Mechatronics & Robotics Systems Engineer

Dhansukh Jaladi

Tempe, AZ +1-480-***-**** **********@*****.*** LinkedIn Portfolio

Summary

Mechatronics engineer (M.S. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, ASU) who designs, integrates, and troubleshoots electrome- chanical systems across mechanical, electrical, controls, and software disciplines. Hands-on with motion control (stepper, PID, G-code firmware), sensor integration and data acquisition, machine vision (OpenCV, YOLO), robotic handling, indus- trial automation (PLC/CNC, Modbus), and test equipment for aerospace-grade validation. Experienced taking hardware from prototype through commissioning and field deployment, with root cause analysis and engineering documentation along the way. IEEE-published author and design patent holder (solar-powered rover). Education

Arizona State University Tempe, AZ

M.S., Robotics and Autonomous Systems (Systems Engineering) — GPA: 3.89/4.0 Aug 2025 – May 2027 Relevant Coursework: Mechatronics Device Innovation (RAS 555), Machine Learning and AI (RAS 585) VIT University India

B.Tech., Electronics and Communication Engineering — GPA: 8.12/10 2021 – 2025 Technical Skills

• Automation & Controls: PLC and CNC Control Systems, Industrial Automation, Motion Control (Stepper, Lead Screw, PID), Limit-Switch Homing, Safety Interlocks and Failsafes, Modbus, Ethernet/IP, CAN, Sensor Fusion

• Robotics & Machine Vision: Robotic Pick-and-Place, Inverse Kinematics, Trajectory Planning, OpenCV, YOLO, TensorRT, Stereo Vision, ROS/ROS 2, PX4, Gazebo, OptiTrack Motion Capture

• Electrical & Test: Schematics and Wiring Diagrams, Cable Harness Testing, Data Acquisition (DAQ), Hall-Effect, IMU, and LiDAR Sensors, Actuators, Microcontrollers (ESP32, STM32), UART, I2C, SPI, Reliability Testing

• Mechanical & CAD: SolidWorks, Fusion 360, LibreCAD, Mechanism Design, 3D Printing, CNC, Prototyping, MuJoCo, PyBullet

• Software: Python, C, C++, Embedded C, MATLAB, Bash, Linux, Git, Docker, Flask

• Engineering Practice: Root Cause Analysis, Equipment Commissioning, System Integration, Design Reviews, Technical Documentation, ISO/ANSI Safety Standards, Vendor Hardware Integration Engineering Experience

Arizona State University — Contact-Aware Drone Project Tempe, AZ Robotics Research Contributor 2026 – Present

• Built a multi-sensor data acquisition system: 4 TMAG5273 Hall-effect sensors through a TCA9548A I2C mux on an ESP32- C6, streaming to a ROS 2 node on Raspberry Pi with BNO085 IMU fusion; wrote MATLAB live-plotting, recording, and sensor-comparison tools for test analysis.

• Integrated OptiTrack motion-capture feedback (VRPN ROS 2 PX4 via Micro XRCE-DDS) on a Raspberry Pi companion computer to close the precision position-control loop for indoor flight.

• Developed and commissioned Python/ROS 2 control software with safety logic (return-to-home interrupt, disarm sequenc- ing, failsafes), validated in PX4 SITL before hardware; performed root cause analysis on ENU/NED frame and EKF heading faults during flight testing.

Vyomastra Technologies India

Robotics Development Intern Dec 2024 – May 2025

• Integrated and commissioned the full electromechanical stack on an outdoor robotic rover: Cube Orange controller, Jetson Xavier NX compute, YDLIDAR, IMU, and GPS on ROS/ROS 2 for real-time localization and mapping.

• Tuned PID motion control and path smoothing for uneven terrain; validated in Gazebo and RViz before taking the system from prototype to field deployment.

• Designed modular SolidWorks CAD assemblies and diagnosed mechanical, electrical, and software integration issues during system-level validation.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) India

Industrial Automation Intern Oct 2023 – Nov 2023

• Worked with PLC and CNC control systems and Modbus-based equipment integration on automated manufacturing lines.

