Mechanical Control

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Avdhut Joshi

Work Experience:

Intern at TRI Technosolutions Pvt Ltd, Mumbai: May 2007 July 2007

Developed Image Processing modules for the new Tri Software, TRI IP and Microsoft Robotics

Studio services for iBot (a TRI product).

Student Assistant to Dr. Nam Ho Kim: Aug 2007 Dec 2007

Assisted Dr. Nam Ho Kim to convert his Finite Element Analysis code in FORTRAN to Matlab.

Food Service worker, Aramark Corporation, UF, Gainesville Sept 2007 Present

Education:

M.S in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Expected to Graduate in Spring 2009)

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Specialization in Dynamics, Systems and Control

GPA: 4.0/4.0

B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering: (Graduated in Spring 2007)

Institute: Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India

Cumulative Performance Index: 7.61/10.0

Relevant Courses: Robot Geometry, Analytical Dynamics, State Variable Methods in Linear Control

System, Automation and Control, Mechanical Vibrations, Non Linear Control Systems,Control System

Theory, Optimal Control .

Projects Undertaken:

Vision Based Robot (Machine and Global vision): Built a completely autonomous vision based

robot. The project comprised of two parts Machine Vision (On-board Cameras for Stereo Vision)

and Global Vision (Over-head Camera).

Electric Scooter: Part of a team developing electric two wheeler vehicle in VNIT, Nagpur.

Designed and developed a controller for DC Motor for the scooter.

Micro-Mouse: Designed and fabricated an autonomous robot which traverses through the maze

and finds the shortest possible path to the centre.

Line Follower Robot: Built a robust line follower robot for an International Competition held at

IIT Bombay.

Relevant Skills:

Knowledge of using Microcontroller 8051, AVR for mechanical control applications in Robotics.

Interfacing of Computer Hardware with robots.

Developing support for new robots for Microsoft Robotics Studio

Worked on Hardware platforms like iRobot Create, QNX real time OS and iBot.

Computer Skills:

Efficient programming in C++, Visual C++, VC#, Assembly, .NET.

Engineering Softwares like Pro-E, Matlab 7.0, Auto-CAD 2000, ANSYS.

Web designing skills (HTML, PHP, CSS, MySql)

Achievements:

Achievement award for Graduate Studies

th

4 in S.N.A.P (Synchronized Navigation and Processing, an Image Processing Based International

Robotics Competition) at IIT Bombay, Techfest

nd

2 prize winners in Axis Robotic Contest

Awarded Prestigious National Talent Search Scholarship in 2001

Awarded Dhirubhai Ambani Fellowship at Undergraduate Level

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