? @praked.bsky.social stole the show at #KSCB2025. 😎⛵
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Falling Walls Lab Baden-Württemberg | 18. Juli 2025, 14 Uhr | im Data Theatre (Gebäude ZT) an der #UniKonstanz: Der internationale Pitch-Wettbewerb bietet Studierenden und Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen eine Bühne, um ihre wissenschaftlichen Ideen zu präsentieren. Details: https://t1p.de/qjgu6
July 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Falling Walls Lab Baden-Württemberg | 18. Juli 2025, 14 Uhr | im Data Theatre (Gebäude ZT) an der #UniKonstanz: Der internationale Pitch-Wettbewerb bietet Studierenden und Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen eine Bühne, um ihre wissenschaftlichen Ideen zu präsentieren. Details: https://t1p.de/qjgu6
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Today at the CASCB Seminar, we dive into marine robotics! We’re delighted to welcome Mike Benjamin (MIT), who will talk about evolving unmanned marine vehicles into collaborative, coordinated swarms.
What happens when autonomy goes collective? Come find out.
12:00 | ZT 702 & online @uni-konstanz.de
What happens when autonomy goes collective? Come find out.
12:00 | ZT 702 & online @uni-konstanz.de
July 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Today at the CASCB Seminar, we dive into marine robotics! We’re delighted to welcome Mike Benjamin (MIT), who will talk about evolving unmanned marine vehicles into collaborative, coordinated swarms.
What happens when autonomy goes collective? Come find out.
12:00 | ZT 702 & online @uni-konstanz.de
What happens when autonomy goes collective? Come find out.
12:00 | ZT 702 & online @uni-konstanz.de
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We have a full house . Konstanz School of Collective Behavior is off to a great start with Iain Couzin as our opening keynote speaker @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @cbehav.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
We have a full house . Konstanz School of Collective Behavior is off to a great start with Iain Couzin as our opening keynote speaker @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @cbehav.bsky.social
Heading to #OCEANS2025 in Brest 🇫🇷!
Working on autonomous sailing robots (SailSwarm) & keen to meet others in marine robotics, ocean monitoring & cool tech.
Let’s grab a coffee ☕ — or if you're based in Bretagne, I’d love to visit your lab/project too!
DMs open ⛵🌊
Working on autonomous sailing robots (SailSwarm) & keen to meet others in marine robotics, ocean monitoring & cool tech.
Let’s grab a coffee ☕ — or if you're based in Bretagne, I’d love to visit your lab/project too!
DMs open ⛵🌊
June 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Heading to #OCEANS2025 in Brest 🇫🇷!
Working on autonomous sailing robots (SailSwarm) & keen to meet others in marine robotics, ocean monitoring & cool tech.
Let’s grab a coffee ☕ — or if you're based in Bretagne, I’d love to visit your lab/project too!
DMs open ⛵🌊
Working on autonomous sailing robots (SailSwarm) & keen to meet others in marine robotics, ocean monitoring & cool tech.
Let’s grab a coffee ☕ — or if you're based in Bretagne, I’d love to visit your lab/project too!
DMs open ⛵🌊
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🌍 Join the Heat & Cognition ManyLabs project! We're studying how extreme heat affects human thinking, social behavior & well-being — globally.
Contribute & co-author:
🔗 Info: heatandmind.wordpress.com
📋 Sign up: www.soscisurvey.de/HeatandCogni...
#ManyLabs #EnvironmentalPsychology
Contribute & co-author:
🔗 Info: heatandmind.wordpress.com
📋 Sign up: www.soscisurvey.de/HeatandCogni...
#ManyLabs #EnvironmentalPsychology
The Heat and Cognition Project: The Collective Cost of Extreme Heat
heatandmind.wordpress.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🌍 Join the Heat & Cognition ManyLabs project! We're studying how extreme heat affects human thinking, social behavior & well-being — globally.
Contribute & co-author:
🔗 Info: heatandmind.wordpress.com
📋 Sign up: www.soscisurvey.de/HeatandCogni...
#ManyLabs #EnvironmentalPsychology
Contribute & co-author:
🔗 Info: heatandmind.wordpress.com
📋 Sign up: www.soscisurvey.de/HeatandCogni...
#ManyLabs #EnvironmentalPsychology
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🌍 We are launching a new #ManyLabs!!! Join the Heat & Cognition project! We're studying how extreme heat affects human thinking, social behavior & well-being — globally.
Contribute & co-author:
🔗 Info: heatandmind.wordpress.com
📋 Sign up: www.soscisurvey.de/HeatandCogni...
#EnvironmentalPsychology
Contribute & co-author:
🔗 Info: heatandmind.wordpress.com
📋 Sign up: www.soscisurvey.de/HeatandCogni...
#EnvironmentalPsychology
March 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🌍 We are launching a new #ManyLabs!!! Join the Heat & Cognition project! We're studying how extreme heat affects human thinking, social behavior & well-being — globally.
Contribute & co-author:
🔗 Info: heatandmind.wordpress.com
📋 Sign up: www.soscisurvey.de/HeatandCogni...
#EnvironmentalPsychology
Contribute & co-author:
🔗 Info: heatandmind.wordpress.com
📋 Sign up: www.soscisurvey.de/HeatandCogni...
#EnvironmentalPsychology
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A good 54% of people are unfavorable of Musk. And well, Mark (or should I say Zuck) is hated bipartisanly, I guess!
