Final-year Robotics & Automation student obsessed with autonomous systems, computer vision, and making machines that actually do useful things.
Hey! I'm Arjun, a final-year B.Tech student in Robotics & Automation at NITK Surathkal. I spend most of my time writing ROS2 nodes, tuning PID loops, and convincing servo motors to listen to me.
My research interest sits at the intersection of autonomous navigation, computer vision, and human-robot interaction. I love building things that bridge the gap between simulation and the real world.
Outside the lab: terrible at chess, decent at badminton, obsessive about sci-fi novels 📚
Differential-drive robot that navigates crop rows using RTK-GPS + visual odometry. Detects diseased leaves in real-time using a fine-tuned YOLOv8 model. Deployed on ROS2 Humble.
6-DOF robotic arm controlled entirely by eye gaze. Uses MediaPipe for real-time iris tracking; maps gaze coordinates to joint angles via inverse kinematics. Latency under 80ms.
Real-time 2D SLAM implementation from scratch using particle filters + RPLidar A1. Generates occupancy grid maps accurate to ±3cm. Visualised in custom Qt dashboard.
Pneumatic soft-robotic glove for hand rehabilitation. Flex sensors read intent; Arduino controls solenoid valves. Tested with 12 participants at college medical centre.
Three-drone formation control using crazyflies. Implemented consensus algorithms in Python; drones maintain relative positions autonomously during translational flight.
GUI tool to live-tune PID parameters on any ROS2 topic. 140+ GitHub stars, used in 3 university robotics labs. Built with PyQt5 + rclpy.
Worked on legged robot locomotion using reinforcement learning in MuJoCo. Implemented PPO-based policy training; reduced sim-to-real transfer gap by 18% with domain randomization.
Developed firmware for CAN bus diagnostics on the S450 scooter platform. Wrote C drivers for motor controller communication; automated regression tests using pytest + serial.
Led a team of 12 students. Mentored juniors on ROS2, organised intra-college hackathons, and represented NITK at ABU Robocon 2023 where we reached the national semi-finals.
Assisted Prof. Ramesh in conducting lab sessions for 60 students. Created MATLAB/Simulink tutorial sheets, graded assignments, and held weekly doubt-clearing sessions.
Whether you're looking for a robotics intern, want to collaborate on a research project, or just want to geek out about autonomous systems — my inbox is open!