Homepage
Master of Engineering in
Robotics
2017-2019
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
2013-2017
Projects
Experience
Aurora Innovation
Senior Software Engineer
March 2023 – Present
Aurora Innovation
Software Engineer II - Mapping Perception
August 2021 – March 2023
Leading the effort on developing and productionizing various map products generated by employing state-of-the-art deep learning models, computer vision and linear algebra.
I am also one of the co-leads in the Aurora Fighting Bias in Tech group, where we find and address any potential areas and blindspots
that might impact the development of our technology and how it connects to diverse consumers.
Aurora Innovation
Software Engineer I - Mapping Perception
March 2020 – August 2021
Working with state-of-the-art deep learning models to autogenerate mapping products.
BITO ROBOTICS
Software Engineer in Computer Vision
August 2019 – March 2020
We develop robotic systems with the goal to democratize robotics. I work with the computer vision team to develop state of the art solutions for the perception system.
Medical Robotics & Equipment Lab
Research Assistant
May 2018 – July 2019
Research Areas
• Skin Segmentation: Carried out real-time skin segmentation using deep neural networks like U-Net, Mask-RCNN, etc. Also worked upon creating a custom dataset for training. The published work can be found here.
• Wound, Umbilicus and Bandage Detection: Used Faster-RCNN neural network to detect wounds, umbilicus and bandages on trauma patients using a customized and in house dataset.
• Robotic Ultrasound: Developed a semi-autonomous tele-operated robotic system to carry out a remote ultrasound. The idea being a radiologist at the hospital would be able to do a remote ultrasound on a patient en-route to the hospital, saving critical and valuable time. The published work cab be found here and here.
• Fly-Cycle: Modernized an existing Flycycle robot for immersive game development and rehabilitation purposes mainly for children with muscle dystrophy.
Larsen & Toubro – Sargent & Lundy
Research Intern
April 2017– June 2017
• Designed and optimized a hold down clamp and pipe assembly for carrying demineralized water in a mega power plant.
• Carried out optimizations like, fillet radius of clamp, length and material analysis in solidworks and Caesar II.
• Used Ansys, to carry out stress analysis and kept the stresses below the allowable stress limit as per the ASTM standards.
• After 17 test runs, the final design parameters were accepted by the company. The thesis report can be found here.
Larsen & Toubro – Power
Engineering Intern
January 2017– April 2017
• Underwent a four months on-site training on a (660x2 MW) Coal Based power plant.
• Summarized and developed flow charts for different processes throughout the power plant.
• Understood different managerial responsibilities and prepared a report on the power plant.
Larsen & Toubro – Chyioda
Internship Trainee
May 2016 – July 2016
• Carried out a six weeks study in the field of plant and piping engineering. Underwent a literature review and learned how industrial designing is done.
• Modeled and performed stress calculations of pipes taking into account the established standards and performing material calculations using thickness of pipe and material verification.
• Prepared a technical report for the internship which can be found here.
Publications and Patents
A Robotic System for Remote Trauma Assessment
U.S. Patent. Pub No.: US 2020/0194117 A1
A Semi-Autonomous Robotic System for Remote Trauma Assessment
International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, 2019
Adaptation and Evaluation of Deep Learning Techniques for Abdominal Skin Segmentation
International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, 2019
Frontier Based Exploration for Autonomous Robot
Project Paper
Evaluation of Control Strategies for a Tele-manipulated Robotic System for Remote Trauma Assessment
SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications, 2019
Modeling and Simulation of a Differential Drive Mobile Robot
International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 7, Issue 5, July 2016
Awards and Recognition
Book Review Committee for "Responsible Software Engineering" - 2023
Reviewed 2 chapters of "Responsible Software Engineering" by Daniel J. Barrett.
Won the International Go Karting Competition - 2015
We were a team of twenty students representing our college at International Go-Karting Championship (IGC) organized by LPU. We had to completely model, design and fabricate our own go kart for this competition. I was in-charge of the transmissions and the 3D modelling aspects of the go-kart. Additionally I carried out the front impact stress analysis of the go-kart in Ansys.
Our team, "Team Stallions", won the overall trophy bagging a cash prize of 1 lakh rupees. The competition attracted 20000+ spectators with 60 teams participating across the country.
Won the National Robocon - 2014
Nirma Robocon is a team of enthusiastic roboticists at Nirma University. The team takes part in the International Robocon Competition every year, organized by Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union.
I was in charge of designing and optimizing the design for the manual and the autonomous robot. Depending on various task of the competition, I was able to develop four bar gripper, a pneumatic thrower, a ladder climbing mechanism for the autonomous robot, etc.
My team bagged the title of National Winner at National Robocon Competition 2014 competing with 90 other teams from colleges all over India, being the only team able to complete Sabash (Raising of the flag). The competition theme can be found here here and a documentary covering the full competion can be found here.
