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Robotics engineer · Pittsburgh, PA

I build complete robotic systems—from the first uncertain perception to the final physical interaction.

Machines that
move, perceive,
and help.

Arnav Kharbanda

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01 · Now · Robotics at Apple

Taking servers
apart, intelligently.

I’m currently working on robotics to automate server disassembly—turning a careful, variable physical process into a repeatable system.

See where it fits
Technical illustration of robotic server disassembly

02 · Ongoing · Automated science

What if the lab could move?

A mobile manipulator that travels between instruments, handles labware, and turns disconnected machines into one autonomous experiment.

Step inside the project
APEX Lab mobile manipulator working beside laboratory instruments Spring validation passed

The thread

From drones that search to robots that clean and laboratories that run themselves, the question has stayed the same: how do we make autonomy useful in the physical world?

Selected field work

Different machines and very different environments, connected by one obsession: making the whole system work.

Before the robots

Code automated workflows at American Express. Research taught machines to read emotion. Competition taught me that hardware always gets the last word.

IIT Ropar → American Express → Carnegie Mellon → Apple

Follow the whole journey