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Daksh Adhar

Junior Robotics & Reinforcement Learning Engineer specializing in dexterous manipulation

1X TechnologiesCarnegie Mellon UniversityPalo Alto, CA2 Years ExperienceJunior LevelWorks On-Site

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Robotics software engineer (master’s student) who placed 3rd in the CMU VLA challenge and presented at IROS, building an LLM-powered language system (Gemini 2.5) for mobile-robot scene Q&A and language-based navigation. Hands-on ROS1/ROS2 experience including ros2_control + PILZ planning for a KUKA arm, plus simulation (Gazebo) and containerized submissions with Docker.

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Key Strengths

  • Placed 3rd in CMU VLA (Vision Language Autonomy) challenge; presented at IROS
  • Built LLM-driven language interface for mobile robot Q&A and navigation (Gemini 2.5 integration)
  • Practical ROS1/ROS2 integration across motion planning, perception, and control
  • Resolved ROS2 integration issues by migrating from Python to C++/CMake nodes
  • Strong robotics debugging workflow using RViz visualization and ROS logs

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Experience

AI Resident, Reinforcement Learning Team1X Technologies · May 2025 – Aug 2025internship
Research AssistantBiomimetic Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory · Jan 2023 – May 2024part-time
Summer InternshipInvention Factory, IIT Gandhinagar · May 2022 – Jul 2022internship

Education

Carnegie Mellon Universitymaster, Robotic Systems Development (2026)
IIT Guwahatibachelor, Engineering Physics (2024)

Languages

English

Publications

3 publications

Reinforcement Learning for Robotic ManipulationRobotic Grasping and Reflex ControlOptimization for Grasp ForceVision-Language for Autonomous Systems

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Daksh AdharJunior Robotics & Reinforcement Learning Engineer specializing in dexterous manipulation