Yash Surve

Developed trigonometric inverse kinematics (IK) and gait-sequencing firmware in C++ for an 8-DOF quadruped robot ("Sesame"), enabling balanced omnidirectional locomotion. Engineered a 5-DOF robotic hand actuated by servo linkages; integrated Python MediaPipe hand-tracking with ESP32 via Wi-Fi/UDP to achieve real-time low-latency teleoperation. Modeled modular robot chassis in Autodesk Fusion 360 and integrated multi-sensor IoT arrays with ESP8266/ESP32.

R&D Engineering Intern - Botmakers Pvt. Ltd. - Pune, Maharashtra

(2025-11 - 2026-02)

• Developed trigonometric inverse kinematics (IK) and gait-sequencing firmware in C++ for an 8-DOF quadruped robot ("Sesame"), enabling balanced omnidirectional locomotion.
• Engineered a 5-DOF robotic hand actuated by servo linkages; integrated Python MediaPipe hand-tracking with ESP32 via Wi-Fi/UDP to achieve real-time low-latency teleoperation.
• Modeled modular robot chassis in Autodesk Fusion 360 and integrated multi-sensor IoT arrays with ESP8266/ESP32.
• Co-facilitated hands-on robotics workshops for 100+ students at PCCOE Akurdi and IIT Bombay Techfest.

AI Intern - Personifwy (Artificial Intelligence Division) - Bengaluru, Karnataka (Remote)

(2025-07 - 2025-09)

• Built automated preprocessing and feature-extraction pipelines using OpenCV and CNN architectures for landmark detection.
• Developed and evaluated TensorFlow object detection models, benchmarking inference latency across test datasets.
• Collaborated in a 3-member team on dataset versioning, experiment tracking, and model packaging for edge deployment.

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Automation & Robotics - MES Wadia College of Engineering, SPPU (2023 - 2027)

HSC (Class 12, Science) - ASM Junior College (2021 - 2023)

SSC (Class 10) - SPG International Public School (2009 - 2021)