Harshal Bhat

Robotics & Networking Engineer, sim2real gap builder

MS Robotics student at WPI with expertise in computer vision, control systems, and machine learning. Building intelligent systems that perceive and interact with the world.

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Harshal Bhat

About

Background

I'm a graduate student pursuing my Master's in Robotics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. My research interests span control theory, computer vision, and reinforcement learning.

I've led multiple technical projects, published patents, and secured startup funding for autonomous systems. Currently seeking full-time opportunities starting Spring 2025.

4.0
GPA
16+
Projects
2
Patents

Education

Academic Background

2023 — 2025

MS Robotics Engineering

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

GPA: 4.00

2018 — 2022

BTech Mechanical Engineering

VJTI, Mumbai University

GPA: 8.28/10

Experience

Work History

Software Engineer

Magna International

Jun 2025 — Present
  • Implementing firmware enhancements for Lift and PDB systems on AMRs
  • Developing PLC logic for Sick Safety LiDAR custom safety fields

ML / Product Intern

Magna International

May — Dec 2024
  • Built HTTP/gRPC API simulator enabling offshore UI development without hardware
  • Designed collision avoidance system fusing BLE + depth camera, deployed on Jetson Nano
  • Optimizing ORB-SLAM3 with lightweight structure graph relocalization

Technology Consultant

PwC India

Jul 2022 — Aug 2023
  • Led AWS cloud migration for 50 Qlik applications with data visualization pipelines
  • Optimized Redshift queries achieving 60% performance improvement
  • Developed Spark scripts with Docker, Bitbucket, JIRA integration

R&D Intern

IIT Ropar

May — Aug 2021
  • Designed autonomous harvester with AMCL navigation for 15 crop types
  • Integrated IMU, GPS, encoders with ROS mapviz and Google Maps API
  • Published patent at Indian Patent Office

Research

Patents & Publications

Granted

An Autonomous System For Low Payload Gripper Changing Mechanism

Indian Patent No. 528223 — View Patent

Under Review

Automatic Harvester

Indian Patent Office Journal 12/2022 — View Application

Conference

Vibration Analysis of Hydrodynamic Conical Journal Bearing using ML

ICIT 2022, New Delhi — View Presentation

Projects

Selected Work

Stack-A-Bot
GitHub

STACK-A-BOT Perception Pipeline

DUST3R Point Cloud
Stereo Vision
GitHub

3D Stereo Vision for Pseudo LiDAR

OpenCV SGBM
Segmentation
GitHub

Road Segmentation

U-Net BDD100K
Kalman Filter
GitHub

UKF Object Tracking

Kalman Python
NeRF

Neural Radiance Fields

NeRF PyTorch
Einstein Vision

Einstein Vision Pipeline

YOLOv8 ZoeDepth
UAV Control
GitHub

UAV Interception with LQR

LQR MATLAB
ACC
GitHub

Adaptive Cruise Control

MPC Simulink
SfM

Structure from Motion

Bundle Adj 3D
NST
GitHub

Neural Style Transfer

VGG19 PyTorch

Skills

Technical Expertise

Languages

Python C++ MATLAB SQL

Frameworks

ROS2 PyTorch OpenCV TensorFlow

Tools

Git Docker AWS Linux

Simulators

Gazebo CARLA AirSim Simulink

Recognition

Awards & Honors

Feb 2022

Startup Grant — IIT Ropar

$12,000 grant for autonomous harvesting robot venture through TIF-AWaDH program.

Jan 2022

IEEE VJTI — 1st Runner Up

Technical paper on behavioral cloning for autonomous vehicles using imitation learning.

Contact

Get in Touch

I'm currently looking for full-time opportunities starting Spring 2025. Feel free to reach out.

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