Hi! I'm Vineet Pasumarti.

I am a PhD student in the Janus Intelligent Robot Lab and Kumar Group within the GRASP Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania, and fortunate to be advised by Dr. Antonio Loquercio and Dr. Vijay Kumar. Prior to graduate school, I worked as an aerospace engineer at Boeing Research and Technology and completed my undergraduate internships at NASA Langley Research Center. My research interests broadly lie in the development of agile autonomy, particularly in the control of highly dynamic vehicles that can operate in the real-world through robot learning. Currently, my work is training multi-agent drone racing systems using reinforcement learning to unlock game-theoretic strategies.

Outside of the lab, I'm an avid nature and automotive photographer! You'll often find me taking photos, painting, hiking, or working on my car 🏎️ 🛠️. You can visit my photography portfolio here!

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Recent News

  • Jan 2026: Agile Flight... accepted to ICRA 2026!
  • Dec 2025: Open-release of Agile Flight... paper, code, and video!
  • Sep 2025: Agile Flight... submitted to ICRA 2026!
  • Aug 2025: I will be a TA for ESE 6510: Physical Intelligence this fall.

Publications

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Agile Flight Emerges from Multi-Agent Competitive Racing

Vineet Pasumarti*, Lorenzo Bianchi*, Antonio Loquercio

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2026

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Simulation of two cross-flow turbines under confinement

Vineet Pasumarti, Mukul Dave, Jennifer Franck

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) AVIATION Forum 2022

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Simulation of dual cross-flow turbines under confinement

Vineet Pasumarti, Mukul Dave, Jennifer Franck

American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics (APSDFD) 2022

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Contact

Feel free to contact me at: vineetp [at] seas [dot] upenn [dot] edu.

You can visit my LinkedIn page here!