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I'm

Bontalakoti Venkata Harshavardhan

Robotics Engineer

Aiming for "A Future Beyond Our Star"
I am presently an undergraduate student pursuing mechanical engineering from National Institute of Technology Silchar and Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.

Fascination with machines such as virtual assistants, robots, drones, rockets and space rovers have always oriented my passion towards robotics and space engineering.

Robotics captivates me with its blend of mechanical design, electronics, and artificial intelligence. The idea of creating systems that interact with the world and perform complex tasks is exciting.

In addition to my technical pursuits, I am also drawn to philosophy, video games, novels, and anime. These interests provide me with a creative balance, offering fresh perspectives and insights for creating unique machines.

  • Robotics
  • Computer Aided Design and Analysis
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Control Systems

My Skills

Python
★★★★★
Matlab and Simulink
★★★☆☆
C
★★★★☆
C# and Unity Engine
★★★★☆
ROS2 and Gazebo
★★★★☆
Solidworks
★★★★★
ANSYS
★★★☆☆
Arduino and ESP32
★★★★☆
Machine Learning and AI
★★★★☆

Education

  • 2024-2025
    Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
    Bachelor of Technology

    Mechanical Engineering
    CGPA: 9.12

  • 2021-2024
    National Institute of Technology Silchar
    Bachelor of Technology

    Mechanical Engineering
    CGPA: 9.12

  • 2019-2021
    Doon International School
    CBSE

    Class 12
    Percentage: 93.8%

  • 2009-2019
    Bright Lands School
    ICSE

    Class 10
    Percentage: 98%

Internships

  • 2024
    Indian Institute of Technology Madras
    Summer Fellow

    Selected for the prestigious Summer Fellowship Programme (SFP) in the Aerospace Department. Worked on an open-source ocean environment for ship and drone simulation.
    Supervisor: Dr.Devaprakash Muniraj

  • 2023
    Instruments Research and Development Establishment(DRDO)
    Summer Intern

    Entrusted with the critical task of designing and analyzing ammunition mountings for drones, terrain vehicles, and naval vessels. Played a key role in conceptualizing an innovative approach to utilize Ocean Buoys for advanced coastline surveillance.

Research Experience

  • Current
    Lulea University of Technology
    Research Intern

    Working on ROS2 and Gazebo simulations for navigation of robots in difficult and unchartered terrains.

  • 2022-2024
    National Institute of Technology Silchar
    Undergraduate Research Assistant

    Tasked with the setup of a micro-stereo lithography system, and this entailed: conducting a detailed comparison between the printed outputs and actuators constructed using Nitinol springs.
    Supervisor: Dr.Yogesh Singh

    Actively worked on the design and development of machine learning models. These models leveraged data from IoT devices to predict human activity patterns, contributing to a more informed understanding of user behavior in varying environments.
    Supervisor: Dr. Ramanujam E

Check out my Constructs

Cyclops- Personal Desktop Assistant Bot

A bot based on quantized Mistral 7B LLM running locally.





Quasar- A Solar Powered Bot

Our team took part in the ASME EFX Student Design Competition 2023 held in Bengaluru. I was responsible for creating the radio module as well as the power train which included using the solar panels to charge the array of super capacitors.


BADOSE: Boat and Drone Ocean Simulated Environment

BADOSE is an open-source simulator built with the Unity Engine and supported by a ROS 2 connection interface. The main aim of this simulator is to provide an environment capable of handling both drones and boats/ships along with the physics involving ocean turbulence and winds.

Human Navigator Based Cartography in ROS2.

The turtlebot3 is simulated to follow human's pose and then perform SLAM without any external controller.


SurviveRL- A multiagent reinforcement learning environment.

A Pygame based reinforcement learning environment made to train multiple agents for various use cases like swarm robotics and multi-agent interactions.

Transonic Flow Modelling in Ansys.

Modeled the transonic flow of air over the airfoil using ANSYS Fluent(CFD).




Blood Flow Analysis in a Bifurcated Artery using Ansys

Modeled the flow of blood in a Bifurcated Artery using ANSYS Fluent(CFD). Useful for creating micro/nano robots for drug delivery.

Design of Stair Climber Robot.

The inspiration for this design comes from the way caterpillars and snakes perform locomotion. Made using SolidWorks.

Mandelbrot Set Simulation.

Zooming of Mandelbrot set(fractal).

Publications

Improvement in Multi-Resident Activity Recognition System in a Smart Home Using Activity Clustering.

Authors: E.Ramanujam, Sivakumar Kalimuthu, B.V.Harshavardhan, Thinagaran Perumal

Journal/Conference: Internet of Things,Advances in Information and Communication Technology (IFIP)

Year: 2023

Certificates

Aerial Robotics Course

Paper Presentation Certificate

ASME Student Design Challenge 2023 Participation

Aerothon Drone Design Competition Participation

Arduino Certification

ASME Membership

AWS Deep Learning Fundamentals

Hackathon Participation

Extra

Position of Responsibility

> Team Captain for the Team Four Squared. Our team took part in ASME EFX 2023 held in Bangalore and was among the top 5 teams.

> Took the initiative to teach the students Prototyping using Arduino as a part of Innovation Courses under ASME Student Section.

Achievements

> Selected for the Student Exchange Program at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad(IITH). This opportunity was given to only the top 10% of the students from the batch of 2021-2025.

Writings

> I write articles on Medium.com on various projects.


> Science Fiction is also something I am fond of and am trying to write down the stories in my head.

Book Recommendations

> The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)

> 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R Covey)

> Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind (Yuval Noah Harari)

> Neuromancer (William Gibson)

> The Three Body Problem (Liu Cixin)

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