About Me

Hey! I’m Max, a second year robotics graduate student at Georgia Tech. My research focuses on teaching robots how to control and coordinate themselves. I use deep reinforcement learning to teach teams of heterogeneous robots to coordinate themselves and quadrupedal robots how to navigate in real-world environments. I graduated from Georgia Tech in May 2020 with a degree in electrical engineering and a minor in robotics.

Education

• M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-2021
• B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-2020

Publications

1. Rudolph, M., Chernova, S., Ravichandar, H. Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures: Towards Risk-Adaptive Task Allocation, In Proc. of The International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2021
2. Rudolph, M., Wilson, S., Egerstedt, M. Heterogeneous Multi-agent Coverage Control for Range Limited Robots, In Proc. of The International Conference in Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2021.

Work Experience

In the Media

I was part of an intern spotlight while working on Mars2020 at the Jet Propulsion Lab.

For Funzies

When I’m not studying robots, I like to play tennis and bake. I’m also a National Parks enthusiast on my jourrney to visiting all the parks.

Joshhua Tree National Park

Olympic National Park

Everglades National Park