Rathin Shah

About

Robotics technical lead who architected and built a high-speed autonomous lunar rover mobility software system for GPS-denied environments, integrating MPC/LQR control, trajectory optimization, state and slip estimation, terrain-aware planning, and perception. Has deployed Deep RL policies trained in NVIDIA Isaac Sim onto real rover hardware via a ROS2 inference-node interface, with strong focus on real-time performance profiling, sim-to-real, and safety/HIL testing.

Key Strengths

• Technical lead for high-speed lunar rover mobility software system (MSAFE)
• Design and integration of full autonomy stack (control, planning, estimation, perception, actuator interfaces)
• Expertise in real-time control under highly non-linear dynamics with controller-rate synchronization
• Sim-to-real deployment of Deep RL policies using Isaac Sim and ROS2 inference node architecture
• Performance-focused engineering: profiling, runtime budgeting, and data-rate-aware speed adjustments
• Production-grade reliability practices: requirements-driven architecture, HIL/MIL testing, safety layers, fault diagnostics
• ROS2 system architecture design including custom messages for high-speed onboard constraints

Experience

Education

Awards

• J N Tata Endowment Scholarship - J N Tata Trusts
• Patent (India) 201921045906A: Low Cost and Modular Electrical Appliances Automation System

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Publications

4 publications