Anish Kumar

I’m Anish Kumar, a GSoC 2026 contributor working with JdeRobot Robotics Academy on the Drone Cat-Mouse Chase Exercise.

This project introduces first-ever multi-agent collaboration in JdeRobot’s Robotics Academy — two autonomous drones (cat and mouse) operating simultaneously in a shared simulation environment. This is a novel milestone for the platform, pushing ROS2 + Gazebo simulation into multi-agent territory.

Project goals:

• Implement a cat-drone that autonomously chases a mouse-drone
• Implement a mouse-drone with evasion behavior
• Integrate both agents into Robotics Academy’s exercise framework

Currently exploring the best architecture for multi-agent support: whether the existing RAM (Robot Application Manager) needs extension, can be reused as-is, or if a cleaner approach exists without modifying it. The goal is a general solution that works not just for this exercise but as a reusable pattern for all future multi-agent exercises in the Robotics Academy ecosystem.

Follow my weekly progress in the blog.