Sharwin's Portfolio

Projects

Simulation of a Mobile Manipulator

ME449: Robotic Manipulation Final Project Nov 2024 - Dec 2024

Simulating a pick and place task with the KUKA YouBot using a task-space feed-forward PID controller and Odometry.

Python CoppeliaSim Odometry PID Control Omnidirectional Robot Kinematics

Toasting Bread with a Franka Robot Arm

ME495: Embedded Systems Final Project Nov 2024 - Dec 2024

A system that toasts bread using a Franka Emika Panda robot arm and an Intel Realsense Camera.

Python ROS RViz Moveit API Intel Realsense

Automated Poker Table

ECE 2023 Senior Capstone Project Jan 2023 - April 2023

An robotic system that faciliates a game of poker with automated shuffling, dealing, and game management.

Arduino Python Raspberry Pi I2C Stepper Motors

Chess Robot

NEU Robotics Club Project Mar 2021 - June 2022

A gantry robot equipped with a camera to autonomously play and teach chess to human opponents.

Python OpenCV Arduino Stepper Motors

Robot Arm Educational Kit

Personal Project May 2022 - May 2024

A 3D-printed robot arm kit for educational purposes. Coupled with a software package intended for students with little to no experience coding to use.

3D Printing Arduino C++

Autonomous Drone Swarm Simulation

RoboTech 2022 Hackathon Project April 2022

A simulation of a swarm of drones cleaning algal blooms in a lake using RRT and A* path planning.

Python RRT A*

Napkin.ai Code Assistant

Hack@Brown 2024 Project Feb 2024

A fast, lightweight graph retrieval-augmented generation tool for navigating codebases.

Python PyTorch Retrieval-Augmented Generation Knowledge Graphs Language Models

Work Experience

GreenSight Inc.

Boston, MA

Autonomous drone company building solutions for golf course maintenance, agriculture, Department of Defense, and more.

UAV Robotics Engineer Co-op

June 2023 - Dec 2023

Responsibilities:

Developed RTOS firmware for communications between a swarm of nano-drones and a ground station over a LoRa network.
Implemented a Hardware-Abstraction-Layer (HAL) in C for the ESP32 platform to interface with a custom LoRa chipset.
Wrote a custom SPI driver for the LoRa chip communicating with an ESP32.

Fulfil Solutions Inc.

Redwood City, CA

A warehouse automation company that specializes in groceries, with zero labor pick and pack.

Robotics Software Controls Engineer Co-op

July 2022 - Dec 2022

Responsibilities:

Developed sequencing code in C# for high-level behavior planning and task assignment for heterogeneous robotic agents.
Composed data fetching functons to bridge C# sequencing code with a MongoDB database.
Optimized AGV planning and curated heuristics for maintaining the factory’s health while improving throughput and efficiency.
Deployed automated factory-wide alerts and notifications for operators to monitor the health of the storage and retrieval system.

Doble Engineering Company

Marlborough, MA

A hardware and software company that specializes in diagnostic test equipment, software, and services for the electric power industry.

Software Engineer Co-op

July 2021 - Dec 2021

Responsibilities:

Developed an external data persistance mechanism in C# running on the .NET framework for use across various Doble software applications.
Designed and deployed a firmware installation wizard using Windows Presentaion Foundation (WPF) for Doble instruments.

Education