Jon Michaux

I am a PhD graduate from the Robotics Department at the University of Michigan. Previously, I earned a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in Maths from Wayne State University.

You can reach me by email: jmichaux15 at gmail dot com

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Research
	Let's Make a Splan: Risk-Aware Trajectory Optimization in a Normalized Gaussian Splat Jonathan Michaux, Seth Isaacson, Challen Enninful Adu, Adam Li, Rahul Kashyap Swayampakula, Parker Ewen, Sean Rice, Katherine A. Skinner, Ram Vasudevan (Accepted to T-RO 2025!) pdf project page
	Conformalized Reachable Sets for Obstacle Avoidance With Spheres Yongseok Kwon, Jonathan Michaux, Ram Vasudevan (Accepted to ICRA 2025!) pdf project page
	Reachability-based Trajectory Design via Exact Formulation of Implicit Neural Signed Distance Functions Jonathan Michaux, Qingyi Chen, Challen Enninful Adu, Jinsun Liu, Ram Vasudevan pdf project page
	Safe Planning for Articulated Robots Using Reachability-based Obstacle Avoidance With Spheres Jonathan Michaux, Adam Li, Qingyi Chen, Che Chen, Bohao Zhang, Ram Vasudevan Robotics: Science and Systems, 2024 pdf project page
	Can't Touch This: Real-Time, Safe Motion Planning and Control for Manipulators Under Uncertainty Jonathan Michaux, Patrick Holmes, Bohao Zhang, Che Chen, Baiyue Wang, Shrey Sahgal, Tiancheng Zhang, Sidhartha Dey, Shreyas Kousik, Ram Vasudevan (ccepted to T-RO 2025!) pdf project page
	Serving Time: Real-Time, Safe Motion Planning and Control for Manipulation of Unsecured Objects Zachary Brei, Jonathan Michaux, Bohao Zhang, Patrick Holmes, Ram Vasudevan IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2024 pdf project page
	Reachability-based Trajectory Design with Neural Implicit Safety Constraints Jonathan Michaux, Qingyi Chen, Yong Seok Kown, Ram Vasudevan Robotics: Science and Systems, 2023 pdf project page
	Modulating RhoA effectors induces transitions to oscillatory and more wavelike RhoA dynamics in Caenorhabditis elegans zygotes Baixue Yao, Seth Donoughe, Jonathan Michaux, Edwin Munro Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), 2022 pdf
	Excitable RhoA dynamics drive pulsed contractions in the early C. elegans embryo Jonathan B. Michaux, François B. Robin, William M. McFadden, Edwin M. Munro Journal of Cell Biology (JCB), 2018 pdf

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