Rugved Hattekar
ROS Software Developer Lidar Mapping at On Deck
Irvine, California, United States
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Top SchoolRugved Hattekar is a Senior Lidar Software Developer with eight years of robotics experience, currently advancing perception software at Luminar Technologies in Orlando. He specializes in analyzing and interacting with Lidar point clouds and has hands-on expertise in C++/ROS-based autonomous vehicle stacks, EKF heading estimation, and sensor integration from his work at GPR. Rugved’s academic foundation includes a BE in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Mumbai and a MS in Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation from the University at Buffalo, reflecting a strong cross-disciplinary background. His research has spanned AprilTag-based Visual SLAM, swarm robotics path planning, and cloud-based parallel reinforcement learning for DARPA OFFSET, demonstrating a blend of perception, planning, and ML experimentation. In addition to industry roles, he is an On Deck Fellow and actively contributes to robotics through graduate studies and project leadership, including mentoring undergraduates and delivering cost-saving ML-driven insights at Tesla.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Master's degree, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at University at Buffalo Engineering and Applied SciencesBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering, 7.5/10, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering, 7.5/10 at University of Mumbai
English, Hindi, MarathiProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
rugved42/Swarm-Behavior-Tree
May 2020 - Aug 2020
Contributions:3 pushes, 6 branches in 3 months
rugved42/Drone-Learning-to-Fly-using-Reinforcement-Learning
Jan 2021 - Jan 2021
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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