Michael Paton is a Robotics Technologist at JPL in the Robotics Mobility group. Michael received his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Toronto on the topic of long-term autonomous path following systems.
His research at JPL is focused on the design and development of extreme-terrain autonomous navigation systems.
Current work at JPL includes the development of a navigation system for the Axel tethered mobility rover to enable the autonomous exploration of cliff faces and terrain-aware navigation for ground rovers.
Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering,
University of Toronto [2017]
M.S. Computer Science,
George Mason University [2012]
B.S. Computer Science,
George Mason University [2007]
- Autonomous Systems
- State Estimation
- Terrain Assessment
- Path Planning
