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title: "Vikas Kannanda - Principal Engineer in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Vikas Kannanda, Engineer at Ati Robotics based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude and gemini."
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# Vikas Kannanda on Tal

## Headline

Engineer at Ati Robotics

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude

gemini

## Work experience

Principal Engineer at Ati Robotics, May 2024 \- Present · 2 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru, Sherpa 10k, Sherpa Flex modular platform, Sherpa Pallet Mover\.

Senior Engineer at Ati Robotics, Aug 2023 \- Jul 2024 · 1 yr, Greater Bengaluru Area

Senior Mechanical Engineer at Niqo Robotics \(formerly TartanSense\), Apr 2019 \- Aug 2023 · 4 yrs 5 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Design and develop mechanical systems for Autonomous/Semi\-Autonomous Machines for Precision Agriculture

Engineering Design Consultant at Lastbit \(YC W21\), 2018 \- 2019 · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, \-Designed and prototyped Lastbit Go, a compact wireless device to handle crypto wallets\. \-Used rapid prototyping techniques to create multiple variants to be user tested\.

Project Intern at CSIR \- National Aerospace Laboratories \(NAL\), Feb 2015 \- May 2015 · 4 mos, \-Designed a novel door locking mechanism that eliminated the need for teeth in large scale autoclaves\. \-Optimised to increase the allowable stress in accordance to ASME Section VIII: Pressure Vessel Design\. \-Reduced the flange weight by 30\.2 % when compared the the one with interlocking teeth\. Tools Used: SolidWorks, ASME Sec VIII Div 1 Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Pressure Vessel Design Manual by Dennis R Moss

Graduate Researcher at University of California, San Diego, 2015 \- Jan 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Sensor\-based attitude estimation of the human arm\. Designed and developed a wearable glove for use in controlling live graphics interfaces\. Developed a linearized model and Kalman filter for optimal estimation of the position of the human arm\.

## Education

Master’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering, UC San Diego

Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Ramaiah Institute Of Technology

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