Mike Ohradzansky

Michael’s interest in robotics began during his time at the University of Dayton, where he earned a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering. Building and testing small multi-rotor platforms was a hobby of his that eventually led to a graduate research position in the Bioinspired Robotics and Perception Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder (CUB) where he earned a M.S and Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering Sciences. While at CUB, he worked on bioinspired navigation algorithms for small multi rotor platforms, which eventually led to his Ph.D. dissertation titled “Bioinpired Nearness Control: Reactive Navigation in Subterranean Environments”. In addition to his research work, Michael was a core member of CUB’s Team MARBLE, who developed autonomy solutions for subterranean exploration robots and achieved a 3rd place finish in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge. Having spent hundreds of hours working on robots in damp, dark, and dusty caves, Michael is excited to begin a new journey working on agriculture autonomy solutions.

Outside of work and research, Michael enjoys hiking with his dog, camping, snowboarding, and music.