I am currently working as a software engineer at Apple in the AIML group.
Before joining the industry, I completed my PhD from the University of Illinois, where I was advised by Prof. Naira Hovakimyan. Broadly, my research was at the intersection of robotics, control theory, and machine learning, where I focused on safe motion planning for robots under uncertainty. For a deeper overview of my work during the PhD, head over to the research page. While at UIUC, I also spent a few summers working outside of academia towards robotics related problems at Facebook Reality Labs, Occipital, and Qualcomm.
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 2021.
M.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 2016.
B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, VIT University, India. 2014.
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Produced a design document rigorously detailing the safety requirements and the associated assumptions for an autonomous vehicle from a controls perspective.
Documented the design of a model predictive control algorithm with computational, stability, and feasibility guarantees.
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Designed a C++ motion planning library and implemented different types of planning algorithms for wheeled robots mounted with Structure sensors.
Implemented a computationally efficient distance transform of an occupancy map for fast collision checking and distance-based prioritization when planning.
Designed an obstacle avoidance controller for the Snapdragon Flight board (since discontinued) for assistive collision prevention using noisy vision-based range information.
Developed sampling-based motion planning algorithms to generate distance-optimal collision-free paths for the vehicle from a 3D occupancy map.
