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Co-Founder @Origin | General Purpose Robots for Construction

About

Research, Robotics and everything in between. On a mission to automate the hardest problem for robotics - Construction. 12T$ Industry and an Economy Multiplier, dependent on a massive workforce, notorious for safety issues and cost overruns. I've worked 8+ years at early stage startups in deeptech, before starting my own, covering areas of robotics, imaging and optics, precision automation, analog sensing and materials science to build products/solutions that automate humans out of the process. At Morphle Labs - Led and built hardware teams. We've shipped 100+ sub-micron resolution automated microscopy systems across the world (2021-2024) and built the world's first Robotic Microtomy System - A machine that cuts a thin slice (4um) of tissue and places it on a glass slide, which automates a 2 century old process performed on ~100s of millions of samples a year. At Wrig Nano-Systems - Worked on analog electronics based biosensing platforms - developed a novel AI + Impedance Electroscopy method for hematocrit correction. Plant Automation Design for disposable manufacturing at the millions/day scale. Used my own blood for experiments and sensor development. Cool things I did at college - - Soccer Playing Robots, participated internationally at FIRA - High Speed Imaging Micro-Fluidics Research @ Purdue, TU Darmstadt and IITKgp - Best All Rounder Technology Awardee by the College for participating and winning a ton of competitions.

Location

Bengaluru

Work experience

Co-Founder at Origin, Aug 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos, Building Physical AI Agents for the Construction Industry.

Head of R&D and Hardware at Morphle Labs Inc, Feb 2021 - Jul 2024 · 3 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Led R&D efforts for developing the world's first robotic microtomy system and successfully shipping 100+ automated microscopy systems along the way. Built and led Mechanical and Embedded Design Teams. Worked extensively on System Architecture and Ground-zero experimentation.

Technology Development Engineer at Wrig Nanosystems, Jun 2016 - Nov 2020 · 4 yrs 6 mos, New Delhi, Delhi, India, Product Development lead for a new generation of Bio-Medical diagnostic devices. Extensively worked with embedded systems to develop novel bio-sensing platforms for Amperometry, Impedance and Photometry. Precision and High Throughput Plant Automation design for producing >1million disposables a day, involves material alignment upto 50um, dispensing of 150nL of reagent etc. Led Experimentation Efforts and conducted deep literature reviews for the various technologies in biosensing.

Undergraduate Researcher at Microfluidics Lab, IIT Kharagpur, Apr 2013 - May 2016 · 3 yrs 2 mos, Kharagpur Area, India, Student Researcher Under Prof. Suman Chakraborty, working on Electro-Wetting of Non-Newtonian and Newtonian Fluids on Dielectric (EWOD) of Sessile Liquid Droplets on Rheologically Tuned Soft Surfaces and their Dynamic Response. Built a test setup for 10000FPS Imaging, and Analysis, did some cool experiments.

Undergraduate Researcher at Kharagpur Robosoccer Students Group, Mar 2012 - May 2016 · 4 yrs 3 mos, Kharagpur Area, India, Student Researcher under Dr. J. Mukhopadhyay for soccer playing robots. Eventually led the team in my pre-final year as Student Co-ordinator. Represented our team in competitions held in Malaysia and China.

Education

Dual Degree Bachelors + Masters, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur