"Knowledge comes by eyes always open and working hands; and there is no knowledge that is not power. "

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Broad Vision-

Driven by an unwavering belief in the transformative power of technology, I view curiosity and an insatiable thirst for innovative solutions as the primary forces shaping my career and goals. These qualities have inspired me to undertake a variety of unique and challenging research projects, pushing me to think creatively and beyond conventional boundaries. I am deeply committed to bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and industry needs, and I aspire to play a key role in bringing state-of-the-art technologies from the lab to the market. 

As I look forward to joining a graduate program in 2025, I seek an environment that will challenge my intellectual capabilities and provide me with the knowledge and tools necessary to make a meaningful impact across diverse industries and sectors.

Research Vision-

The primary research idea I hope to explore over the course of my graduate study is to understand how does a robot interact with it's environment-whether it is manipulating another object or itself(locomotion).  Beyond leveraging robot learning methods to understand high-level efficiency of robots in cluttered and difficult environment, I wish to impart robots with the ability to interpret the physics of an environment at the low-level to help generalize robot behaviour beyond the demonstrations that have been used to train it. At the junction of these methods, I hope to utilise effective model-based control to facilitate smooth behaviour. Coupling this with an understanding of user needs, I hope to push robotics closer to "robot commonsense" during the course of my research.

Questions to ask yourself to understand the value of my vision for my research-

"Can I trust a robot to squeeze some toothpaste on my brush?" 

"Are demonstrations sufficient to prepare a robot for surgery and shouldn't a robot have the same intuitive sense of touch that extends beyond tactile sensing while operating on delicate internal organs?"  

"Shouldn't robots be able to move objects out of their way(without breaking or toppling them) when object avoidance isn't possible?"

My interests include-

• Model-Based Control of dynamic systems both with and without learning

• Modeling the physics of robot interaction with their environments and themselves

• Trajectory optimization and control in uncertainty

• Temporal Logic and motion/task planning

• Industrial Automation

• Computation speedup using Quantum Computing 

• DeepTech Entrepreneurship

Skills-

• Languages                           Python, MATLAB, Arduino, LaTeX, C, Java

• Libraries                                NumPy, Gym, Tensorflow/Pytorch, Qiskit/Cirq, Pygame/Tkinter

• Frameworks/CAD               Git, ROS1, ROS2, Solidworks, LabView

• Simulation/Miscellaneous   Simulink, Gazebo, Rviz, MoveIt, IsaacGym, Pybullet, MuJoCo, ABAQUS