Education & Experience

Ph.D.in Robotics Engineering

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Thesis Committe: Dr. Berk Calli [advisor], Dr. Cagdas Onal, Dr. Loris Fichera, Dr. Zhu Mao
Thesis: Vision-based Control of Soft Continuum Robots

M.S. in Robotics Engineering

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Research projects:
1. Benchmarking in robot manipulation
2. Within-hand dexterous manipulation & planning

R&D Robotics Software Engineer

Orangewood Labs Inc.

Projects:
1. Work-piece detection and coverage planning for spray painting
2. Teleoperated robotic manipulator for workpiece handling
3. Controller and PCB design for custom CNC based machines

Visiting Student at E.E.C.S.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Projects:
1. Crowd controlled robotic manipulator
2. Automatic controller mount for powered wheelchair

Internship: Software Development Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services

Project:
1. Internal resource management API

B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering

Advisor: Dr. M. Sangeetha

Projects:

1. RF controlled electronic scoreboard
2. Aawaaz: Low cost bone-conduction hearing aid
3. Power system for humanoid robot & design of humanoid robot