abhishek agarwal
Roboticist at Vicarious AI
roboticist vicarious ai
roboticist nearly eight year experience academia industry ; currently master science student mechanical engineering massachusetts institute technology . broad understanding theory , hardware , software autonomous system include : • strong background kinematics , dynamic control , estimation theory , motion planning . developing skill machine intelligence vision lidar based object recognition . • expertise electromechanical design working state-of-the-art sensor embedded system . • proficiency system engineering software development mobile robot , self-driving vehicle , industrial robotic arm . programming language : c/c++ , python , matlab/simulink , octave , mathematica , julia , bash software/libraries : ro , gazebo , tensorflow , opencv , pcl , eigen , git , cimstation robotics embedded system : nvidia jetson tx2/tx1/tk1 , arduino , intel edison sensor : velodyne vlp-16 , hokuyo lidar , pointgrey camera , reach rtk-gps , xsens imu design prototyping : solidworks , pro/e , laser waterjet cutting , 3d printing , smd soldering envision future autonomous robot seamlessly integrate indoor outdoor mobility . current trend robotics deal problem disjointedly . end , particularly interested creating simple solution first principle reasoning develop highly efficient system robot collaborate human .
Vicarious AI
https://www.linkedin.com/company/vicarious-ai
San Francisco Bay Area
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Roboticist
MIT Media Lab
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Research focus on affordable autonomous vehicles for shared mobility in urban environments. Technical lead and founding member of the autonomy team of the MIT Persuasive Electric Vehicle (PEV), an affordable autonomous tricycle for shared-use transportation of people and goods on bike lanes in cities. 

Contributions to the project:
• Manage all aspects of system engineering and software development for the autonomy feature of the vehicle including sensors and compute systems selection, procurement and evaluation.
• Created the software framework based on ROS for state estimation, mapping, localization, route and motion planning, and object recognition for operating the vehicle in bike lanes in cities.
• Extensive data collection, testing,  and demonstration experience in varied geographies and environments across the world including the hilly terrain of Andorra, a regulated and structured road network at an airforce base in Taipei, and the rough traffic of Cambridge.
• Represented the project at several academic and industry events which include NIST Global City Teams Challenge 2015, NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference 2016, and Smart City Expo World Congress 2017 in Barcelona.

