Dev Soni

Robotics Engineer

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Hi, I’m Dev.

I am currently a graduate student in the Department of Robotics Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where I am specializing in the fields of Robot Vision and Artificial Intelligence

Previously, I gained valuable experience as a Computer Vision Engineer at Mowito.in. In this role, I was actively involved in the development of a vision-based software stack for robotic systems.

Furthermore, I had the privilege to contribute to ongoing research at the MOON-Lab within the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal during my tenure as a Research Assistant. Under the guidance of Dr. P. B. Sujit, I engaged in advanced research, focusing on the integration of Reinforcement Learning, with fundamental Control System concepts.

Education

M.S. in Robotics Engineering, 2025

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
B.Tech in Mechatronics Engineering, 2022

ITM Vocational University, India

Interests

Computer Vision
Deep Learning
Robotics

Projects

Apr 20, 2024

AutoCalib - Camera Calibration

This project implements Zhang’s method for camera calibration. Camera calibration is essential in computer vision to obtain the intrinsic and extrinsic parameters of a camera, which are used to correct image distortions and understand the 3D geometry of the scene.

Apr 1, 2024

AutoPano - Panorama Stitching

The panorama stitching project uses SIFT feature descriptors for key point matching and RANSAC for outlier rejection. The images are blended with distance transformation, resulting in a seamless and coherent panoramic image.

Sep 1, 2022

Charts Classifier Using CNN

Convolution Neural Network architecture was designed to classify chats data into one of five categories (Vertical Bar, Horizontal Bar, Dot Line, Line, Pie). Fine tunned VGG16 model for this task. Implement GradCAM to visualize activation areas in images.

Mar 5, 2022

Powered Lower Limb Exoskeleton

I was team leader of the winning team in the Robofest2.0 competition under the powered lower-limb exoskeleton category. The competition was a state-level competition, and teams from tier-1 universities such as SVNIT, Nirma University, BVM, and more participated. Click and find more details regarding the competition and our project.

Dec 31, 2021

Nonlinear Model Predictive Controller for Target Tracking

Nonlinear Model Predictive Controller (NMPC) implemented with the use of CasADi optimization framework and matlab simulation environment. Controller is able to avoid Static & Dynamic Obstacles also State and Control Constraints of UAV and gimbal was added to make problem realistic.

Sep 15, 2021

Controlling Quadrotor with PID Controller

Coded PID controllers for controlling Quadrotor in 1D, 2D and 3D planes, and created inner loop (altitude control) and outer loop (position control) of PID controller for 3D control of Quadrotor.

Dec 29, 2020

Factory Automation with Robot Operating System (ROS)

This project was a course work of this course. Project consists of setting up Pub-Sub mechanism for communicating between two ROS nodes, modifying URDF model of factory, ROS Navigation stack for navigating turtle bot in factory environment, manipulation of robotic arm by ROS MoveIt package and behaviour setup with FlexBE App state machine.

Apr 27, 2016

Learning NMPC with Q-Learning-Reinforcement Learning algorithm

Q-Reinforcement learning algorithms is designed to improve video cinematography of car racing scenario, for each racing iteration different NMPC weights are selected and optimal policy is being developed - performance of the filming car improves with respect to race iteration.

Contact

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