About Me

Knowledge is power, but knowledge unapplied is useless. My life goal is to apply mathematics, controls, and embedded systems to come up with simple yet creative solutions to solve real life challenges. Robotics is that noble pursuit which will help me achieve this.

I was introduced to this creative field of robotics in the sophomore year of my undergrad when I was selected to be a part of Robolution, the robotics club of my university Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, India. I completed my Bachelor's in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from BIT Mesra, India in 2020.

My long term career goal is to pursue a research oriented profession which can solve real life problems and cater to the industry. In this pursuit, I am striving hard to develop strong fundamentals in mathematics, motion planning, localization and controls. I would like to see myself as a RoboArtist, who is not just confined to the software side but also knows how to build and prototype fast.

At a personal level, I am a creative person who has a wide range of hobbies loves dancing, mathematics, solving puzzles, travelling, reading printed books, writing blogs and Photography. Head on to the "Non-Technical interests" section to know more about my work in this area.

Contact Details

Akashleena Sarkar
akash13leena@gmail.com be10329.16@bitmesra.ac.in

Education

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Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, India

Bachelors in Electrical and Electronics Engineering July 2016- July 2020

Was introduced to the world of electronic circuits, microcontrollers, circuit design, Digital signal processing, electrical machines and control systems. Embedded Systems Member of Team Robolution. Participated in ABU Robocon, an internation robotics competition in 2018, EYANTRA-2018, conducted by IIT Bombay. Dance Club and Literary Society member from 2016-2020.


Additional Courses

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University of Technology Nuremberg

Mobile Robotics Dec 2022- February 2023

Probabilistic Robotics, Bayes Filter, SLAM taught by Prof. Wolfram Burgard


Indian Institute of Science Bangalore- Course for Continuing Education

Probability for Machine Learning Jan 2021- May 2021

Course Instructor: Dr. Arulalan Rajan


Coursera

Machine Learning, Deep Learning, State Estimation and Localization of Self Driving Cars, Visual Perception of Self Driving Cars, Kinematic Model, Motion Planning for Self Driving Cars


Experience

NewSpace Research and Technologies Pvt Ltd

Path Planning Engineer Aug 2021 - Present

Worked on developing path planning pipeline for UAVs. Skills acquired: Data Structures, C#, Unity

CERN- Survey, Mechatronics and Measurement Group

Student Trainee- Bachelor's Thesis Project Feb 2020 - July 2020

Worked on developing a semi-autonomous system for robotic interventions and remote maintenance at CERN. [Read More]

Georgia Institute of Technology, IVA Labs, Atlanta, USA

Summer Research Internship May 2019 - July 2019

Conducted a study on remote teleguidance and developed a semi-autonomous framework on a mobile robotic platform [Read More]

Skills

Software and Frameworks

  • Unity
  • SimuLink
  • OpenCV
  • ROS
  • MATLAB
  • PyTorch
  • TensorFlow

Languages

  • Python
  • C++
  • Embedded C

Quotes to live by

  • “Aspire greatly; anything less than a commitment to excellence becomes an acceptance of mediocrity.”

    Brian Tracy
  • Don’t ever let someone tell you that you can’t do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you gotta protect it. When people can’t do something themselves, they’re gonna tell you that you can’t do it. You want something, go get it. Period.

    – Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness)

Get In Touch.

Open to projects and collaborations related to robotics, dance or writing. Drop me a message below.