Meet the Team
We are a multidisciplinary team of engineers and researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Master of Science in Robotics Systems Development program, passionate about building impactful robotic systems.
Amily (Che-Hsuan) Lee
CAD Designer & Mechanical Engineer
Amily is a Mechanical Engineer and the team’s CAD Designer, responsible for the physical design and fabrication of the ankle exoskeleton. She brings a meticulous eye for detail to every component, ensuring that form, function, and manufacturability are never at odds. Outside of her design work, Amily is also passionate about planning algorithms and is eager to explore how intelligent autonomy can be built on top of well-designed hardware.
Atirav Seth
Project Manager & Mechanical Design Lead
Atirav is a Mechatronics Engineer who specializes in Mechanical Design & Analysis and Mechatronics Design and serves as the team’s Project Manager. An Ex-Founding Engineer at a Robotics startup for 3 years, he has hands-on experience in designing, manufacturing, and testing robotics and electromechanical systems. Atirav has led the mechanical architecture of the team’s robot platform.
Gautam Balaji
Dynamics & Controls Engineer
Gautam is a Robotics Engineer whose bread and butter is robot kinematics and dynamics. He is responsible for the ankle exoskeleton’s dynamics modeling, torque requirements analysis, and control design, ensuring the device delivers precise, safe, and efficient assistance across a range of human motion profiles. His deep understanding of rigid body mechanics and actuation systems makes him the team’s expert when the physics gets tough.
Narayanan Palghat Parameswaran
Machine Learning Lead
Narayanan is a Machine Learning Engineer with extensive experience in Reinforcement Learning algorithms, and serves as the team’s ML Lead. He is spearheading the development of learning-based control algorithms for the team’s robot exoskeleton. Before joining the MRSD program, Narayanan built and deployed ML policies in quadrapeds, giving him a practical eye for turning research insights into reliable, real-world systems.
Pawan Wadhwani
Scrum Master & Embedded Systems Engineer
Pawan is a Computer Science Engineer specializing in Embedded Systems and Computer Networking, and serves as the team’s Scrum Master. Pawan is the go-to expert for low-level firmware, real-time communication protocols, and hardware-software interfacing. He has previously worked on Routers and Modems during his time at Ericsson. In his spare time, he enjoys badminton and tinkering with microcontrollers.