His research focuses on developing autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), intelligent robotic devices that can perceive and navigate through natural and extreme environments to aid with exploration and data collection. In 2008, Dr. Kobilarov earned his PhD in robotics at the University of Southern California. From 2009 to 2012, he was a post-doctorate fellow at the California Institute of Technology, where he focused on control and dynamical systems (CDS).