I AM SHAKTHIBALA.
TECH ENTHUSIAST &
ROBOTICS MASTERs STUDENT @WPI, MA, USA
ABOUT ME
Hi, I’m Shakthibala—a tech enthusiast from Chennai, India, Did undergrad at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, currently pursuing MS in Robotics at WPI. I build end-to-end robotic systems across ROS/ROS 2, computer vision, and ML/RL.
At SUTD, I completed two research internships on a food-processing automation platform: first leading vision integration and software for a manipulation pipeline; later scaling to dual UR16e arms with a neural perception module and voice/LLM control. At Pricol Ltd, I built a UI for an automated assembly line and integrated back-end services over industrial networking protocols, hardening against packet loss.
I love turning messy real-world constraints into reliable robots, and when I’m not shipping code, I’m watching or playing cricket.
01 TECHNICAL SKILLS
MY EXPERTISE
AI
ROBOTICS
ROBOT MANIPULATION
MOBILE ROBOTICS
AERIAL ROBOTICS
REINFORCEMENT LEARNING
MACHINE LEARNING
DEEP LEARNING
ROBOT CONTROL
SYSTEMS AND MIDDLEWARE
ROS 1 & 2
MICROROS
PERCEPTION AND SENSING
COMPUTER VISION
SENSORS AND INSTRUMENTATION
HARDWARE AND ELECTRONICS
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
DIGITAL ELECTRONICS
HYDRAULICS AND PNEUMATICS
02 PROJECT SHOWCASE
03 EXPERIENCE
May 2024 - July 2024
Singapore University of Technology and design (SUTD)
Summer Research Internship
Worked at DManD lab under Prof. Pablo Valdivia, Worked at Product development cell on project titled collaborative robot for food processing industry.
Aug 2024 - Oct 2024
PRICOL PVT LTD
Project Internship
Worked on Development of Machine User Interface for Automated Assemble line. The goal of the project is to replicate the labview functionalities in python with all backend integration and user experience.
Feb 2025 - July 2025
Singapore University of Technology and design (SUTD)
Research Internship
Worked at DManD lab under Prof. Pablo Valdivia on project titled Dual arm Collaborative robot for Food processing industry, Secured 3rd place at Simsort ICRA, Developed a Reinforcement learning reach policy for UR16e robotic arm.
Aug 2025 - Present
MER-Lab WPI
Currently working on ensemble learning based manipulation algorithm alongside benchmarking results with existing manipulation algorithms.
CONTACT ME
I'm passionate about creating impactful solutions. Let's discuss how we can collaborate to bring your ideas to life.
Email: shakthibala2004@gmail.com
