About

I am a postdoctoral scholar at the Stanford Robotics Center. I am interested in using robotic manipulation to improve human lives. As a part of the Stanford Older Adult Robotics project, I study whether and in what ways robots can be of use in living with reduced hand and arm function.

My PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the Assistive Robotics and Manipulation Lab was focussed on making prosthetic and assistive robotic arms easier to operate. I was advised by Prof. Monroe Kennedy, and supported by the Stanford Knight Hennessy Scholars and the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance. My thesis is available through the Stanford Digital Repository at this link.

I enjoy studying the mechanics, control and design of both robotic devices and human beings, and the interactions between them. I also enjoy chatting with people about their interests and ideas, explaining things I think are interesting, and discovering new ways to explain things. Before coming to Stanford, I studied Engineering Design and Biomedical Design at the IIT Madras Department of Engineering Design, where I did a research project on the kinematics of parallel manipulators at the Manipulator Robotics Group and an internship in design and motion planning at Systemantics India Pvt. Ltd.