Robotics and Embodied AI Researcher
Robotics researcher working on embodied AI, perception, planning, and control for manipulators, mobile robots, and humanoids.
Seeking funded PhD opportunities in learning-based robot intelligence, reliable autonomy, and meaningful human-robot interaction.
Vision-language-action models and language-conditioned manipulation
Multimodal perception, SLAM, localization, and navigation
Human-aware autonomy, multi-robot systems, and edge robotics
Work spanning humanoid manipulation, agricultural perception, and autonomous mobile robots.
Built a campus delivery rover with GPS graph planning, 3D LiDAR mapping, fused wheel and IMU odometry, heading estimation, and local obstacle avoidance in ROS.
Deployed real-time road segmentation on an NVIDIA Jetson Nano with TensorRT. The system received the LUMS Electrical Engineering Department's Best Final Year Project 2024 award.
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Trained an NVIDIA Isaac GR00T N1.7 vision-language-action policy for a Unitree G1 humanoid box-picking task, connecting visual instruction understanding with whole-body manipulation.
Developed a spatiotemporal alignment approach for estimating wheat crop height across repeated observations, supporting more consistent crop growth measurement over time.
NextBridge, Lahore
Developing VLA models and agentic vision-language systems for robotic manipulation, navigation, planning, and closed-loop task execution.
Oryx Robotics, remote
Building humanoid VLA capabilities with NVIDIA GR00T, plus SLAM, localization, and navigation pipelines for industrial environments.
Emblem Technologies, Lahore
Training and deploying computer vision systems for robotics and industrial automation, with edge optimization for ARM hardware.
Software Motion, remote
Developed embedded 3D LiDAR and visual SLAM, online localization with dynamic map loading, and road-marking segmentation.
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Worked on adversarial multi-agent formation control, model pruning, and custom ARM NEON kernels for edge robotics.
BS (Hons) Electrical Engineering
Lahore University of Management Sciences, 2020-2024
National Outreach Programme Scholar
Full undergraduate tuition scholarship
I enjoy turning robotics systems into practical, debuggable learning experiences.
Jan 2024 - Apr 2024
Designed and evaluated laboratories covering ROS, robot vision, autonomous path planning, and system integration.
Sep 2023 - Dec 2023
Supported laboratory delivery and student learning in communication systems.
Notes on deploying perception and learning systems for robotics.
Converting PyTorch models to ONNX, building optimized TensorRT engines, and deploying them on NVIDIA GPUs and Jetson devices.
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