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Curriculum vitae of Aashish Sinha, covering robotics research, engineering projects, and technical skills.
Contact Information
| Name | Aashish Sinha |
| Professional Title | Robotics Researcher |
| aashish.xml@gmail.com | |
| Location | Hyderabad, Telangana |
Professional Summary
Robotics researcher focused on perception, control, embodied AI, and autonomous systems. Interested in model predictive control, reinforcement learning, and aerial manipulation.
Experience
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2026 - Present Hyderabad, India
Research Intern
RRC, IIIT-Hyderabad
Research under Prof. Spandan Roy.
- Working on graph-informed MPC for collaborative drone swarms.
- Designed a model predictive control framework for collaborative multi-drone payload transport.
- Trained a GNN to predict nonlinear MPC residuals and cable tension forces.
- Generalized the GNN across variable swarm sizes and payload weights to mitigate swing and ensure stability.
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2025 - 2026 Dhanbad, India
Research Assistant
Automation Lab, IIT Dhanbad
Under Prof. Vivek Bajpai.
- Designed a 3-DOF mechatronic gantry system and parallelogram gripper using spatial kinematics.
- Fine-tuned a real-time YOLO vision pipeline and mapped 2D camera feeds to 3D coordinates.
- Deployed a REST API on an ESP32 edge node to synchronize AI perception with physical hardware actuation.
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2025 - 2025 Dhanbad, India
Research Assistant
Robotics Lab, IIT Dhanbad
Guided by Prof. Arun Dayal Udai.
- Processed Intel RealSense data for 3D pose estimation and executed bottle-grasping tasks using a humanoid robot.
- Designed a cart-pole stabilization system using an energy-based control algorithm and an LQR balancing controller.
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2025 - 2025 Osaka, Japan
Mechanical Research Intern
DG Takano
Precision mechanical actuation and structural design.
- Engineered a 3-position mechanical actuation system for variable fluid control using CAD and rapid prototyping.
- Optimized the magnetic coupling interface, increasing retention force by 300% and improving manufacturability.
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2025 - 2025 Dhanbad, India
Research Intern / Mentee
NVCTI (Institute Innovation Hub)
Mentored by Dr. Ashish Siddharth.
- Designed an AMR chassis in CAD and deployed ROS 2 Nav2 with LiDAR-based SLAM.
- Fused wheel odometry, IMU, and magnetometer data using a Kalman filter for robust state estimation.
- Integrated the Gemini LLM API with voice recognition and TTS for natural language–commanded robot control.
Education
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2022 - 2026 Dhanbad, India
B.Tech.
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad
Mechanical Engineering
- Relevant coursework in robotics, control, computer vision, reinforcement learning, embedded systems, optimization, and linear algebra.
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2022 - 2022 Amritsar, India
High School
The Senior Study School
Science
- Completed senior secondary education in science.
Projects
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2024 - 2024 GAN
Trained a GAN on 60K anime faces and fine-tuned it for more realistic facial features.
- Python
- PyTorch
- Deep Learning
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2024 - 2024 ChatPDF
Built a retrieval-augmented generation pipeline using LangChain and the Gemini API to query online PDFs.
- LangChain
- Gemini API
- RAG
Skills
Programming (Advanced): Python, C++, Linux, Git, REST APIs (FastAPI/Flask)
Robotics & Simulation (Advanced): ROS/ROS2, Gazebo, PX4
AI & Machine Learning (Advanced): VLM, PyTorch, GNN, GAN, CNN, Deep RL
Control & Perception (Advanced): OpenCV, YOLO, SLAM (Nav2), MPC, Kinematics, Trajectory Optimization, Kalman Filters
Hardware & Prototyping (Advanced): Raspberry Pi, ESP32/Arduino, IMU, 3D Printing, CAD, DFM