Background

I'm a Senior Software Engineer with a Master's in Robotics from the University of Michigan. I have over 5 years of experience in agricultural robotics and have developed cutting-edge outdoor robotic strawberry harvesters and co-authored research publications in perception for the space. I have a wide range of experience in computer vision, machine learning, behaviour planning and actuation of industrial robotic arms. I thrive on building practical solutions and bridging the gap between research and reality. I am currently looking for new challenges focused on modern perception in various robotic fields.

Job experience

• February 2022 - present
  Senior Robotics Software Engineer
  Bowery Farming
  

  Sunnyvale, CA, USA

  • Led cross-functional computer vision and machine learning projects across Technology, Quality and Operations to optimize production processes for agricultural yield improvements
  • Designed, trained, and deployed machine learning models to production environments
  • Architected modular path planning packages and Gazebo simulation tools for industrial 6 axis robot arms

• June 2018 - February 2022
  Software Engineer
  Traptic
  

  Sunnyvale, CA, USA

  I contributed towards developing an outdoor robotic strawberry harvester with 6DOF arms on a moving platform. I worked on real-time 3D perception algorithms, behaviour planning for the robot, soft real time path planning and actuation of industrial arms like the OMRON delta robot and the Denso 4 and 6-axis industrial robot arms.

Education

• University of Michigan
  Master of Science in Robotics
  

  2016 - 2018

  I was able to take multiple courses that gave me a strong foundation in the fields of computer vision, localisation and mapping, mechatronics and robot dynamics and kinematics.
• National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India
  Bachelor of Technology in Instrumentation and Control Eng
  

  2012 - 2016