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Vladimir Petrov

v.petrov.18.02.94@gmail.com
(319)512-0066
Iowa City, IA, US

Summary

PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Iowa, focusing on robotics, machine learning, and autonomous systems.

Education

  • Engineering
    2015-06
    Volgograd State University
    GPA: 3.96
  • Mechanical Engineering
    University of Iowa
    GPA: 3.95

Work Experience

  • Robotics Engineer Intern
    2025-01 - 2025-04
    Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL)
    Developed and implemented trajectory generation and tracking algorithms for coordinated flights of multiple Crazyflie drones in constrained environments using ROS2 and CrazySwarm2; employed SLAM Toolbox for independent drone localization; merged 2D maps into 3D point clouds; validated algorithms with RViz2.
  • Research Assistant
    2023-01 -
    University of Iowa, Cooperative Autonomous Systems Lab
    Implement control and learning algorithms for AUVs and UAVs, including PID, LQR, MPC, NMPC, L1 adaptive control, and RBFNN, LSTM, Transformer with TensorFlow; conducted trajectory optimization, path planning, obstacle avoidance, and SLAM using C++, Python, Gazebo, Simulink, and MATLAB; authored publications AUV and UAV controls.
  • Chief of Mechanical Engineering Team
    2020-01 - 2022-01
    Original-group PJSC, Moscow
    Led a team of 24 design engineers in R&D of Delta, Articulated, Cartesian, SCARA, and Polar robots; managed CAD development in Autodesk Inventor and Siemens NX; performed motion, statics, dynamics, stress, and deflection simulations in ANSYS.
  • Mechanical Design Engineer
    2018-03 - 2019-08
    Techprom LLC, Volzhsky
    Designed Cartesian/Gantry and Delta robots; created CAD models in Solidworks; performed simulations and calculations in ANSYS and Simulationx.
  • Mechanical Design Engineer
    2016-03 - 2018-03
    Severstal-ropes PJSC, Volgograd
    Developed Delta and Articulated robots; modeled in Solidworks and Creo; conducted simulations in Simulationx.

Skills

                                      Publications

                                      • Autopilot System for Depth and Pitch Control in AUVs: Navigating Near-Surface Waves and Disturbances
                                      • AUV Autopilot System for Controlling Depth and Pitch: Maneuvering Through Near-Surface Waves and Environmental Disturbances

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