Issouf Ouattara, PhD

PhD in Automation, Systems and Control Engineering | Aalto University

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Espoo, Finland

I am a robotics researcher specializing in autonomous mobile robots, with a recent PhD from Aalto University’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation. I am passionate about bridging the gap between academic research and real-world applications. My expertise spans sensor fusion, computer vision, point cloud processing, and autonomous navigation algorithms.

Research Interests

  • Autonomous Mobile Robots: Navigation, localization, and control for ground and aerial vehicles
  • Precision Agriculture: Autonomous UAV systems for crop monitoring and farm automation
  • Precision Forestry: Autonomous navigation and mapping for forest management and monitoring
  • Autonomous Robots for Security & Defence: UAV navigation and mission planning for operational environments
  • Machine Learning: Applied ML for robotics perception, navigation, and decision-making

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  1. PhD Thesis
    Mapping, tree detection, localization, and autonomous flight of unmanned aerial vehicles in forest applications
    Issouf Ouattara
    Aalto University, Oct 2025
  2. IFAC
    PSV-LCD: Point cloud Surface Variation based Loop Closure Detection
    Issouf Ouattara and Arto Visala
    IFAC-PapersOnLine, Aug 2025
  3. JFR
    Towards a Semiautonomous Young Spruce Forest Late Cleaning
    Issouf Ouattara, Jyri Hallikas, Heikki Hyyti, and 1 more author
    Journal of Field Robotics, Sep 2025