👋️ Hello there! I’m Ashwin

📚️ A master’s student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) majoring in Robotics Engineering with a keen interest in Computer Vision and Aerial Robotics. Completed my bachelor’s in Aeronautical Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology, India.

🦾️ Currently, I am interning as a Robotics Software Co-op at Nokia AIMS at the Nokia Bell Labs campus. Working on an optimization problem using Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MILP) for autonomous drone-based warehouse inventory monitoring system to solve complex routing and scheduling challenges.

✈️ Previously, I worked at the Perception and Autonomous Robotics group PeAR at WPI under the guidance of Dr. Nitin Sanket as a research assistant. The lab focuses on advancing autonomy on tiny aerial robots using on-board sensing, perception and computation. I worked on depth map prediction from ultrasound for obstacle avoidance of tiny drones using deep learning.

🏎️ Apart from this, I love watching Formula 1 racing and playing pool/snooker. I also enjoy solving the Rubik’s cube, photography and running.