I'm a roboticist interested in problems revolving around System Intelligence like State Estimation and Perception that have extensive applications in Robot Autonomy.
Present Affiliations
Robotics Engineer, Inductive Robotics
Creating an AMMR (Autonomous Mobile Manipulator Robot) that doubles as an EV charging solution that deploys in days, requires no capital and flexes up and down to meet the needs of fleet today and tomorrow.
Robotics Software Engineering Intern, Trossen Robotics
Developing the production grade perception and navigation stack for a Next Gen inspection rovers, with emphasis on tasks like SLAM, Object Tracking on Edge devices
I was also a part of,
Laboratory for PROGRESS (Perceptive Robotics and Grounded Reasoning Systems Developing Non Parametric solutions for SLAM using Variational Inference
Hybrid Dynamics and Machines Laboratory Developing Algorithms for Multi Agent SLAM for Tensegrity Robots
Biologically Inspired Robotics and Dynamical Systems Laboratory State Estimation for Quadcopters with IMUs and ToF sensors
Ford Center for Autonomous Vehicles Filtering and Detection Framework for Multi Agent Localization
Past Employment
2021 - 2022
Robotics and Automation EngineerSwissranks (Now MindoxTechno) Coimbatore, India
2021
InternIndira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research Kalpakkam, India
Education
2022 - 2024
M.S. RoboticsUniversity of Michigan - Ann Arbor, USA
2017 - 2021
B.E. Robotics and AutomationPSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India
Skills
Python
C
C++
Matlab
Git
Pytorch
ROS
Ubunutu
OpenCV
Numpy
Raspberry Pi
SLAM / State Estimation
Research on Non Parametric SLAM; Projects with KF, EKF, UKF, GHKF, Particle Filters
Projects with BKI-Mapping, OrbSLAM3, Particle Filter based SLAM
For: Multi - Agents, Mobile Robots, Autonomous Vehicles, Quadcopters
Perception, Deep Learning
Projects on Visual Tracking, 3D Scene Representation and Occupancy Prediction
Applying Algorithms like DeepSORT, TPVFormer, Optical Flow, Segment Anything Model, PoseCNN, Block Size and Color Detection
Applied Robotics
Projects on:
ANA*
A* Planning, RRT Planning
ICP, RANSAC
Forward, Inverse Kinematics
Velocity Kinematics
Manipulability Analysis
Work Space Analysis
Automation - System Design and Integration
Developing, Deployment, Testing: System architectures for autonomous tools(EFEMs)
Programming Robots and developing software tools for Communication(TCP/IP etc.,) and Robot Control
Studying and developing software compatible with industry standards like SEMI