Tommy Berrueta
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Todd Murphey
tberrueta@u.northwestern.edu
Google Scholar
@BerruetaThomas
Research
I am interested in the study of complex, often multi-agent, robotic systems and their emergent behaviors. I focus on the development of algorithmic tools for learning to identify and control such emergent behavior in order to harness it towards achieving challenging objectives. My research is at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, information theory, and statistical physics.
Projects
Active Perception in Human-Swarm Collaboration
Algorithmic Matter and Emergent Computation
Software-Enabled Biomedical Devices
Education
B.S. Engineering, Harvey Mudd College, 2017
Awards and Honors
Harvey S. Mudd Scholarship, 2013-2017
Microsoft Ada Lovelace Fellowship Finalist, 2019
Teaching
Grader for Machine Dynamics (ME 314), Fall 2018
Other Interests
Lover of music listening, playing and composition
Publications
Low Rattling: A Predictive Principle for Self-Organization in Active Collectives
P. Chvykov, T. A. Berrueta, A. Vardhan, W. Savoie, A. Samland, T. D. Murphey, K. Wiesenfeld, D. I. Goldman, and J. L. England
Science, vol. 371, no. 6524, 2021. Article
Information Requirements of Collision-Based Micromanipulation
A. Q. Nilles, A. Pervan, T. A. Berrueta, T. D. Murphey, S. M. LaValle
Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR), 2020. PDF
A robot made of robots: emergent transport and control of a smarticle ensemble
W. Savoie, T. A. Berrueta, Z. Jackson, A. Pervan, R. Warkentin, S. Li, T. D. Murphey, K. Wiesenfeld, and D. I. Goldman
Science Robotics, vol. 4, no. 34, 2019. Paper
Dynamical system segmentation for information measures in motion
T. Berrueta, A. Pervan, K. Fitzsimons, and T. D. Murphey
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 169–176, 2019. PDF
Data-driven gait segmentation for walking assistance in a lower-limb assistive device
A. Kalinowska, T. Berrueta, A. Zoss, and T. D. Murphey
IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2019. PDF