Sonali Deshpande
Robotics Engineer, Relay Robotics | ex Mayfield, GM, CMU
- Role
- Staff Robotics Software Engineer at Relay Robotics
- Location
- Santa Clara, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sonali Deshpande
I\'m a robotics expert specializing in autonomous navigation and applied machine learning for perception and state estimation of embodied AI. I have a proven record of shipping award-winning robotic products, leading the technical direction for perception and navigation stacks for large-scale fleets (>100 robots,>1.5M deployments), and taking complex systems from concept to production.
Experience
Staff Robotics Software Engineer
Oct 2024 — Present
Set technical direction for the navigation stack of a 100+ fleet of hotel and hospitaldelivery robots with over 1.5 million deliveriesImplemented deep learning based visual place recognition for mislocalization detectionImplemented object detection for improved navigation in dynamic environmentsDeveloped a novel framework for evaluating the autonomous navigation level of an indoor robot, inspired by the levels of automated driving framework for self-driving cars, published in The Robot Report
Education
Carnegie Mellon University
Master's Degree, Robotic Systems Development
2014 — 2015
Vellore Institute of Technology
Bachelor's Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
2010 — 2014
Skills
- C++
- Matlab
- Electrical Engineering
- Systems Engineering
- Arduino
- Autonomous Vehicles
- Team Management
- Ros
- Linux
- Robotics
- Pcb Design
- Project Management
- Opencv
- Team Leadership
- Computer Vision
Find verified contacts for anyone on LinkedIn
Unifers gives sales teams verified emails and direct dials, enriched profiles, and outreach that lands in the inbox.
Free plan included · No credit card required
This profile is compiled from publicly available professional sources. Unifers is not affiliated with or endorsed by LinkedIn. Request removal of this profile.