{"id":16,"date":"2021-11-19T17:56:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T17:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2022-02-25T22:21:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T22:21:25","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"The FireFlies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-from-2022-02-25-16-32-43.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"266\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-from-2022-02-25-16-32-43.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/team\/screenshot-from-2022-02-25-16-32-43\/\" class=\"wp-image-266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-from-2022-02-25-16-32-43.png 590w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-from-2022-02-25-16-32-43-300x289.png 300w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-from-2022-02-25-16-32-43-520x501.png 520w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-from-2022-02-25-16-32-43-360x347.png 360w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-from-2022-02-25-16-32-43-250x241.png 250w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-from-2022-02-25-16-32-43-100x96.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Arjun Chauhan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I completed my undergraduate degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) from MIT, Manipal in 2020. My interests lie primarily in the domains of computer vision,  machine learning, SLAM, and general autonomy. The past year I worked for a startup, IoTric, and developed a few scalable perception pipelines for them. As a part of the firefly team, I look forward to repurposing robotics for social good and I&#8217;m confident we will given my super-competent team!<br>Find me <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/arjunchau\/\">here<\/a>! or check out my projects <a href=\"https:\/\/arjunchauhan0910.github.io\/\">here<\/a>! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Primary Responsibilities: Perception and Tracking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondary Responsibilities: Project Management<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"513\" height=\"513\" src=\"http:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Profile-Picture-e1645747097812.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Profile-Picture-e1645747097812.png 513w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Profile-Picture-e1645747097812-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Profile-Picture-e1645747097812-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Profile-Picture-e1645747097812-360x360.png 360w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Profile-Picture-e1645747097812-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Profile-Picture-e1645747097812-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Kevin Gmelin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My first experience in robotics was through the FIRST Robotics Competition, which I competed in during my four years in high school. I would then go on to study mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, where I would be an undergraduate researcher in the Advanced Robot Manipulators  I also build my own robots as a hobby. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Primary Responsibilities: Project Management<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondary Responsibilities: Software Integration<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"http:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/1608500070528.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/1608500070528.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/1608500070528-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/1608500070528-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/1608500070528-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/1608500070528-700x700.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/1608500070528-520x520.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/1608500070528-360x360.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/1608500070528-250x250.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/1608500070528-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Sabrina Shen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I graduated last year from Harvey Mudd College with a degree in general engineering. My education and extracurricular projects have given me opportunities creating end to end robotics products for various machine vision, object tracking, and motion planning robots. I am excited to contribute to Project Firefly this year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Primary Responsibilities: Machining<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondary Responsibilities: Mapping Algorithm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/DSC00045-2-scaled-e1645747067429-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/DSC00045-2-scaled-e1645747067429-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/DSC00045-2-scaled-e1645747067429-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/DSC00045-2-scaled-e1645747067429-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/DSC00045-2-scaled-e1645747067429-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/DSC00045-2-scaled-e1645747067429-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/DSC00045-2-scaled-e1645747067429-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/DSC00045-2-scaled-e1645747067429-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/DSC00045-2-scaled-e1645747067429-520x520.jpg 520w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/DSC00045-2-scaled-e1645747067429-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/DSC00045-2-scaled-e1645747067429-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/DSC00045-2-scaled-e1645747067429-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Manuj Trehan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During my undergraduate degree, I majored in Production &amp; Industrial Engineering with a minor in Robotics from IIT Delhi, India. Being a member of the Robotics club, I participated in various projects and competitions, which led me to CMU &#8211; MRSD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with my fellow FireFlies, I hope to achieve the goals we have set out for ourselves, and make our vision come to life. My primary interests include Motion Planning, Localization, and Perception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Primary Responsibilities: Comms and Perception<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondary Responsibilities: Mechanical Design<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Akshay-scaled-e1645747775560-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Akshay-scaled-e1645747775560-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Akshay-scaled-e1645747775560-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Akshay-scaled-e1645747775560-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Akshay-scaled-e1645747775560-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Akshay-scaled-e1645747775560-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Akshay-scaled-e1645747775560-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Akshay-scaled-e1645747775560-520x520.jpg 520w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Akshay-scaled-e1645747775560-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Akshay-scaled-e1645747775560-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Akshay-scaled-e1645747775560-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2022teamd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/02\/Akshay-scaled-e1645747775560.jpg 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Akshay Venkatesh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I completed my undergraduate education in Mechanical Engineering from BITS Pilani, India in 2017 and went on to work with the Mechatronics Team at Tonbo Imaging, Bangalore, where I had a lot of fun wearing multiple hats to do whatever it took to make products come to life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m now on a quest for new problems to solve at the RI at CMU and am excited to work with an amazing team on Project FireFly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Primary Responsibilities: Mechanical Design<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondary Responsibilities: Software Development<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arjun Chauhan I completed my undergraduate degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) from MIT, Manipal in 2020. 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