Siddharth Kulkarni

Siddharth Kulkarni

Master's Student · Center for Bits and Atoms, MIT

I am a first-year master’s student at the Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT. I am an electronics engineer with a background in embedded systems, circuit design and robotics.

Before joining CBA, I worked at the Embedded Real-Time Systems (ERTS) Lab at IIT Bombay on research in autonomous navigation across robotics platforms, robotic manipulation, and agricultural automation. I also helped run the lab’s flagship outreach activity, the e-Yantra Robotics Competition. I am associated with Vigyan Ashram too, and have worked with them on several projects.

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Research Interests

I am drawn to early-stage prototypes and projects that need low-level work across electronics, mechanics and software, applied to real-world problems.

Multi-Agent ControlMulti-agent approaches and control policies in low-level mechatronic systems, from CNC machines to robotics.
Embedded Systems & MechatronicsFirmware, circuit design and the mechanical systems they drive.
Robot AutonomyAutonomous navigation across drive types, and robotic manipulation.
Sensing & Data AcquisitionMicro and meso-climate sensing in agricultural and urban settings.

Experience

Graduate Research Assistant

Center for Bits and Atoms, MIT

2026 – Present

Senior Project Technical Assistant

Embedded Real-Time Systems Lab, IIT Bombay

November 2023 – 2026

Research in autonomous navigation, robotic manipulation and agricultural automation, and electronics and firmware for the lab's research projects. For the e-Yantra Robotics Competition, I was theme developer and mentor for the Logistic coBot theme, and I mentored summer interns. See Robots and Projects with Interns.

Intern Electronics Engineer

Brose India Automotive

October 2022 – June 2023

Developed a low-cost, automotive-grade 3D dead reckoning system using multiple IMUs, an Xtensa 32-bit processor and GPS. I was responsible for the firmware and embedded side. Read more

Intern Electronics Engineer

Small Design

February 2022 – March 2022

Built a system to monitor an oxygen concentrator installed in an ambulance: oxygen flow rate and purity, plus the ambulance battery and inverter voltage and current. It logged all data and alerted the responsible person when anything went out of range. Read more

Intern Electronics Engineer

LinkedLoops Technologies

August 2021 – January 2022

Wrote firmware for communication between two ARM controllers, and interfaced a magnetometer with an STM32F401RE and LoRaWAN to transmit 3-axis magnetic data between boards. Developed firmware that detects the shape of objects from changes in the magnetic field.

Team Leader, Robotics Lab

Marathwada Mitra Mandal's College of Engineering, Pune

January 2020 – 2023

Three years in my college's robotics lab, leading the team in my final year. We built six robots, did student-level research in robotics and wireless communication, and won awards at the international ABU Robocon competition. See the robots

Web Development

Alongside my engineering work, I have built and maintain web applications for organisations I work with.

Vigyan AshramA responsive web app that handles all canteen transactions at Vigyan Ashram, Pabal, with a content management system. Built on MERN; 100+ active users.
NisargayanA responsive website with a content management system, which I maintain.
AurovilleBackend development on the Purnam Labs project with Elixir, Phoenix and AWS.

Education

Master's Student

Center for Bits and Atoms, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics & Telecommunication

Marathwada Mitra Mandal's College of Engineering, Pune

Savitribai Phule Pune University

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