Adam Allevato
adam (at) allevato (dot) me
Moxi the Hospital Robot
2021-Present
Moxi is a hospital delivery robot built by Diligent Robotics. I've led the work on many of Moxi's perception and AI capabilities that enable it to navigate hospitals, open doors, and ride elevators without human assistance. This includes classical and cutting-edge machine learning techniques. I also created Moxi's "meep" sounds and the software that manages audio production onboard the robot.
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Sim-to-Real Deep Learning
2016-2020
My PhD research at The University of Texas at Austin trained robot task models using simulations and deep learning, with a goal of better human-robot interaction.
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Robots in Nuclear Gloveboxes
2016-2018
Working with the Nuclear and Applied Robotics Group and Los Alamos National Laboratory, we deployed robots inside nuclear gloveboxes for mixed-waste sorting and manufacturing tasks. Much of the code is available on the lab's GitHub, which I helped run.
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3D Computer Vision for Robots
2014-2017
In my masters' thesis work, I developed a 3D pose estimation library based on Robot Operating System (ROS). It's great for robotic sorting, remote inspection, and small part picking. We've since used the code in the 2015 Amazon Picking Challenge and other human-robot interaction studies.