• Supported process automation analysis and equipment documentation in line with ISO/ANSI industrial safety standards. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) India Test Engineering Intern Aug 2023 – Sep 2023

• Designed and built a cable harness tester to aerospace-grade standards, writing embedded C test firmware and MATLAB signal diagnostics; worked from harness wiring diagrams and schematics.

• Executed reliability tests and produced validation documentation and test procedures aligned with defense qualification protocols.

Additional Experience

Arizona State University — School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence Tempe, AZ IT Support Specialist and Student Lead (Part-Time) Apr 2026 – Present

• Lead the student support team: organize, schedule, and assign tasks for student workers; diagnose hardware, network

(layer 1–3), and software faults across AI/ML research lab workstations.

• Lead a BIOS update rollout across 80+ faculty machines; built a self-service scheduling web app (Flask, SQLite) and automated Dell driver retrieval with Selenium.

• Recovered and migrated lab storage across NVMe RAID arrays and SAS HDDs using ddrescue and rsync over SSH. Projects

Motion-Control Firmware and 3D Printer/CNC Build Embedded C, G-code, Stepper Motors

• Wrote bare-metal firmware with a G-code interpreter for multi-axis stepper motion: interrupt-driven stepping, limit-switch homing, and feedrate profiling for precision positioning.

• Assembled and calibrated a 3D printer from components, used to prototype mechanical parts across robotics and hardware projects.

Drone Payload Delivery Mechanism Mechanism Design, Stepper, Lead Screw In Progress

• Designing a 4-payload drop system for a glider in which a stepper-driven carriage shifts along a rail to rebalance center of gravity after each drop.

• Ran a drive-train trade study (slider-crank, belt, rack and pinion, multi-start lead screw) and selected a self-locking lead screw with a faster motor and power-off brake for compact, position-holding actuation. Vision-Guided Robotic Arm Systems Python, OpenCV, Dobot, 3-DOF Arm, IK

• Built a machine-vision pick-and-place system on a Dobot arm that localizes blocks with a camera and executes natural- language placement commands; optimized Python motion scripts for repeatability and precision.

• Built an autonomous Tic-Tac-Toe arm with vision-based board detection, Minimax decision-making, and IK execution with error handling and recovery.

• Built a voice-to-motion maze solver: OpenCV extracts maze geometry from the camera feed, A* generates waypoints, and a 3-DOF arm executes collision-checked trajectories. Edge Machine Vision and Stereo Depth YOLO, OpenCV, TensorRT, NVIDIA Jetson

• Deployed real-time YOLO object detection on Jetson Xavier NX, optimizing models with TensorRT for on-device inference.

• NeuroTalk AR glasses (6-person team, Barrow Neurological Institute): computed stereo depth with OpenCV StereoSGBM on Jetson Orin Nano and cut overlay latency from 100–300ms to 50ms. CaveDroneSim: Autonomous UAV Exploration ROS 2, PX4, Gazebo, FAST-LIO2 Demo

• Integrated LiDAR-inertial SLAM, OctoMap, RRT* planning, and a 7-state mission state machine with return-to-home for GPS-denied exploration; achieved ATE under 0.2mper 100mat real-time factor 1.0. Custom Quadcopter IMU, Complementary Filter, PID

• Built a quadcopter from scratch (frame, powertrain, flight electronics) and implemented IMU-based stabilization with complementary filtering and PID control.

Additional Builds MuJoCo, LibreCAD, ESP32, NodeMCU, MQTT

• Foldable Crawling Robot: designed a 5-layer foldable mechanism in LibreCAD and validated locomotion in MuJoCo

(kinematics, contact, gait iterations).

• Electromechanical: electric skateboard with motor/ESC integration and tuned braking; actuated water-jet alarm with configurable timing logic; high-voltage step-up circuitry with insulation design and safety-first testing.

• Embedded/IoT: ESP32 smartwatch with display and sensors; Google Assistant–controlled smart bulb over MQTT

(NodeMCU).

Publications & Patents

• Design Patent: “Solar Powered Agri-Rover,” Government of India, Design No. 399183-001

• IEEE Publication: “An Efficient Urban Building Height Rover using Ultrasonic Sensor,” IEEE ICTMIM 2025, DOI: 10.1109/ICTMIM65579.2025.10988161

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