Advised by Prof. Sertac Karaman from Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) and Prof. Kent Larson from City Science Group at MIT Media Lab.
Cambridge, MA
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Graduate Research Assistant
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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• Served as Lead Teaching Assistant for 6.141/16.405 Robotics: Science and Systems, the flagship robotics course at MIT. The course was offered with the MIT RACECAR platform for the first time.
• Built twelve MIT RACECARs and the ROS/Gazebo simulator used in laboratory exercises.
• Managed laboratory sessions and assisted 60 students with hardware and software development.
Cambridge, MA
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Graduate Teaching Assistant
Applied Computing and Engineering Ltd
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• Simulated complex kinematics of Kawasaki, Motoman and FANUC robots in CimStation Robotics (an industrial robotics simulator for assembly lines and manufacturing applications).
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Consultant
Systemantics India Pvt. Ltd.
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• Responsible for simulation of test applications for OEMs in CimStation Robotics.
• Led  the  design  and  development  of  a  commercial  3-RRR  parallel  robot  with  large  singularity  and interference free workspace, and improved dynamics enabling high-speed operations.
• Designed and assessed several parallel mechanisms for potential industrial applications.
Bengaluru Area, India
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Research And Development Engineer
Systemantics India Pvt. Ltd.
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• Design and dynamic characterization of anti-backlash worm gear and Harmonic Drive actuators.
• Improved the kinematic and dynamic performance of a low-cost hybrid robotic arm for pick-and-place and machine tending operations for OEM and Automotive manufacturers in India.
Bengaluru Area, India
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Junior Design Engineer
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
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• Successfully simulated flexible ropes for naval applications funded by Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) Cochin, India
• Used a recursive multi-body dynamics approach for approximating the system as a high degree-of-freedom serial chain flowing in a time-varying hydrodynamic field. 
• Developed a task-priority based online singularity avoidance and a dual-loop control scheme to reduce tracking error for 3-RRR planar parallel robot. 
• Successfully tested on a research prototype showing singularity avoidance and 90% reduction in tracking error due to backlash.
• Organising committee member of National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM), 2011.
Chennai Area, India
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Project Associate
Pierre and Marie Curie University
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• Implemented a C++ library, CoDRoS, for self-collision detection on the iCub humanoid robot under the guidance of Prof. Vincent Padois.
• Supported by the The French Embassy in India Scholarship 2009-2010
Paris, France
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Summer Research Intern - Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique (ISIR)
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
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• Created a user interface for simulating several robotic manipulators in MSC.ADAMS for educational purpose.
• Developed an ATMega32 microcontroller board to run a six-legged robot using RF control.
• Supported by the Summer Research Fellowship Programme (SRFP) 2008, IIT Delhi
Delhi, India
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Summer Research Intern - Mechatronics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Master of Science - MS
Relevant Coursework: Advanced System Dynamics and Controls • Elements of Mechanical Design • UnderactuatedRobotics • Identification,  Estimation  and  Learning • Applied  Probability • Principles  of  Autonomy and Decision Making • Advances in Computer Vision • Statistical Learning Theory • Matrix Methods
Mechanical Engineering
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Bachelor of Technology - BTech
Mechanical Engineering
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National Institute of Technology Durgapur
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Dynamic singularity avoidance for parallel manipulators using a task-priority based control scheme
Mechanism and Machine Theory, Volume 96, Part 1, Pages 107-126
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094114X15001779?via%3Dihub
Dynamics of serial kinematic chains with large number of degrees-of-freedom
Journal of Multibody System Dynamics
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11044-013-9386-3#
Dual-loop control for backlash correction in trajectory tracking of a planar 3-RRR manipulator
15th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM), 2011, IIT Madras, India
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Dynamic Modeling and Optimal Foot Force Distribution of Quadruped Walking Robot
Communication in Computer and Information Science, 1, Volume 103, Trends in Intelligent Robotics.Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-15810-0_19
Fellowship awarded for pursuing graduate studies for the academic year 2014-2015.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Mechanical Engineering Distinguished Fellowship
Scholarship awarded for a 2.5 month internship at Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Paris, France in the field of robotics.
The French Embassy in India
The French Embassy in India Scholarship 2009-2010
Selected for the program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering under the guidance of Prof. Subir Kumar Saha.
Indian Institue of Technology Delhi, India
Summer Research Fellowship Programme (SRFP) 2008
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Palo Alto, CA
Ariel Anders
Roboticist
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San Francisco Bay Area
Karthikeya Parunandi
Roboticist at Vicarious AI
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San Francisco Bay Area
Karthikeyan Yuvaraj
Roboticist, Inventor, Artist
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San Francisco Bay Area
Jimmy Baraglia
Director of robotics
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Santa Clara, CA
Akshay Chawla
Research Engineer at Vicarious
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Berlin
Vincent Wall
PhD in Robotics at Technische Universität Berlin
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San Francisco Bay Area
J Swaroop Guntupalli
Staff Research Scientist and Team Lead at Vicarious AI
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Norway
Divyam Rastogi
Robotics Engineer at wheel.me
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San Francisco Bay Area
Shadi Dianat
Finance Manager at Vicarious AI
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San Francisco, CA
Sanjana Smruthi Srinivasan
Product Manager at Vicarious AI
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San Francisco Bay Area
Vivek Srivatsa
Account Executive & Head of Sales Ops at Vicarious
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Frosinone
Marcello Russo
Co founder presso Vicarious
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Atlanta Metropolitan Area
Ross (Rosen) Diankov
CEO at Mujin Corp. (USA)
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Frankfurt
Pramit Sood
Sr. Development Engineer (R&D)  at ABB AG
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New York, NY
Sonja Brand
Investor
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Vallendar
Sourabh Agrawal
Perception Algorithm | Sensor Fusion | ADAS/AD Professional
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Miami, FL
Vishal Harpalani
General Partner at N Fund
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Munich
Anand Suresh
Designer, Innovator and Robotics Tinkerer
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Munich
Rishi Jaiswal
Scientific Researcher at Bundeswehr University Munich, Mission Design and Satellite Integration
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United Kingdom
Tanis Mar
Lead Robotics Research Engineer at Dyson
Ariel Anders
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        I met Abhishek when we both were teaching assistants for MIT's 6.141/16.405 class.  This was a team and project based class on autonomous vehicles.  We spent hours together teaching this hands-on lab course and hosting office hours.  Whenever something wasn't working with one of our autonomous racecars, Abhishek was the expert to go to for diagnosing and fixing the problem. His knowledge of control algorithms, ROS, and knowing everything about our robot platform (accessing sensor data, commanding actuators, physical build, motors, etc) was invaluable.  As a coworker he was incredibly personable, technically talented, and an overall great member to have on the team. 


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