A good 54% of people are unfavorable of Musk. And well, Mark (or should I say Zuck) is hated bipartisanly, I guess!
How Americans view Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg
Just over half of U.S. adults (54%) say they have an unfavorable view of Musk, and two-thirds of Americans have an unfavorable view of Zuckerberg.
pewrsr.ch
February 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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A good 54% of people are unfavorable of Musk. And well, Mark (or should I say Zuck) is hated bipartisanly, I guess!
A good 54% of people are unfavorable of Musk. And well, Mark (or should I say Zuck) is hated bipartisanly, I guess!
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Hi all! We are happy to announce that we are now on bluesky!! 🥳
We are The Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour (CASCB) based in @uni-konstanz.de, Germany focused on the study of collective behaviour across species and environments
Here to bluer skies! 🦋
We are The Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour (CASCB) based in @uni-konstanz.de, Germany focused on the study of collective behaviour across species and environments
Here to bluer skies! 🦋
January 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Hi all! We are happy to announce that we are now on bluesky!! 🥳
We are The Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour (CASCB) based in @uni-konstanz.de, Germany focused on the study of collective behaviour across species and environments
Here to bluer skies! 🦋
We are The Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour (CASCB) based in @uni-konstanz.de, Germany focused on the study of collective behaviour across species and environments
Here to bluer skies! 🦋
🎉 Excited to share that I've been awarded the PANDOTA Fund for Doctoral Research at @uni-konstanz.de , support of €5,000
Grateful to my group,
@swarmdynamics.bsky.social & CASCB Konstanz. Excited to advance research in swarm & field robotics challenges! 🌍🤖
Here's to impactful solutions in 2025
Grateful to my group,
@swarmdynamics.bsky.social & CASCB Konstanz. Excited to advance research in swarm & field robotics challenges! 🌍🤖
Here's to impactful solutions in 2025
January 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🎉 Excited to share that I've been awarded the PANDOTA Fund for Doctoral Research at @uni-konstanz.de , support of €5,000
Grateful to my group,
@swarmdynamics.bsky.social & CASCB Konstanz. Excited to advance research in swarm & field robotics challenges! 🌍🤖
Here's to impactful solutions in 2025
Grateful to my group,
@swarmdynamics.bsky.social & CASCB Konstanz. Excited to advance research in swarm & field robotics challenges! 🌍🤖
Here's to impactful solutions in 2025
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I'm recruiting PhD students for Fall 2025! CS PhD Deadline: Dec. 15th.
I work on safe/reliable ML and causal inference, motivated by healthcare applications.
Beyond myself, Johns Hopkins has a rich community of folks doing similar work. Come join us!
I work on safe/reliable ML and causal inference, motivated by healthcare applications.
Beyond myself, Johns Hopkins has a rich community of folks doing similar work. Come join us!
November 27, 2024 at 3:58 PM
I'm recruiting PhD students for Fall 2025! CS PhD Deadline: Dec. 15th.
I work on safe/reliable ML and causal inference, motivated by healthcare applications.
Beyond myself, Johns Hopkins has a rich community of folks doing similar work. Come join us!
I work on safe/reliable ML and causal inference, motivated by healthcare applications.
Beyond myself, Johns Hopkins has a rich community of folks doing similar work. Come join us!
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CfP: 2025 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference idea.gm.th-koeln.de?p=742 #optimization #ai #ml
CfP: 2025 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2025)
2025 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2025) Spain (hybrid event)July 14-18, 2025We are inviting you to submit your latest top-quality work for presentation and publication at …
idea.gm.th-koeln.de
November 26, 2024 at 6:48 PM
CfP: 2025 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference idea.gm.th-koeln.de?p=742 #optimization #ai #ml
Disney Research has unveiled a skinless humanoid robot that tracks faces, mimics expressions, blinks, and even "breathes." 🤖
With 19 degrees of freedom and a chest sensor, it captures subtle gaze and head movements, creating an eerily lifelike presence. #Robotics #AI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8_V...
With 19 degrees of freedom and a chest sensor, it captures subtle gaze and head movements, creating an eerily lifelike presence. #Robotics #AI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8_V...
Realistic and Interactive Robot Gaze
YouTube video by DisneyResearchHub
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Disney Research has unveiled a skinless humanoid robot that tracks faces, mimics expressions, blinks, and even "breathes." 🤖
With 19 degrees of freedom and a chest sensor, it captures subtle gaze and head movements, creating an eerily lifelike presence. #Robotics #AI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8_V...
With 19 degrees of freedom and a chest sensor, it captures subtle gaze and head movements, creating an eerily lifelike presence. #Robotics #AI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8_V...
Another random thing to do after those lists on bsky :)
November 24, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Another random thing to do after those lists on bsky :)
Wanna see my Ro-boat
We’ve been busy this summer!
PhD student @praked.bsky.social & intern C. Apolinsky have taken our RC sailboat from controlled pond tests to our lake. They’ve achieved autonomous navigation, station keeping, and more!
Stay tuned as we build our own #sailboat.
#sailing #robotics
PhD student @praked.bsky.social & intern C. Apolinsky have taken our RC sailboat from controlled pond tests to our lake. They’ve achieved autonomous navigation, station keeping, and more!
Stay tuned as we build our own #sailboat.
#sailing #robotics
November 23, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Wanna see my Ro-boat
November 14, 2024 at 12:59 AM
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It can't be just me...right?
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November 13, 2024 at 6:52 PM
It can't be just me...right?
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