Rahul Katiyar
Robotics Engineer

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Robotics Projects

ProjectsProjects
GeoViz digital twin showing a construction site rendered in 3D with live machine positions

Digital Twin

GeoViz: A Digital Twin for construction sites.

Render of the credit-card sized NFC device showing its E-ink display

NFC Based Multi Purpose Card

Credit card shaped device which can be used as identity.

Holonomic robot simulator showing a four-wheel mecanum robot in a 3D scene

Holonomic Simulator

App to learn motion of Mecanum Wheel robot.

Badminton playing robot built for Robocon 2015 holding a racket on the court

Badminton Playing Robot

Robot which can play badminton with human.

Autonomous pole climbing robot built for Robocon 2016 gripping a vertical pole

Pole climbing Robot

Robot that autonomously climbs poles and performs operations at height.

Four-wheel swerve drive robot platform showing the independently steered wheel modules

Swerve Drive

A robot drive system

Remote operated underwater vehicle with its camera and twin manipulator arms

Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV)

For Underwater exploration

Google Summer of Code 2020 banner for the RoboComp robot control GUI project

Google Summer of Code

Designed a GUI for Robot Control for Robocomp.

Qt Web TV dashboard showing featured categories and a movie catalogue interface

Qt Web TV

Embedded Smart TV dashboard built on Qt WebEngine.

Skills and Technologies

SkillsSkills

Experience and Education

ExperiencesExperiences

2025

Senior Robotics Engineer

@ AuraML

March 2025 - Present

Bangalore, India

  • Developed cloud-native Robotics CI-CD pipeline from scratch, establishing robust infrastructure for continuous integration and deployment.
  • Designed and architected a comprehensive multi-robot simulation framework using Isaac SIM and Warp Physics.

2024

Robotics Engineer

@ DeepX

August 2021 - November 2024

Tokyo, Japan

  • Led the development of a digital twin human-machine interface and spearheaded the GeoViz project, enhancing heavy equipment machine control and monitoring.
  • Developed advanced data logging and diagnostic solutions, including a high-performance logging framework with runtime log level changes.
  • Designed and architected runtime utilities and ROS interfaces, significantly improving system performance and scalability.
  • Optimized communication using DDS and QoS, enhancing system reliability and responsiveness.
  • Implemented an automated CI-based acceptance testing framework with simulation, ensuring robust software and hardware integration.
  • Integrated state machines and behavior trees to enhance decision-making and control strategies in autonomous systems.

2020

Developer

@ Google Summer of Code at ROBOCOMP

June 2020 - August 2020

Remote

  • Created a Graphical User Interface for robot control and monitoring in a simulator
  • Made use of cognitive CORTEX architecture and communicated through deep state representation (DSR)

2019

Masters in Computer Science and Engineering

@ Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad

2019 - 2021

Dhanbad, India

  • Graduated with a 8.53 OGPA
  • Implemented Cuda Based April Tag Detection
  • Won 2 Silver medals in Swimming in intra-college competitions

2018

Graduate Engineer Trainee

@ Vodafone

July 2017 - July 2018

Pune, India

  • Developed and improved many Python Scripts and shell scripts to schedule and automate manual tasks.
  • Worked in a support role in Billing, Provisioning, and CRM

2017

Bachelor in Electronics and Telecommunication

@ Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune

2013 - 2017

Pune, India

  • Graduated with first class with distinction
  • Was a part of the college robotics team

2013

Higher Secondary (Class 12)

@ Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1, Pune

March 2012 - March 2013

Pune, India

  • Passed with 87.00%
  • Represented state in National level Athletics competition
  • Won the Gold medal in Men’s long jump (U-19) in 43rd Mumbai Regional Sports Meet

2011

Secondary School (Class 10)

@ Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2, Bikaner

March 2010 - March 2011

Bikaner, India

  • Passed with CGPA of 9.6

Get in touch with me

Rahul Katiyar, robotics engineer

I'm always eager to collaborate on exciting projects or discuss how robotics can shape the future. Feel free to reach out and let's explore how I can assist with your vision.