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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
Email 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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

  • 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.
  • 2022 - 2022

    Amritsar, India

    High School
    The Senior Study School
    Science
    • Completed senior secondary education in science.

Projects

  • 2024 - 2024
    GAN

    Trained a GAN on 60K anime faces and fine-tuned it for more realistic facial features.

    • Python
    • PyTorch
    • Deep Learning
  • 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

Relevant Coursework