Anant — Student Researcher

Co-founded Infinity TechLab, a startup providing exoskeleton based solutions to counter labor fatigue in the manufacturing industry; Led a global team of 8 and conducted 45 customer discovery interviews for identifying business ecosystem map, value proposition and viable business model Designed and fabricated a passive mechanism to lock at various knee angles and transfer body weight to the ground by fostering lean startup methods to gain insights in VOC and converting customer needs into functional requirements

Developed kinematic models for soft robotic actuators, to make conventional rigid body control algorithms applicable for soft robot manipulation Manufactured a test module, using additive manufacturing, and performed experiments involving basic control laws to verify the developed models

Prototyped and successfully tested a medical assistive device to extract vitreous humor in clinical settings; Conceived a cutting mechanism to prevent retinal tear during vitreous extraction, to aid early identification of muscular degeneration Automating the actuation mechanism using DC motors and testing the electronically actuated prototype

Evaluated emissions of diesel locomotives used by Indian Railways; Based on experimental results found that using diesel fuel over electricity to power engines for goods trains is better for the environment as emissions are lowered by 5%

Formulated the correlation between frame bend error, correction time and correction force for frame shop assembly line which was implemented by the company resulting in 7 seconds decrease of cycle time per frame produced