Sapan Agrawal

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, South Ambazari Road, Nagpur-440010 (India)

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Education
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur, India
B.TECH IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Aug 2014 -Present
• CGPA till 6th Sem - 7.56 of 10.

Experience
Biorobotics Institute, SSSA| Summer Internship [link] Pisa, Italy
DESIGN ENGINEER AND RESEARCHER June 2017 - July 2017
• Designed compliant anthropomimectic robotic arm based on Mckinbben pneumatic muscles to achieve human-like cognitive char-
acteristics through sensory-actuation control.
• Performed characterization of 3D Printing Graphene filament in respect of length, height, infill percent and orientation.
• Developed technique of entirely 3D printing economical load cell with 0.1mm displacement resolution.

IvLabs, VNIT | Summer Internship [Link] Nagpur, India

DESIGN ENGINEER, RESEARCHER & PROJECT MANAGER Feb 2016 - Dec 2016
• Designed and fabricated 20 DoF kid-sized humanoid robot ”Swayat” using 3D Printing Technology.
• Developed offline walking gait pattern based on Linear Inverted Pendulum Model (LIPM).
• Simulated the motion gaits in GAZEBO.

HuroCup Competition, FIRA’16 | Participation [Link] Beijing, China

TEAM LEADER Dec 2016

Projects
Multi-Snake Modular Robot| B.Tech Thesis Oct 2017 - Current
Developing a modular chain and mobile class reconfigurable(capable to change morphology) robot capable of performing varied and
complex tasks in surveillance operations.

Autonomous Drone Package Delivery | BlowHorn [Link] Aug 2017 - Current

Designing package deploying mechanism and developing stable flight control of the drone.

HVAC ducts robotic cleaning system | Industrial Technology Transfer [Link] June 2016 - Nov 2016
Developed a set of robots for Nirmitee Group’s Ozone House, Nagpur capable of cleaning and inspecting HVAC ducts with wireless
live feed on smart phones.

Blind Navigator | IvLabs [Link] Nov 2015 - Jan 2016

Developed a low-cost, handy and aesthetic assisting device for visually impaired people in collaboration with Nagpur Blind Relief
Association.

Coursework
Courses
Undergraduate: Advance Mechanisms, Machine Drawing, Machine Design, Industrial Robotics, Machine Vision, Control Systems.
Online: Intoduction to Robotics (CS223A), Linear Algebra(MIT18.06), Control of Mobile Robots (Coursera), Aerial Robotics (Cours-
era).
Technical Skills
MATLAB, SolidWorks, ROS, 3D Printing, GAZEBO, VREP, Ansys, LabView, C++, python, Eagle, MultiSim, AVR Studio, Arduino,
NI SbRio.

Extra-Curricular Activities
• IEEE Student member at IEEE VNIT Students’ Chapter.
• Co-ordinates various workshops under IEEE.
• Tutoring basics of Fk-IK, Linear Algebra and Controls under IvLabs Lecture Series.
• Role as mentor in Robotic Arm, Self-Balancing Bot, Humanoid Robot and Flying Snake projects in IvLabs.

Patents
05 May, 2017 Humanoid Robot, Application Number 201721015920 India
22 Dec, 2016 Robotic Cleaning System for internal cleaning of unit, Application Number 201621043891 India