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ARC Lab at LSU

Adaptive Control and Robotics Lab

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The ARC Lab develops mathematically certified methods that fuse adaptive control, robotics, and deep learning. Our core direction is Lyapunov-based learning for autonomy: systems that can learn online while maintaining provable closed-loop stability and safety.

The lab is led by Omkar Sudhir Patil, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Louisiana State University.

Research

Certified learning and control for real-world autonomy

The next frontier of autonomy is embodied AI operating safely in the real world. ARC Lab focuses on the gap between high-capacity learning and rigorous control guarantees. We pursue frameworks where adaptation laws are paired with analyzable certificates so that stability and convergence can be verified, not just observed in simulation.

Research Thrusts

  • Physics-aware adaptive system identification with online learning of structured dynamics
  • AI-assisted Lyapunov and safety-certificate synthesis for learning-enabled control
  • Autonomy on general metric spaces for transferable guarantees across robotic representations
  • Lyapunov-based deep learning for PDEs

Application Frontiers

  • Humanoid robotics with adaptive learning under uncertain contact dynamics
  • Multi-agent and swarm autonomy with distributed guarantees
  • Autonomy under intermittent and degraded feedback
  • Energy, power, and physical infrastructure with decentralized constraints

People

Researchers in the Adaptive Control and Robotics Lab

Principal Investigator

Omkar Sudhir Patil, Principal Investigator and Lab Director of the ARC Lab

Omkar Sudhir Patil

Principal Investigator and Lab Director

Dr. Omkar Sudhir Patil is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Louisiana State University and the founder and director of the Adaptive Control and Robotics (ARC) Lab. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida, where he later served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Research Scientist. His research develops mathematically certified learning and control methods for uncertain nonlinear and robotic systems, with emphasis on Lyapunov-based deep learning, adaptive control, safe autonomy, and multi-agent systems. He received the University of Florida Graduate Student Research Award in 2023 for outstanding research in mechanical and aerospace engineering.

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Doctoral Researchers

Hossein Papi, Ph.D. Student in the ARC Lab

Hossein Papi

Ph.D. Student

Hossein Papi is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Louisiana State University, conducting research in the Adaptive Control and Robotics (ARC) Lab under the supervision of Dr. Omkar Sudhir Patil. He received his B.S. in Iran and his M.S. degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Florida, building a strong foundation in nonlinear control systems, multi-agent frameworks, and autonomous networks through previous research experiences. His current doctoral research focuses on Lyapunov-based deep neural network control and structure-constrained learning architectures for robotic systems, bridging rigorous theoretical stability guarantees with practical implementations.

Master's Researchers

Nasser Mohammed, Master's Thesis Student in the ARC Lab

Nasser Mohammed

Master's Thesis Student

Nasser Mohammed received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Louisiana State University. His research experience spans controls, dynamical systems, state estimation, and computer vision. He is currently pursuing master's degrees in electrical engineering and mathematics under the guidance of Dr. Michael Malisoff, Dr. Yen-Fang Su, and Dr. Omkar Patil. His research interests are primarily in controls, dynamical systems, and their applications to robotics and aerospace. He is currently working on system modeling, latent state estimation, and feedback control in the context of automated manufacturing. His expected graduation date is May 2027.

Join the Lab

Funded Ph.D. positions for Spring 2027 and Fall 2027

Funded PhD positions are open for Spring 2027 and Fall 2027. To apply, email opatil1@lsu.edu with subject [ARC Lab PhD] and include your CV, transcripts, and one paragraph describing a research problem you find interesting and why.

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.

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