At the Robotics Research Center (RRC), IIIT Hyderabad, I integrated Stella Visual SLAM with PX4’s EKF2 over ROS 2/MAVROS for GPS-denied state estimation, then deployed it on hardware. I replaced the point-cloud representation with ROG-Map and ESDF mapping, reducing no-path failures and false emergency stops.
I validated the autonomy stack in PX4/Gazebo and deployed it to a physical quadrotor on an NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano, achieving collision-free navigation. I also placed 3rd in the International Space Drone Challenge 2026 as Tech Team Lead, building the competition drone stack.
My projects include a YOLO11n and ByteTrack security pipeline, a PPO drone obstacle-avoidance agent, and a RAG assistant for research papers. I’ve also built an F1 prediction project using LightGBM and Monte Carlo simulation; all five projects are live on Render or Gradio.
