Nived Chebrolu

Assistant Professor | Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay

Office: KR-120, KReSIT Building
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai 400 076, Maharashtra, India

Email: nived at cse.iitb.ac.in
Phone (internal): 7865

Research

Our research focuses on developing autonomous and intelligent robotic systems capable of handling complex tasks in uncertain, real-world environments. A core emphasis is on enabling mobile robots to navigate and interact with their surroundings, even when sensor data is noisy, environmental conditions vary, and decisions must be made in real time. The goal is for these robots to percieve and understand their environment in rich detail, operating safely, effectively, and intuitively alongside humans.

We apply this work across a broad range of real-world domains including autonomous vehicles, service robots, precision agriculture, forestry, industrial maintenance, and disaster response.

Bio

• 2026- Assistant Professor at IIT Bombay

• 2021-2025 Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Oxford Robotics Institute, hosted by Maurice Fallon

• 2015-2021 PhD at Photogrammetry and Robotics Lab, University of Bonn, supervised by Cyrill Stachniss

• 2014-2015 Masters in Robotics at École Centrale de Nantes, France

• 2013-2014 Masters in Robotics at University of Genoa, Italy

• 2009-2013 Bachelors in Electronics and Communication Engineering from The LNMIIT, Jaipur

Recent Works

• 3D Mapping in Forests ICRA 2025, 2025, 2024-1, 2024-2

• Navigation in Tough Environments 2022, 2023, 2025

• Autonomous Aerial Mapping using LiDARs 2024

• Agricultural Robotics and Perception 2024, 2021, 2021, 2020

[Full list of publications]

Highlights

• [Feb 2026] Joined CSE@IIT Bombay as Asst. Professor.