ASHISH R. PATEL

Robotics Graduate Student – University of Maryland, College Park

*** ****** **** – Morrisville – Pennsylvania – 19067

215-***-**** adcsmk@r.postjobfree.com

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“Actively seeking full-time/Intern opportunity in the field of Robotics” EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND – COLLEGE PARK Maryland, United States MASTER OF ENGINEERING – ROBOTICS August 2017 – May 2019 Coursework: Control of Robotic Systems, Introduction to Robot Modeling, Planning for Autonomous Robots, Perception for Autonomous Robots, Human-Robot Interaction, Manufacturing & Automation, Introduction to Machine Learning, Introductory Robot Programming, Software Development in Robotics

GPA: 3.27/4.00

GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY – AHMEDABAD Gujarat, India BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING – ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION August 2012 – June 2016 Relevant Coursework: Microprocessor & Interfacing, Microcontroller & Interfacing, Embedded Systems, Fundamentals of Image Processing, Circuits & Networks GPA: 7.38/10.00

First Class with Distinction

SKILLS

PROGRAMMING : Bash, MATLAB, C, C++, Python (beginner), ROS, VB6 SOFTWARE : Git, Valgrind, CMake, Travis-CI, GTest, GMock, MS Office, Gazebo, RViz, OpenCV (beginner) HARDWARE : TurtleBot, Beagleboard, Arduino, UpSquared board, Raspberry Pi OPERATING SYSTEM : Windows 7,8,10 & Linux based OS LANGUAGE : English, Hindi, Gujarati

CURRENT WORK

SCYTHE ROBOTICS, INC. Colorado, United States

Simulation and testing of Robot Lawn Mower 23rd October 2019 - Present Task: Developing simulation and tests for Scythe’s robot mower platform as directed by Scythe staff

RELEVANT PROJECTS

Maze Solving: Developed a software module for moving a point robot in a maze using C++, finite state machine and path-planning algorithms.

M.Eng. coursework

2019

Navik: An autonomous mobile robot software module: Developed a software module for moving turtle-bot in a simulated environment using ROS, C++, and Software Development techniques. M.Eng. coursework

2018

Perception for Autonomous Robots: Implemented a state of art perception techniques for an autonomous mobile vehicle in MATLAB

• Lane Detection using Hough Lines

• Optical Flow using Lucas-Kanade Method

• Trajectory Estimation of Vehicle using Visual Odometry for Robots

• Traffic Sign Detection and Recognition using HOG + SVM M.Eng. coursework

2018

Planning for Autonomous Robots: Implemented a state of art planning techniques for an autonomous mobile vehicle.

M.Eng. coursework

2018

• Developed a path planning algorithm such as DFS, BFS and A* in MATLAB for Point Robots

• Implemented A* path planning algorithm for differential drive robots using ROS and Turtlebot 3 Platform.

Kinematic & Dynamic Analysis of 6-legged RHex Robot M.Eng. coursework 2017

E-Surveillance Robotic System: Developed a mobile robot to display a video stream on a webpage and control the robot’s movement through the same.

• Raspberry Pi was used as a processing unit and Arduino Uno as a controlling unit.

• Raspberry Pi Camera Module was used, and its pan-tilt motion was carried out using servo motors.

• Communication between robot and my device was over a local network. B.Eng. Final Project

2016

Robotics System for Robocon (International level Competition): A team project focused on building a semi-autonomous omnidirectional parent robot and an autonomous child robot to complete the tasks specified in the competition. We secured the position in the top 20 among 84 teams that participated at the national level. I mainly focused on the programming part of this system.

• Both robotic systems were equipped with Arduino boards as a processing and controlling unit.

Robocon

2015

Robot controlled using windows application: A team project focused on controlling the movement of a 4-wheel differential drive robot using windows application.

• ZigBee communication modules were used to communicate with the robot.

• Arduino Uno was used as a controlling unit of the robot. B.Eng. coursework

2014

PUBLICATIONS

IoT with Raspberry Pi - It’s an application for e-surveillance robot Lambert Academic Publication Germany

September 2016

Worked with Professor Nikhil Patel (BE final year project guide) to publish my final year report in form of a book. EAN: 978**********; ISBN-10: 365-***-****.

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