Welcome! I’m a first year Robotics PhD student working with Prof. Shreyas Kousik in the Safe Robotics Lab at Gatech. I’m interested in robot manipulations in the area of ordinary home tasks.

Prior to joining Georgia Tech, I studied at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where I obtained B.S. Mechanical Engineering (project advisor: Prof. Sergio Pequito) and M.S. Electrical Engineering (thesis advisor: Prof. John T. Wen). My master thesis involves the design and control of a mechatronics device that provides a versatile and cost-efficient way to re-orient small-part during autonomous robot assembly line. This work was done in collaboration with Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab. A patent was filed, and the thesis can be found here.

Research Interest

Home tasks such as washing dishes and handling food are challenging due to uncertainties that sometimes require a sense of touch on top of the commonly used vision. While one can always design specialized tools for each individual task, such a short cut might defeat the initial purpose of robot arm as a “general purpose machine” (according to the patent of the first robot arm - Unimate). During my time as a PhD student, I hope to leverage design tools and control methods from my mechanical and electrical background to solve problems in this area.

Recent News

[2023 June] I presented a paper at ACC2023 regarding a nonprehensile manipulation device.

[2023 May] A paper I worked on last year at MERL regarding motor fault detection was presented at IEEE IEMDC 2023.

[2023 May] I graduated and obtained my master’s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

[2023 April] I was admitted to the Robotics PhD program at Georgia Tech, under the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.

[2023 March] I successfully defended my master thesis titled: Design and Control of A Nonprehensile Impulse Manipulator.