Hello,

I am Rwik Rana.

A Robotics Eng 

I am a Ph.D. student at the UT Austin, working with Prof. Joydeep Biswas in the Autonomous Mobile Robotics Laboratory (AMRL).

My research focuses on unifying controls and perception. I design algorithms that combine model-based structure with model-free learning and use representation learning to capture task-relevant state for control. The goal is dependable autonomy in unstructured settings—particularly off-road and field robotics—where dynamics, terrain, and sensing can be highly variable. I am also interested in whole-body control for humanoids and high-DoF mobile platforms.