Space Applications Centre, ISRO

• Development of FPGA Based IP for Quantum Key Distribution for space communication
• Development & Verification of FPGA Designs in System Verilog, VHDL with random constrained data, assertions, closed loop verification & hardware software co-simulation approaches
• Prototype Development with Image Data Acquisition, Image Processing and Target Tracking Control in LabView on FlexRIO for Optical Communication Terminals
• Filter Design Simulation for SEU and failure analysis using Xilinx and MATLAB

Guide: Prof. Madhu Belur & Prof. Narayan Rangaraj, IIT Bombay

A Python Tool with Gurobi Solver to generate an optimal rail timetable satisfying user’s constraints:

• Problem formulation involves headway, dwell, traversal, service distribution, turnaround, rake-linking & platform allocation constraints and objective functions for timetable generation
• Timetable includes service timings, rake-rake & rake-service mappings, occupancy charts
• Case Study on Mumbai Harbour – Trans Harbour Line and realized the current operational number of service wih 3 less rakes, satisfying all practical constraints

Guide: Prof. Kamal Gupta, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Workhorse for this purpose is 3 fingered Schunk Dexterous Hand [SDH] with tactile sensors on its fingers:

• Simulated robot description files to load models in RVIZ & execute ROS nodes to control the bot links
• Implemented a ROS node for safe grasp under pose uncertainty with user-defined hand pre shapes
• Grasp execution includes finger halt, collision detection, proportional controller, proximal–distal link coupler, SDH motion and tactile reading manipulation