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Selected work · 2022—now

Built to leave
the screen.

Robotics / AI / Systems

Projects are ordered by relevance, not chronology. The most recent machines come first; the experiments that shaped them follow.

Archive · Foundations

Research, flight,
and strange ideas.

Diagram of a multimodal emotional context analysis system for AR glasses04

Multimodal AI Research · 2024

Reading the room through AR

An AR assistant that combines voice, language, and body cues to understand emotional context.

IIT Ropar quadcopter team with their autonomous drone05

Autonomous Quadcopter · 2023

Flight, without a pilot

A quadcopter learning to perceive a course and fly through it autonomously.

Small quadcopter used for the MATLAB MiniDrone competition08

MATLAB MiniDrone · Earlier

Following a line from the air

A vision-guided drone that followed a marked course and placed third at the IIT Kanpur competition.

Micromouse robot built to navigate a competition maze09

Micromouse · IIT Bombay · Earlier

Two small robots, one maze

Two micromice with different drive systems, both solving an unknown maze with flood fill.

Vanguard autonomous ground robot built for e-Yantra GeoGuide11

e-Yantra GeoGuide · 2023—24

A ground robot guided from above

Vanguard navigated a changing arena using an overhead Watchtower, georeferencing, and live event detection.