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Theodore Tzanetos

SRL Sample Recovery Helicopter System Manager

Biography

Teddy is the Group Supervisor of the Aerial Mobility group (347T). His expertise resides in uUAS embedded system development with a focus on state estimation for inertial navigation. He is currently working on the Tango on Racing Quadrotors (ToRQ) project and the CLARAty project. For the ToRQ project he is working on state estimation, closed-loop motor controls, system integration, and embedded software efforts.

Before joining JPL in 2017, he was the Head of Engineering at The Drone Racing League, a NYC-based startup, where he managed a team of developers and engineers to build drone-race infrastructure, embedded avionics, and an online FPV simulator played by tens of thousands of users worldwide.

Before DRL, Teddy worked at Samsung and MIT Lincoln Laboratory (FFRDC) where he worked on what came to be known as the DoDs Perdix Project, a small F/A-18-deployed uUAS.

Education

•M. Eng. Computer Science and Electrical Engineering - MIT 2013
•B.S. Computer Science and Electrical Engineering - MIT 2012

Professional Experience

•The Drone Racing League, Head of Engineering 2015-2017
•Samsung, Sr. Linux SW Engineer 2014-2015
•MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Associate Staff 2012-2014

Research Interests

Kalman Filtering, Flight Software, Noise Cancellation, UASs.
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85514

Publications

2023

F. Mier-Hicks, H. Grip, A. Kalantari, S. Moreland, B. Pipenberg, M. Keennon, T. Canham, M. Pauken, E. Decrossas, T. Tzanetos, J. Balaram, "Sample Recovery Helicopter," 2023 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, USA, pp, 1-11, 04 March 2023.
I. Nesnas, A. Johnson, T. Tzanetos, M. Maimone, M. McHenry, H. Ono, S. Chien, and B. Kennedy, "Robotics and Autonomy for Space Applications," Invited seminar by the Engineering Department at Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 01 January 2023.

2022

T. Tzanetos, M. Aung, J. Balaram, H. Grip, J. Karras, T. Canham, G. Kubiak, J. Anderson, G. Merewether, M. Pauken, S. Cappucci, M. Chase, M. Golombek, O. Toupet, M. Smart, E. Ramirez, J. Lam, R. Stern, N. Chahat, J. Ravich, R. Hogg, B. Pipenberg, M. Keennon, K. Williford, "Ingenuity Mars Helicopter: From Technology Demonstration to Extraterrestrial Scout," 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO), Big Sky, MT, USA, pp. 01-19, 05 March 2022.
R. Brockers, P. Proença, J. Delaune, J. Todd, L. Matthies, T. Tzanetos, J. B. Balaram, "On-board Absolute Localization Based on Orbital Imagery for a Future Mars Science Helicopter," 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO), Big Sky, MT, USA, pp. 1-11, 05 March 2022.
T. Tzanetos, J. Bapst, G. Kubiak, L. Tosi, S. Sirlin, R. Brockers, J. Delaune, H. Grip, L. Matthies, J. B. Balaram, S. Withrow-Maser, W. Johnson, L. Young, B. Pipenberg, "Future of Mars Rotorcraft - Mars Science Helicopter," 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO), Big Sky, MT, USA, pp. 1-16, 05 March 2022.
J. Delaune, J. Izraelevitz, S. Sirlin, D. Sternberg, L. Giersch, L. Tosi, E. Skyliyanskiy, L. Young, M. Mischna, S. Withrow-Maser, J. Mueller, J. Bowman, M. Wallance, H. Grip, L. Matthies, W. Johnson, M. Keennon, B. Pipenberg, H. Patel, C. Lim, M. Veismann, H. Cummings, S. Conley, T. Tzanetos, R. Brockers, A, Jain, D. Bayard, A. Chmielewski, O. Toupet, J. Burdick, M. Gharib, J. B. Balaram, "Mid-Air Helicopter Delivery at Mars Using a Jetpack," 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO), Big Sky, MT, USA, pp. 1-20, 05 March 2022.

2021

R. Brockers, J. Delaune, P. Porença, P. Schoppmann, M. Domnik, G. Kubiak, T. Tzanetos, "Autonomous Safe Landing Site Detection for a Future Mars Science Helicopter," 2021 IEEE Aerospace Conference (50100), Big Sky, MT, USA, pp. 1-8, 06 March 2021.

2020

Delaune, J., Brockers, R., Bayard, D.S., Dor, H., Hewitt, R., Sawoniewicz, J., Kubiak, G., Tzanetos, T., Matthies, L. and Balaram, J., "Extended Navigation Capabilities for a Future Mars Science Helicopter Concept," Accepted in IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, USA, pp. 1-10, 07 March 2020.