EXPERIENCE
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May 2022 -
Aug 2022
Systems Design Engineering Intern
at Volvo Trucks North America, NC
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Worked with the Electrical Engineering & Vehicle Connectivity, Vehicle Engineering team of Group Trucks Technology at Volvo Trucks North America.
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Vehicle Engineering is responsible for the integration and development of technologies into a complete truck for all brands within Volvo.
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Developed a deep neural network-based regression model using Python packages such as Tensorflow, Keras, and Pandas to analyze databus truck data and predict dynamic response and system parameters.
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Designed a PID controller for an innovative engine and braking control system and programmed the Raspberry Pi single-board computer to test the controller’s performance with a Volvo truck on the highway.
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Examined the log files with Vector CANalyzer and observed a smooth speed reduction.
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Supported software delivery and focus while working in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment.
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Aug 2021 - Present
Robotics Researcher, Autonomous Collective Systems Laboratory at ASU
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Control Architecture
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Driving Simulator utilizing CARLA
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Modified Jetracer AI Pro Robot Car
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Position Coordinates of the Trajectory and Vehicle
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Research Group at IIIT Delhi, India
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Bee-bots: Final position
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Bee-bot: Custom differential-drive robot with a robotic arm
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Flowchart
​CHARTOPOLIS: A Small-Scale Labor-art-ory for Research and Reflection on Autonomous Vehicles:
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Accepted by the 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Workshop. Link
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Developed the control architecture, including the human-robot interface, physical testbed, and driving simulator.
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Modelled different driving scenarios using CARLA, Unreal Engine, and Mathworks RoadRunner.
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Built C++ code to determine the rpm of the JetRacer Robot Car and publish sensor data through rosserial.
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Mitigate the Sim2Real gap by allowing for a direct comparison of performance across the two environments.
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Working for a global-security initiative project by ASU, titled "EAGER: Embodiment of Human Values Profiles in Autonomous Vehicles via Psychomimetic Controller Design", funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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Performed an extensive literature survey for motion planning of a platoon of autonomous vehicles to discuss the problem of minimizing energy consumption. Report
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Jan 2021 - May 2021
Intern, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal India
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Presented a Barrier Lyapunov Function (BLF) based non-linear controller design technique for trajectory tracking an underactuated AUV in a 3-D plane - bachelor’s thesis in collaboration with NIT Trichy and IISER Bhopal
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Guaranteed that the tracking errors remain bound from the Lyapunov examination and software-in-the-loop simulations.
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Secured "Starstruck" achievement from GitHub for creating a repository that has many stars. GitHub
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Mar 2020 - May 2020
Robotics Intern, National University of Singapore
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Simulated folding mechanisms of soft origami robots for pick-place action. Video
May 2019 - July 2019
Intern, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi(IIITD) India
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Derived the kinematics and dynamic equations of the motion of an underactuated AUV with 2-DOF in a 2-D plane.
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Implemented the LQR optimal controller for the linearized model of the AUV to track the reference trajectory. GitHub
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Feb 2019 - May 2021
Robotics Researcher, Spider R&D Club, NIT Trichy India
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BEE-BOTS: A novel swarm robotic system; Achieved architectural decentralization, thereby enabling fault tolerance.
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Published at the 2020 IEEE International Conference for Control, Automation, and Robotics (ICCAR). Paper
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Integrated encoded motors, servo, and ultrasonic sensors and programmed the microcontrollers of the robots using Embedded C.
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Fabricated the differential-drive robots of the swarm with 2-DOF robotic arms.
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Secured "Arctic Code Vault Contributor" for contributing code to 2 repositories in the 2020 GitHub Archive Program. GitHub
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