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Email : [email protected].

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435 N Wiota St., Philadelphia, PA-19104

Kevin Paulose
€ kevinpaulose05.github.io ï linkedin.com/in/kevinpaulose § github.com/Kevinpaulose05
Education
University of Pennsylvania exp. May 2025
Master of Science in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (Robotics), GPA: 3.9/4.0 Philadelphia, PA
Coursework: Introduction to Robotics, Design of Mechatronics Systems, F1/10 Autonomous Racing Cars,
Machine Perception, Learning in Robotics
Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar May 2023
Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering (Robotics), GPA: 3.62/4.0 Bhubaneswar, India

Technical Experience
Modular Robotics Lab, University of Pennsylvania Dec 2023 - present
Researcher under Prof. Mark Yim Philadelphia, PA
• Inventing an innovative 20-degree-of-freedom hyper-redundant robot arm inspired by a biological snake/elephant trunk, with

efficient chained actuation via motor multiplexing and associated control methods for high versatility with precision manipulation.
MITACS Globalink Research May - Aug 2022
Research Intern at Laboratoire de Robotique et Syst‘emes Autonomes, Universit´e du Qu´ebec en Outaouais Quebec, Canada
• Demonstrated precise indoor obstacle avoidance algorithm for an autonomous 6-DOF quadcopter drone in an unknown

environment using Nagumo’s invariance theorem and Bouligand tangent cones


• Orchestrated seamless integration of this deadlock-free algorithmic approach on a quadcopter drone by employing 3D LiDAR &

depth camera, with PixHawk and GPS


Bhabha Atomic Research Centre May - Jul 2021
Research Intern at Design and Manufacturing Section, Control Systems Development Division Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Utilized Topology Optimization in 3D printing by achieving enhancements in flexure-strength, weight and fatigue resistance for

wind turbine rotor blades and compliant trabecular bone implant design
• Projected a novel idea for cost-effective small-scale earth-to-space and space-to-space ”Extra-Terrestrial” manufacturing using

additive manufacturing methods


Projects
Grand Theft Autonomous- Mobile Robot Competition | ESP32, Arduino, Sensors, Registers, Opamps Sep - Dec 2023
• Manufactured a 4-wheel autonomous mobile robot using ESP32 S2 as an access point, TB6612FNG motor drivers and

ATMega32u4, IR phototransistor-opamp frequency detection circuit


• Enhanced the robot’s capabilities by integrating HTC Vive for precise localization, implementing beacon (IR LED emitter) tracking

through frequency detection circuit and enabling remote control via UDP, ESP-NOW, I2C, CAN, SPI protocols
Pick and Place with 7-DOF Franka Emika Panda arm | ROS, Gazebo, Inverse Kinematics Sep - Dec 2023
• Architected an end-to-end pipeline for a 7 DOF robot arm within the ROS and Gazebo frameworks. Engineered advanced motion

planning incorporating geometric inverse kinematics and bi-directional Rapidly Exploring Random Trees (RRT) for precise and
swift control, enabling efficient picking and placing of both static and dynamic blocks.
NeRF (Neural Radiance Fields) | PyTorch, Numpy, Multi-layer Perceptron Oct - Dec 2023
• Employed MLP for training Lego scene images, mapping 3D coordinates to color and density, resulting in high-quality novel view

reconstruction, by implementing ray casting, hierarchical volume sampling, skip-connected MLP, and volumetric rendering.
Augmented Reality using AprilTags | Python, Procrustes problem, trimesh, imageio Sep - Oct 2023
• Developed an Augmented Reality application that enables the placement of virtual objects at specified pixel locations within a

real-world scene via AprilTags, by solving the Perspective-Three-Point (P3P) and Procrustes problem
Adaptive Control in UAVs & High Performance Aircrafts | MATLAB, Simulink, Control Systems Jul 2022 - May 2023
• Designed a guidance algorithm with state estimation for reactive collision avoidance for a 6-DOF non-linear model of a Flying Wing

UAV using L1 adaptive control with 92% accuracy (PX4 benchmark) in MATLAB simulations
• Streamlined an LQR-based safe landing approach with the guidance algorithm inside a Simulink 3D Animation arena with Gazebo

(ROS Melodic) and Robotics Systems Toolbox


Obstacle Avoidance Algorithms for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | PX4, ROS Melodic, LiDAR May - Aug 2022
• Engineered a Holybro drone X500 V2 mounted with RPLiDAR A1m8 & Occipital Structure Core camera, CUAV V5+ Autopilot

running PX4 and Neo V3 Pro GPS for real-time flight tests
• Optimized a robust obstacle avoidance algorithm for the 6-DOF quadcopter drone achieving 86% success rate, primarily by tuning

the formulated Bouligand tangent cones (Safety Velocity Cones)


Technical Skills
Languages: Python, C, C++, MATLAB
Softwares: ROS/ROS2, RViz, Gazebo, Simulink, PX4, Sckit-learn, PyTorch, SolidWorks, ANSYS, COMSOL Multiphysics,
QGroundControl
Technologies/Frameworks: Linux, Windows, Arduino, ATMega32u4, ESP32, Jetson Nano, LiDAR, Intel Realsense D435i, UAV &
Robotics System toolbox, Google Colab, Jupyter Notebook, UDP, ESP-NOW, I2C, CAN, SPI, Microsoft Office

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