Resume
Skills
Education
M.Tech (Aerospace Engineering specialisation UAV)
UPES, Dehradun.
B.Tech (Mechatronics Engineering)
SRM University, Chennai.
Research Associate, Embedded Control Lab, IIT Bombay
Jun 2018 - present
Search and Reconnaissance using Spherical Robots
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Developed ROS interface and test point to point navigation and controllability using vicon motion capture system.
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Evaluated Monocular SLAM packages for 3D Mapping and resolving failure cases(wobbling) by parameter model reduction of non-linearity in controller.
Research Intern, Robotics Research Center, IIIT Hyderabad
Aug 2017 - Dec 2017
Autonomous Deforestation Monitoring using UAV
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Parrot Bebop drone mounted with S.L.A.M Dunk stereo rig is used for Autonomous Navigation in orchard.
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Autonomous navigation with obstacle avoidance is demonstrated with GPS waypoints and tracing manual path of initial piloted flight.
Project Intern, UAV Lab, IISc Bangalore
Jan 2017 - Jun 2017
UAV Obstacle Avoidance & Navigation in Forest Environment
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Monocular obstacle avoidance algorithms based on Optical Flow and Texture based Supervised learning are developed and tested in simulations and on field with Parrot bebop drone over ROS.
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Algorithms are developed as standalone modules to be fused with other applications like road following, object tracking and GPS waypoint navigation.
Research Assistant, Aeromodelling Lab, UPES Dehradun
July 2016 - Dec 2016
Experience
Trainings & Internships
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Internship at International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad, worked on Coverage Path Planning using Quadcopter.
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Internship at Indian Institute of Science, worked on UAV Obstacle avoidance and 3D reconstruction.
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Internship at Indian Institute of Science, worked on Design Algorithm for Fixed-Wing UAV.
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Training on ANSYS CFD by MiND BOX (ANSYS Authorized Channel).
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Brief Training on Design and Building of DeltaWing UAVs by DRONE-ACHARYA UPSL.
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Internship at BHEL, Hyderabad for the Study of CNC machines.
UAV Pilot
ROS
OpenCV
Aeromodelling
CAD Design
3D Printing
Power tools
Composite Materials
Webpage Design
Product Design & Development
Rapid Prototyping
Benchmarking
Testing
Welding
Sheet Metal
Programming / Additional Softwares
C++
Matlab
Python
XML
Shell Scripting
HTML
Proteus
Atmel Studio
Xcode
CMake
Solid Works
LATEX
Blender
XFoil
E-Learnings
CourSera
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Aerial Robotics (University of Pennsylvania)
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Robotics Computational Motion Planning (University of Pennsylvania)
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Control of Mobile Robots (Georgia Institute of Technology)
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Introduction to Programming with MATLAB (Vanderbilt University)
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Machine Learning (Stanford University)
SoloLearn
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C++ tutorial course
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HTML
Operating Systems
Linux
MacOSX
Window
Publication
Mannar Sumedh, Mourya Thummalapeta, Saumya Kumaar Saksena, and S. N. Omkar. "Vision-based Con- trol for Aerial Obstacle Avoidance in Forest Environments." IFAC-PapersOnLine 51, no. 1 (2018): 480-485.