About

Naman Gupta is a Robotics Software Engineer and a recent graduate from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He has a Master of Science in Robotics and has worked at the Biorobotics Laboratory under the guidance of Prof. Howie Choset and Dr. Matthew Travers. His research work focused on decision making under uncertainty, state estimation, motion planning and motion control. Naman has experience in various applications including indoor robot navigation, stable motion for legged robots, and information gathering in subterranean environments using heterogeneous robots. Currently, Naman is working as a Software Engineering Intern at the Central Public Works Department, Government of India. He has developed a website for online guest house booking, which was hosted on local servers and used by the administration to manage the bookings of Mussoorie and Dehradun CPWD guest houses. In the past, Naman has worked as a Teaching Assistant for Technical Report Writing Course at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - Goa Campus. He has managed a class of 208 part-time students, helping the teacher to prepare lessons, online activities, and assignments. He has also worked as a Robotics Engineer Intern at the University of California, San Diego. His research was focused on making robot-assisted surgeries more efficient with lesser staff in the operation theater. To achieve that, his role was to automate the (third) slave arm of Da Vinci to perform generic surgical tasks. Naman has a diverse educational background. He has a Deep Learning Nanodegree from Udacity, a Master of Science in Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, an Undergraduate Thesis in Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering from the University of California, San Diego, a Bachelor's Degree in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, and a High School Diploma from Amity University. Naman's tech stack includes Software Engineering and Research Scientist. He has 3.95 years of relevant experience and is passionate about robotics and automation.