Name: Ashish Varma

Job Role: Ex-Robotics Engineer

Experience: 1 Year

Address: Taoyuan, Taiwan

Skills

ROS & ROS2
Python & MATLAB
AI & ML
Arduino & Pi
Fusion 360
C & C++

About

About Me

Aspiring Robotics Engineer with experience as a Robotics Testing Engineer and internships in robotics. Proficient in ROS, with expertise in developing and testing manipulators and mobile robots. Skilled in integrating electronics with software to build innovative and efficient robotic solutions. Seeking a researcher role to contribute to creating advanced and safe robotic systems.

  • Profile: AI & Robotics
  • Domain: Robotics, ROS, AIML & Computer Vision
  • Education: Masters
  • Languages: English, Hindi & Telugu
  • Dev Boards: Arduino & Raspberry Pi
  • Other Skills: Linux, Git & 3D Modeling
  • Interests: DIY Projects

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Resume

Robotics Engineer with 6 Months of Practical Experience in Self Driving Technology. Proven Expertise in Robotics and ROS.

Experience


Jan 2026 - Present

SMT IE Intern

Delta Electronics

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Delta Electronics, Inc. is a Taiwanese electronics manufacturing company. It is a leading Taiwanese provider of switching power supplies, DC brushless fans, and thermal management solutions.

  • Supported SMT manufacturing operations by monitoring production processes, assisting in line balancing, and improving operational efficiency.
  • Currently developing an AOI (Automated Optical Inspection) system for detecting component mounting and soldering defects, while integrating SPC metric analysis to perform Good/No Good (G/NG) quality decisions.

Sept 2026 - Present

Research Assistant @ YZU

Adv. Robotics & AI Lab

Prof. Syed H. Shah - syedshah@saturn.yzu.edu.tw

The Advanced Robotics and AI Lab, under the guidance of Prof. Syed Humayoon Shah, focuses on research in Reinforcement Learning, Robotics, Image Processing, and Deep Learning.

  • Developed a complete manipulation pipeline for the UFactory Lite 6 robotic arm, including drawer manipulation, object reaching, orientation correction, and pick & place operations using DDPG-based control.
  • Implemented RT-DETR and Mask R-CNN models for object detection tasks, along with YOLO-based drawer handle detection for robotic manipulation.

July 2024 - Aug 2024

ROS Development Intern

KarthiKesh Robotics Pvt. Ltd.

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Karthikesh Robotics is an Indian robotics startup/private company that focuses on autonomous robotics, AI-driven robotic systems, and robotics education/training. They work on AMR solutions and robotics engineering services.

  • Collaborated with the ROS R&D team to develop a fully autonomous solution for a custom AMR.
  • Worked on a hotel-based environment for an autonomous food delivery robot within indoor service.
  • Gained hands-on experience with ROS and developed a complete autonomous mobile robot (AMR) stack, including custom world creation, SLAM-based mapping, localization, and autonomous navigation.

Jan 2024 - July 2024

Robotics Testing Engineer

Flux Auto

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Flux Auto is building autonomous mobility technology to fully automate the movement and operation of vehicles in controlled spaces. Flux is currently deploying in warehouses, farms and mines.

  • Responsible for conducting thorough testing of various robotic stacks and hardware, as well as maintaining the perception stack, including the 2D LiDAR.
  • Incharge of tuning the transformation frames(TF) of 2D lidars and configuring the SICK 2D Lidar using SICK Safety Designer.
  • Coordinating with different teams in India and Mexico to deploy robots at client location.

Dec 2023

Robotics Project Intern

IITKGP

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The Centre for Excellence in Robotics (CER) at IIT, Kharagpur, India, is an umbrella body, under the aegis of which, all robotics-related activities of the Institute will be conducted and coordinated.

  • Conducted a research project, designed a prototype robot, and successfully tackled the challenges of speed, position, and distance control for a nonholonomic wheeled mobile robot using a differential-drive system.
  • The experimental results validated the robustness of the control system, achieving minimal deviations from target points.

Aug 2023 - Dec 2023

Robotics Student Intern

WISSENSQUELLE

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Wissensquelle Robotics is an Indian educational technology company, that focuses on STEM education, robotics labs, and workshops for K-12 students and institutions. They provide hands-on learning through DIY kits.

  • Derived kinematic equations for robotic manipulators using Denavit-Hartenberg (DH) parameters.
  • Performed kinematic analysis of 3R Manipulator, SCARA, and Gantry robot systems using RoboAnalyzer for workspace and motion analysis.
  • Evaluated SCARA manipulator payload characteristics using ANSYS Workbench and programmed Gantry robot pick-and-place motion using CPRog Software.



