About
Understanding the world through touch
I’m a mechanical engineering MSE student at Johns Hopkins University, conducting research in the SciPhy Lab, where I work on tactile sensing and learning-based methods for contact-rich manipulation. Right now I’m building an evaluation system that compares tactile sensors across a range of dexterous tasks.
Before Hopkins I studied mechanical engineering at DTU in New Delhi. I began my research journey in robotics at IIT Delhi, as a research intern under Prof. S. K. Saha and Dr. Rajeev G. Chittawadigi. I was then selected as a READY intern at IHFC, where I did product development and research in control methods for underactuated systems. I’m currently aiming toward a PhD, and interested in leveraging my knowledge of Control Systems, Tactile Sensing and Robot Learning to create something meaningful.
Education
MSE, Mechanical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Expected May 2027
B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering
Delhi Technological University
2025
Interests
Visuo-Tactile Sensing/Control Systems/Robot Learning/Robot Kinematics and Dynamics
Research
SciPhy Lab, Johns Hopkins
MSE Researcher · Advisor: Dr. Krishna Murthy Jatavallabhula
Calibrating and characterizing an in-house tactile sensor, running object-classification and slip-detection experiments, and implementing tactile-enabled closed-loop controllers on a UR5 arm.
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Currently working under the guidance of Dr. Krishna Murthy Jatavallabhula towards my Master’s thesis.
IHFC, IIT Delhi
READY Intern
Built a novel rotary single/double inverted pendulum platform (S-DRIP), including its data-acquisition system, and supported simulation-based testing. Paper associated with this work in development.
IIT Delhi
Research Intern · Advisors: Prof. S. K. Saha, Dr. R. G. Chittawadigi
Studied eigenvalue-based versus numerical methods for inverse kinematics of 6-axis serial manipulators and developed new IK modules for IIT Delhi’s RoboAnalyzer software. Work presented at IPROMM 2024.
Publications