Barry Ridge
Barry Ridge

Robotics Researcher

I am a robotics researcher focused mainly on computer vision and perception for autonomous systems, with experience that spans several related areas— from simulation to machine learning to industrial robotics. I currently lead technical development of the CoHORT Project as a postdoctoral researcher at the Autonomy Research Center for STEAHM (ARCS), California State University, Northridge (CSUN). Prior to CSUN ARCS, I worked as a Robotics Technologist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and have previously held postdoctoral positions at the Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) and the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR).

I am passionate about integrating cutting-edge technologies across multiple domains and transitioning research and development from the lab to resilient, real-world deployments— whether that means robotic exploration of other worlds, multi-robot search and rescue operations on our own world, enabling robots to learn new skills across multiple modalities, or designing agile robotic solutions for industrial production. My goal is to accelerate the development of physical artificial intelligence to help tackle our biggest challenges and open up new frontiers.

Recent Publications
Onboard Autonomous Health Assessment and Global Localization for the Mars Helicopter: Towards Multi-Flight Operations. IEEE Transactions on Field Robotics (Under Review), 2025.
An Addendum to NeBula: Toward Extending Team CoSTAR's Solution to Larger Scale Environments. IEEE Transactions on Field Robotics, 2024.
Simulation-Aided Handover Prediction From Video Using Recurrent Image-to-Motion Networks. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2024.
Demonstration of Autonomous Sampling Techniques in an Icy Moon Terrestrial Analog. 2023 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2023.
Early Recall, Late Precision: Multi-Robot Semantic Object Mapping under Operational Constraints in Perceptually-Degraded Environments. 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2022.