Education


2025-Present

Master's Electrical Dept.

Yuan Ze University

Grade: 4 CGPA

View Grade Sheet
2024-2025

M.Tech. AI & Robotics

SASTRA University

Grade: 9.9 CGPA

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2020-2024

B.Tech. EEE

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Grade: 9.1 CGPA

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Competitions

Competitions

Below are the competitions on Robotics and RL.

AWS RL Race

Participated in AWS DeepRacer Student League and trained RL models using PPO. Finished the track in under 3 min.

AWS DeepRacer Competition

Participated in the DeepRacer Competition and secured 1st place by completing 3 laps, achieving a best lap time of approx. 7 sec.

Research Lab Projects

Research Lab Projects

Below are the research lab projects on Robotics, RL & DL.

Q-Learning-Based Gripper Orientation Correction

Developed a Q-learning-based approach for autonomous gripper orientation correction of a 6-degree-of-freedom (6-DoF) robotic manipulator.

DDPG-Based Arm Manipulation using UF Lite6 Robot

This project focuses on modular vision-guided reinforcement learning framework for drawer manipulation and object retrieval using a 6-DoF robotic arm.

RT-DETR Guided DRL for Vision-Based Robotic Target Reaching

Integrated perception-control framework that combines transformer-based object detection with deep reinforcement learning for robotic target-reaching tasks.

Projects

Projects

Below are the sample ROS/ROS2 projects on Navigation, Moveit & ROS Control.

Autonomous Navigation using ROS2 (TurtleBot-3)

Controlled a robot using ROS 2, created a map of the environment, and implemented localization and autonomous navigation behavior using SLAM.

Arm Manipulation using UR5 Robot

This project focuses on detecting ArUco markers, finding the centers of boxes, and performing pick-and-place operations using ROS 2 MoveIt Servo.

Robotics Software Engineer Learning Path

These projects focus on practical robotics applications using C++ and ROS 2. They begin with core concepts and progress through advanced topics.

Multi Robot Formation Control

Developed a leader-follower formation control system with mobile robots, enabling coordinated motion by tracking and preserving relative positions.


Below are the sample Robotics projects on Kinematics, Path Planning & Sensor Fusion.

Kinematic Analysis of 6-DOF Robotic Arm

This project focuses on modeling 6DOF kinematic equations and controlling movement in 3D space using FK & IK.

RoadMap Based Path Planning

This project aims to develop a graph-based path-planning system tailored for self-driving technology. It will focus on optimizing travel time in emergencies.

GPS & IMU Fusion using Extended Kalman Filter

This project enhances robot state estimation by implementing an Extended Kalman Filter to fuse GPS and IMU data.

Color Sorting Pick and Place Robot

Developed a Pick-and-Place robot system in Webots. It efficiently sorts objects by their colors using the Robotio 3F Gripper.


Below are the sample AI&ML projects on Object Detection, Text Recognition & RL.

Object Detection

Implemented a real-time object detection application using OpenCV and a pre-trained deep learning model.

License Plate Detection

Implemented an automated number plate recognition system using YOLO for detection and OCR for text extraction.

Path Plannng using RL

This project focuses on developing a real-robot path planning system using Q-learning.

Traffic Sign Detection

This project is to design and implement a high-accuracy DL-based traffic sign detection system using CNN.


Below are the sample Robotics Hardware Projects.

Self Balancing Bike

Developed a self-balancing robot with a simulation model in V-REP using a reaction wheel mechanism.

Mobile Robot

Assembled a ROS-based mobile robot [TortoiseBot], and implemented autonomous navigation using SLAM.

Robotic Arm

Designed and built a 4-DOF robotic arm using Arduino, OpenCV, and inverse kinematics to play tic-tac-toe.

4DOF Robotic Arm Controller

Developed a 4DOF Robotic Arm, it can be wirelessly controlled using a custom-built android app (MIT App Inventor).


0 Courses 1. ROS
2. ROS2
3. AI & ML
4. Robotics
5. Adv. Robotics
6. Control Systems
0 Projects 1. Kinematics
2. Sensor Fusion
3. Object Detection
4. Self Balancing Robot
5. ROS & ROS2 Navigation
6. RL-Based Manipulation
0 Certifications 1. NPTEL
2. Udacity
3. e-Yantra
4. MathWorks
5. HackerRank
6. The Construct

More projects on Github

I love to learn and solve robotics-related challenges integrated with AI


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Contact

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Address

Taoyuan, Taiwan

Contact Number

+886 976600944

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