Gaurav Gupta

About Gaurav Gupta

I’m the co-founder of Black Coffee Robotics, where we build software for real-world robots — autonomous navigation, manipulation, teleop, and simulation-integrated QA.Over the past 6 years, I’ve led engineering and strategy across a range of projects: from autonomous floor cleaners and lawnmowers to dual-arm construction robots and ferries. We’ve worked with robotics teams across the U.S. and India, shipping deep-tech systems built on ROS2, motion planning, simulation, and scalable software infra.Beyond client work, we’re now exploring new tools to streamline how robotics software gets built and tested. We are helping teams cut dev cycles and surface failures faster. We’re always open to working with companies solving hard autonomy problems, and with talented engineers looking to work on things that ship.

Experience

1. Co-founder

   Black Coffee Robotics

   Feb 2019 — Present

   I lead technology and strategy at Black Coffee Robotics — a lean, engineering-led team building software for robots: autonomy stacks, motion planning, fleet systems, simulation-integrated QA, and teleoperation tools.We\'ve partnered with robotics companies across the U.S, Europe, Asia, and Australia to help them go from prototype to production, accelerating development, reducing testing overhead, and delivering robust systems that work in the field.Notable Work- Took a commercial autonomous floor-cleaning robot from concept to deployment. Handled navigation, SLAM, and system integration- Scaled a multi-robot warehouse sortation system from 0 to 120 robots in under a year- Led autonomy, safety, and fleet-level software development for heavy-duty robotic lawnmowers while supporting live demos and investor milestones- Built motion planning and teleoperation pipelines for dual-arm construction robots using MoveIt Pro and Isaac Sim- Established core team practices in hiring, documentation, and delivery enabling a high-trust, remote-first engineering culture- Currently developing simulation-based QA workflows to help robotics teams cut dev and test cycles by over 50%.We continue to offer hands-on engineering services while building scalable tools shaped by the challenges we\'ve solved in the field.

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

  BT-MT Dual Degree, Mechanical Engineering

  2011 — 2016

Skills

• Autodesk Software
• Calculus
• Html
• Linux
• Php
• C
• Programming
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office
• Autocad
• C++
• Machine Learning
• Css Javascript
• Matlab
• Windows
• Python
• Maple
• Java