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Roshan Pradhan
Senior Robotics Autonomy Engineer
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Location: New York, New York, United StatesApprox. Years of Experience: 6
Roshan Pradhan's Current Workplace
SkySpecs
Company Size
51-300
Amount Raised
$118.8M
We are simplifying renewable energy asset management by offering purpose-built technologies and services that help our customers deliver industry-leading productivity, efficiency and returns. Every day we help our customers unlock the power of their data so they can make confident, informed decisions. Our team brings deep industry experience and a willingness to get our hands dirty to first understand and then solve customer problems on the ground. Learn more about our best-in-class technologies and how we’re helping the renewable energy industry realize its potential.
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Notable Investors
Techstars, National Science Foundation, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Ann Arbor SPARK, Bossanova Investimentos
GreenTech
CleanTech
Clean Energy
Renewable Energy
Asset Management
Energy Management
Energy Efficiency
Experience
Senior Robotics Autonomy Engineer
SkySpecs · Full-time
Jun 2021 - Present
3 yrs 10 mos
- Designed and built the C++ flight software stack for a fleet of 50+ fully autonomous drones, enabling 40,000+ inspections so far with industry-leading 15 min/turbine efficiency. - Engineered efficient viewpoint-planning and camera perception algorithms, achieving >99% accuracy in detecting 1 cm-level damages under dynamic conditions. - Developed a low-latency, graph-based time synchronization library, enabling microsecond-accurate data association across 7+ high frequency sensor streams (>200 Hz). - Led software innovations to expand inspections into GPS-degraded floating offshore wind turbines, overcoming localization and mapping challenges in dynamic maritime environments. - Built LiDAR perception systems to unlock real-time semantic segmentation and safe navigation at >4 m/s. - Developed a decentralized multi-agent mission planner, resolving 10+ competing objectives at 100 Hz.
Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2020 - May 2021
Flight Controls Lead - DARPA Subterranean Challenge
Feb 2020 - May 2021
1 yr 4 mos
- Led controls and planning for the quadcopter fleet to fly fast in GPS denied subterranean environments. - Developed the guidance controller, search-based local planner, model predictive controller, and Kalman Filter disturbance estimation systems in C++ / ROS and deployed on 6 drones for the competition. - Team Explorer results: Tunnel (1st place), Urban (2nd place), Finals (4th place)
Graduate Research Assistant - Biorobotics Lab
Jan 2020 - May 2021
1 yr 5 mos
Developed a trajectory optimization solver leveraging inference on a sparse factor-graph in C++/GTSAM.
Research Intern
Nanyang Technological University
Feb 2019 - May 2019
4 mos
Implemented evolutionary algorithms for combined task and motion planning in automated construction.
Summer Research Intern - Mitacs Globalink
Université de Sherbrooke
May 2018 - Aug 2018
4 mos
Developed numerical models for design optimization and verification of high-tension lines with dampers.
Vehicle Dynamics and Control lead
Hyperloop India
Feb 2017 - Sep 2017
8 mos
Led a subsystem of 6 people responsible for the underbody suspension and PID-controlled eddy-braking for the levitating 'OrcaPod'. One of 24 global finalists in the SpaceX Hyperloop competition held at SpaceX HQ, CA.
Education
  • 2019 - 2021
    Carnegie Mellon UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering - Robotics
  • 2015 - 2019
    Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniB.E. (Hons.), Mechanical Engineering