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Siddharth Senthilnathan

Indianapolis,IN

Summary

Skilled Robot Operator with solid background in robotics. Experience includes operating and maintaining robotic equipment, troubleshooting technical issues, and contributing to the development of automation processes. Strengths include strong problem-solving abilities, keen attention to detail, and excellent coordination skills. Previous work has positively impacted efficiency and productivity through improved automated processes.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Robot Operator and Maintenance Engineer

Robotics Operations & Business Oversight (R.O.B.O)
Greenfield, IN
09.2026 - Current
  • Performed hands-on maintenance and operational support for HAI ROBOTICS systems, including HaiPick A42/A42TH and K50H robots, with a focus on reliable warehouse operations.
  • Replaced robot charging ports and applied DM codes on the warehouse floor to enhance robot navigation around storage racks.
  • Consolidated items from multiple containers to optimize container-space utilization and streamline warehouse operations.

Robot Operator and Maintenance Engineer

Robotics Operations & Business Oversight (R.O.B.O)
Dickson, Tennessee
08.2026 - 09.2026
  • Operate and monitor HAI Robotics warehouse automation systems, including HaiPick A42 and K50H robots, to support reliable material handling and warehouse operations.
  • Monitored robot status, battery levels, connectivity, and operational conditions using RobotBox and ESS Equipment Management Platform to ensure optimal performance.
  • Assisted in troubleshooting and maintenance by monitoring system alerts and identifying equipment issues, contributing to sustained operational reliability.

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

MulticoreWare Inc.
Chennai
12.2020 - 12.2023

Automated end-to-end testing with Bash & Jenkins, reducing manual effort and increasing regression test coverage by 10%.

  • Developed a 3-axis Shake Test Automation Robot to validate the consistency of Radar detection data over time
  • Designed mechanical setup in AutoCAD and assembled custom hardware components for testing robustness of radar detection.
  • Integrated stepper motors controlled by Arduino and Python over serial communication onto the setup.

Implemented a Radar Point Cloud Binary Classification ML model to classify Point cloud clusters into Vehicle & Pedestrian

  • Created labeled 3D point cloud dataset from 50 ROS bag files using ProViz Webapp and Selenium Web automation to enhance model training.
  • Trained a PointNet model using PyTorch on Jetson Xavier for binary pedestrian/vehicle classification with 93% accuracy.
  • Implemented centroid-based clustering and tracking to preprocess point clouds, achieving real-time inference of 80% accuracy for improved data analysis.

Education

Masters - Robotics

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN, USA
05-2026

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics and Communications Engineering

Vellore Institute of Technology
Chennai, India
06-2021

Skills

  • Programming on Robot Hardware/Software: UR5e Dual-arm Robot, RoboDK simulation software
  • Hardware Tools: HAI Robotics Systems, Radars, Jetson Xavier, Arduino, Raspberry Pi
  • Programming Languages: Python, C
  • Robot operation & maintenance
  • Robot programming
  • Equipment maintenance
  • System troubleshooting

PROJECTS

Capstone Project: Arrange Chairs around table using BosDyn SPOT Robot by Chair Pose Estimation & Mobile Manipulation | GITHUB

  • Performed 6-DOF Pose Estimation of Aruco markers attached to chairs using OpenCV to determine chairs' initial poses.
  • Computed the chair's grasp pose relative to SPOT Robot's gripper using Coordinate Transformation to grasp chair by its seat rest.
  • Executed grasp-and-drag actions with SPOT Robot to re-position chairs to goal locations with an evaluation target of 80%.

Re-implemented Visual-SLAM in Dynamic Environments | GITHUB

  • Engineered a Visual-SLAM pipeline combining YOLO object detection, ORB feature extraction, KL divergence reducing the Absolute Trajectory Error from 67m to 1.6m on KITTI dataset stereo image sequences.
  • Improved localization accuracy by 97% by filtering dynamic features & refining pose estimation with RANSAC optimization.
  • Achieved consistent Low Relative Pose Error (< 0.05m) in dynamic environments displaying robust camera tracking, mapping.

ClothBot: Cloth Manipulation using Value Network | GITHUB

  • Developed a deep learning pipeline to predict spatial fling actions from RGB images, achieving 95% cloth unfolding coverage.
  • Built simulation environment using PyFlex and SoftGym to train value networks for dynamic cloth manipulation.
  • Validated on 200 unseen garments demonstrating 87% single-step coverage and strong generalization.

Timeline

Robot Operator and Maintenance Engineer

Robotics Operations & Business Oversight (R.O.B.O)
09.2026 - Current

Robot Operator and Maintenance Engineer

Robotics Operations & Business Oversight (R.O.B.O)
08.2026 - 09.2026

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

MulticoreWare Inc.
12.2020 - 12.2023

Masters - Robotics

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics and Communications Engineering

Vellore Institute of Technology
Siddharth Senthilnathan