ANKIT BHATIA
(412) · 378 · 1092 [email protected]
1 Bayard Road, Apt 53 Pittsburgh PA 15213
www.ankitbhatia.info
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dynamics and Controls, Robotics, Mechatronics, Embedded Systems, Actuators
EDUCATION
Carnegie Mellon University
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Overall GPA: 3.67/4
December 2014
Manipal University
B.E. in Mechatronics Engineering
Overall GPA: 8.21/10
August 2011
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Spherical Induction Motors for Balancing Mobile Robots
January 2013 - December 2014
Master’s Project
Microdynamic Systems Lab, Robotics Institute
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Simulated the spherical induction motor(SIM) in Comsol Multiphysics
Completed the assembly of a SIM with maximum torque output of 8Nm
Developed a method to wind the three-phase SIM
Implemented actuation and sensing transforms and velocity controller
Designed new Vector controller boards for higher current throughput
Mobile Self-balancing Surveillance Robot
Bachelor’s Thesis
January 2011 - June 2011
Robosoft Systems, Mumbai, India
· Developed a miniature segway clone using frugal hardware
· Assisted in development of an Inverse Kinematics package for a desktop 5 DOF robotic arm
· Designed arduino based development boards for the ATmega168 µC using EagleCAD and debugged
manufactured products
Course Projects
· Series Elastic Actuator Exoskeleton Torque Control
· Sliding Mode Control of Linear Induction Motor
· Full-Body Controller for PR2
PUBLICATIONS
Ankit Bhatia, Masaaki Kumagai and Ralph Hollis. ”Six-stator Spherical Induction Motor for
Balancing Mobile Robots” In Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2015 IEEE International Conference on. (accepted)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Design of Biomechatronic Systems for Humans
Teaching Assistant
Micro/Nano Robotics
Course Assistant
August - December 2014
Prof. Steve Collins
January 2014 - May 2014
Prof. Metin Sitti
WORK EXPERIENCE
Mahindra & Mahindra
Assistant Manager
August 2011 - December 2012
Mumbai, India
· Mapped competetive positionining and helped identify strengths and weaknesses in SUV product offerings with respect to technology and value for money
· Designed research studies for understanding customer pychographics
ABB Robotics
Intern
May 2009 - July 2009
Bangalore, India
· Completed prototype design of a pneumatic welding jig positioner for a robotic cell using SolidWorks
· Rewired a ABB FlexPicker robot in collaboration with other interns for a sorting application
· Programmed the IRB 120 T training robot using the teach pendant and ABB RobotStudio
Maruti Suzuki Ltd.
Intern
December 2007 - January 2008
Delhi, India
· Assisted in Fanuc robot arm programming using the teach pendent
AWARDS AND LEADERSHIP
Second Prize, Bennett Conference
Biomedical and Robotics, Poster Presentation
2014
Certified Associate LABview Developer(CLAD)
National Instruments
2010
President
Astronomy Club, Manipal
July 2009 - May 2010
Creative Head
Astronomy Club, Manipal
July 2009 - May 2010
TECHNICAL STRENGTHS
Mechanical Design & Simulation
ProEngineer, SolidWorks, Comsol Multiphysics, MATLAB
Electronics Deisgn
Altium Designer, EagleCAD, PIC/ARM/Atmega Series µ C
Programming
C/C++,Python, Embedded C, ROS, LABview
Tools
Vim, GIT, Windows, Linux, QNX RTOS, LATEX

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