Experience

Control Systems Engineer - Intern

DEKA Research and Development Corp, Manchester, NH      February 2023 - Present

  • Designing a framework for sharing surface-data among a fleet of autonomous security robots in a region in real time
  • Updating the global base map based on previously detected surface class to be used by other robots in the same region
  • Aiming to deploy a seamless framework to update the global base map with accurate surface data to be used by all the agents

Graduate Research Assistant

AI4CE Lab, NYU Tandon School of Engineering     June 2022 - Present

  • Orchestrated real-world experiment for a visual exploration toolkit - DeepExplorer
  • Built a mobile platform by interfacing Nvidia Jetson TX2, iRobot Create2, Insta360 Pro2 and Velodyne VLP-16 LiDAR
  • Implemented state-of-the-art embodied AI algorithm in both simulator and real-world with zero-shot success

Graduate Ajdunct Emloyee

New York University College of Arts and Science, NY      January 2022 - May 2022

  • Adjunct Lab instructor in the NYUCAS Department of Physics for the course of General Physics - II
  • Teaching and conducting Labs for Physics topics like Waves, Electric Field, Electromagnetism, Optics, etc
  • Conducting office hours and grading the lab work for the students

Research Assistant

K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai, India     Dec 2019 - June 2020

  • Developed and implemented a Hybrid algorithm for robot goal allocation and path planning by combining Glowworm Swarm Optimization and Unbalanced Assignment Problem
  • Generated the trajectory by updating Luciferin value and movement phase using a probabilistic equation
  • Achieved a more optimal path for goal allocation in 2-D space as compared to random allocation of agents

Summer Intern

Automation and Control Systems, Pune, India      June 2019 - July 2019

  • Automated industrial processes for a Dairy factory by collecting and analyzing data from different sensors
  • Designed the automation processes on CodeSys and SCADA and acquired proficiency in PLC programming
  • Programmed a Trajectory Planning algorithm for ABB IRB6620 for spot welding and painting process

Exchange Student

Hunan SANY Polytechnic College, Changsha, China      Dec 2018 - Jan 2019

  • Extended the Trajectory Planning algorithm for ABB IRB2600 for arc welding and part-assembly
  • Secured 2nd position for overall performance in the entire student-exchange program

Summer Intern

Auto-Next, Jamshedpur, India      Dec 2018 - Jan 2019

  • Worked on assembly-line and automobile maintenance in TATA-Motors workshop
  • Modified the design of a six-stroke IC engine by combining it with an external-combustion Sterling Engine
  • Increase in fuel efficiency and power-to-weight ratio was concluded