Senior Robotics Engineer

Hi, I'm Darshan K T Gowda

Control & Navigation Specialist | ROS2 Developer | AMR & Drone Systems

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About Me

Passionate robotics engineer with a Master's degree and 6+ years of experience across AMRs, drones, underwater, and humanoid robotics. Skilled in ROS2, Python, C++, embedded systems, and AI, with a focus on building intelligent real-world robotic systems that bridge research and industry.

6+ Years Experience

10+ Projects Delivered

6 Companies

5+ Workshops Led

Skills

Programming

C/C++, Python, Arduino, CUDA Programming

Software Tools

Docker, Dev Containers, GitHub, VS Code, Linux

Robotics — Tools

ROS/ROS2, MoveIt, Mujoco, Gazebo, RViz, OpenCV, PCL

Robotics — Platforms

AMR, Drones, Arm Robots, Humanoids, ROVs

Robotics — Concepts

Path Planning (Global & Local), SLAM, Kalman/EKF, PID Control

Sensors

2D/3D LiDARs, RGB-D Cameras (Zed, Kinect, Realsense), RTK-GPS

Embedded Systems

Pixhawk, ESP32, Raspberry Pi, Jetson Nano

Education

The National Institute of Engineering, Mysuru, India

MTech / MS in Industrial Automation & Robotics

Courses: Programming Practical Robots, Kinematics & Dynamics of Robots, Mobile Robotics, Optimal Control & Estimation, Computational Methods for Robotics, Hydraulics & Pneumatics, PLC, Drives & Control Systems, Foundations of Robotics, Linear Control Systems

Ghousia College of Engineering, India

BE / BTech in Mechanical Engineering

Courses: Mechatronics, Mechanical Design & Analysis, Mechanical Vibration, Automotive Electronics, Control Systems, Machine Dynamics, Manufacturing

Projects

Autonomous Navigation using TurtleBot and ROS

Autonomous Navigation using TurtleBot & ROS

Built a 2D occupancy grid map via gmapping, localized using AMCL, and executed autonomous goal-directed navigation with obstacle avoidance.

ROS
SLAM
AMCL
Navigation
TurtleBot3

BlueROV2 Underwater Robot Setup

Configured and deployed the BlueROV2 for underwater operation using QGroundControl and Xbox controller, with live video streaming and ROS2 integration groundwork.

BlueROV2
QGroundControl
ArduSub
Pixhawk
Raspberry Pi
ROS2

SITL + Gazebo UAV Simulation

Two-part simulation framework using ArduPilot SITL and Gazebo to develop and test autonomous navigation and flight control of quadrotors without real hardware.

ArduPilot SITL
MAVProxy
Gazebo
Mission Planning
Autonomous UAV

Pole Detection & Midpoint Calculation

LiDAR-based navigation system for a robot operating beneath solar panels. Used point cloud filtering to detect poles and calculate midpoints for autonomous mowing.

LiDAR
Point Cloud
ROS 2
Path Planning
Gazebo

GPU Virtualization for OpenPose

Demonstrated how GVirtuS virtualizes GPU resources to run OpenPose on lightweight non-GPU edge devices by redirecting CUDA calls to a remote GPU backend.