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 Engineering - Contractor, General Motors Associate, Akkodis
Developement of Perception and Navigation Algorithms for AMRs operating on Manufacturing and Shop floors.
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.
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
2024
Robotics Software Engineering Intern, Trossen Robotics
2021 - 2022
Robotics and Automation Engineer, Swissranks (Now MindoxTechno), Coimbatore, India
2021
Intern, Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India
Education
2022 - 2024
M.S. Robotics, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, USA2017 - 2021
B.E. Robotics and Automation, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, IndiaSkills
Python
C
C++
Git
Pytorch
ROS 1
&
ROS 2
Docker
Bash
scripting
OpenCV
Numpy
Matlab
Raspberry Pi
SLAM / State Estimation
Experience with SLAM and localization for industrial outdoor and indoor applications
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
Experience with end to end (Edge - on VPU) perception modules for industrial UGVs
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
Experience with Nav2 based navigation for industrial AMRs with layered costmaps
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