Tony Jacob

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Research

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Active Sonar-Driven Iceberg Wall Following Path Planner for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles


Tony Jacob, Mingxi Zhou
Oceans Halifax, 2024   (Student Poster Competition Winner)
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Non-fixed, non-inertial path planning for AUV based iceberg circumnavigation

Projects

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Object and Depth tracking using a Kalman Filter



, 2023  
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Did this project for my Probablistic Robotics class. Developed ROS nodes for YOLO-v5 and MiDAS to track the (x,y,z) of a vehicle in motion using a Kalman Filter in Forza Horizon 4.

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Tic-Tac-Toe Gantry Robot


Tony Jacob, Vinay Lanka
, 2022  
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A robot that can play tic-tac-toe with you. Utilized image processing techniques and GCode to understand the play space and actuate the gantry.

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ROS Simulation of a Wind Turbine



, 2021  
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Developed the URDF and simulated wind physics as well as actuation of a wind turbine in Gazebo using the ROS framework.

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ADAS System for Pre-Crash Safety


Tony Jacob, Krishna Prasad Bhatt
VIT Vellore, 2020   (Winner, Hackamotive’20 conducted by Elektrobit & VIT Vellore)
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Developed a pipeline for an ADAS system that enabled Pre-Crash Safety using Lyft’s l5 Prediction Dataset and showcased a deployable ROS model for Monocular Depth Estimation for 3D object detection

Art + Media

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Dracula but Tame Impala is Dua Lipa



, 2025  
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Ever since I first heard it, I wanted to hear how Dua would sound in this cause this very much a Radical Optimism production. Used an off-the-shelf voice clone AI, and little mix and master.s

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Et tu est Monet


Tony Jacob, Farhang Naderi, Gery Vargas
Rhode Island School of Design, 2024   (Visathon '24 Exhibit)
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Focusing on the characteristics of impressionism art style where the subtle nuances of the environment is revealed in high detail, the exhibit allows you (the audience) to reveal Monet’s perspective on the spatial and temporal elements of imagery as you move around and spend time with the Haystacks of Claude Monet.

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Pigeons as Bombs


Tony Jacob, Jonathan Jacob
, 2024  
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BF Skinner’s Project Pigeon (dramatized)

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IEEE Podcast Launch Video


Tony Jacob, Madhav Rajesh, Gagan Varma, Sunny Chakraborti
Vellore Institute of Technology, 2020  
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Launch video for The TechLoop Podcast


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Updated: 01/02/2025