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Robotics Engineer at Fraunhofer IOSB who cut depth-estimation errors by over 50% on an autonomous excavator.

Germany
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At Fraunhofer IOSB, I engineered a real-time stereo–LiDAR depth-estimation pipeline for an autonomous Liebherr excavator, reducing errors by over 50% in low-texture and unstructured terrain. I also extended OpenCV’s stereo-matching pipeline with LiDAR depth information and calibrated and synchronized five sensors for multimodal perception on the physical platform.

At Hochschule Schmalkalden, I developed an EKF-based sensor-fusion pipeline combining GNSS, IMU, and wheel odometry, achieving localization accuracy within 0.35 m. I’m currently contributing to the open-source OpenAMRobot platform, working on simulation, multi-camera calibration, time synchronization, and EKF-based sensor fusion.

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Working Student/Master Thesis in Perception

Fraunhofer IOSB

May 2024 - Sep 2025 (1 year 4 months)

Engineered a real-time stereo–LiDAR depth estimation pipeline for an autonomous Liebherr excavator, reducing depth estimation errors by over 50% in low-texture and unstructured terrain. Extended OpenCV's stereo-matching pipeline in C++ to incorporate LiDAR depth information and performed multi-camera extrinsic calibration and sensor timestamp synchronization across 5 sensors.

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Working Student

Hochschule Schmalkalden

Jan 2022 - Dec 2024 (2 years 11 months)

Developed an EKF-based sensor-fusion pipeline in ROS combining GNSS, IMU, and wheel odometry for robust mobile-robot localization, achieving accuracy within 0.35 m. Designed, implemented, and tuned a linear MPC controller in C++ for trajectory tracking on a Pioneer 3DX mobile robot.

Education

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Hochschule Schmalkalden

Master of Engineering, Mechatronics and Robotics

2021 - 2026

Grade: 1.6

Master of Engineering in Mechatronics and Robotics from Hochschule Schmalkalden, with a GPA of 1.6 (German grading system).

BC

Bapatla Engineering College

Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering

2015 - 2019

Grade: 8.1

Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from Bapatla Engineering College, with a GPA of 8.1.

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