Shashank Govindaraj Email & Phone Number

Brussels, Be

Brussels Area, Belgium

Brussels Area, Belgium

As a Project Manager and Robotics Software Engineer, core tasks include:• Specify design, develop and integrate software for robotics systems.• Participate in technology research and development activities.• Manage activities and projects.• Support the Robotics team in various activities including recruitment, the preparation of business plans and technical road maps.Involved in the following projects:• H2020-InFuse: Currently the deputy coordinator of H2020-InFuse and the interface engineer for technical interactions with other OGs in the H2020 Space robotics projects. • H2020-LUVMI: High level software architecture designer of the lunar rover prototype in aspects related to rover control, navigation, path and task planning. • FP7-ICARUS: The project manager and technical lead for the development of the command and control operation interfaces (control station) interfaced with multiple robotic platforms developed as part of the FP7 ICARUS project. Work Package leader for development of C2I solutions with 8 project partners, managing a WP level budget of ~6 Million Euros. • H2020-DexROV - System architect and main developer on DDS technologies in conjunction with ROS for QoS enabled communications over a limited bandwidth satellite network to remotely control an underwater ROV in the H2020-DexROV project.• H2020-Regolight - Currently involved in the Regolight EC-H2020 project as a developer of the peripheral electronics and software on embedded computers (Rambo/Arduino/Odroid) for controlling the regolith feeder and 3-axis table within the 3D printing system.• Maintainer of the Husky Unmanned Ground Vehicle, integration of sensor payloads (Stereo cameras, IMU, Lidar etc.) and deployment of localization and navigation ROS software stack for semi-autonomous operations.

Genova, Italy

• Working on non-linear stochastic optimal control, the iterative Linear Quadratic Regulator [iLQG]. To generate optimal motion control for the iCub humanoid robot.• Developed joints torque control for the iCub simulator.

•Intern under Prof. Gaëtan Garcia in the remote robot programming lab project. Developed a GUI application:- Control of the pan, tilt and zoom (PTZ) of a remote camera.- Stream, record, playback and set video properties. - Camera access supported across networks (LAN/Internet)- Track the motion of the end effector of the robot

Bangalore

• Member of the working group involved in the development of the Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface [NVMHCI] specification for Solid State Drives [SSD]. Involved in prototyping the host driver and controller.• Contributed to the Samsung proprietary Advanced Host Controller Interface [AHCI] driver for Intel’s storage controllers.• Involved in the development of an online SSD array conformance automation tool.• Developed a standalone bootable utility "Samsung Re-Drive" for SSD firmware upgrade, specifically for customers using SSD’s in ultra thin/light laptops.• Conceived integrating intelligence in a device driver for data pre-caching, based on Self Motivated Incremental Learning, to improve read performance of SSD's. Idea registered in Samsung for patent consideration.

Bangalore, India

Developed an assembler using Grammar Oriented Language Developer [GOLD] for an ARM architecture based controller used in hybrid hard drives.

Masters, European Masters In Advanced Robotics

Masters, European Masters In Advanced Robotics

•Conceptualized and developed an EDF based near optimal scheduling algorithm, for standalone robots (Eg. Oil spill monitoring robots).

Bachelor Of Engineering, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: IEEE student branch, Manipal Institute of Technology. • Vice Chairman of the IEEE student branch (2007-2008). •.

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