Hi, I’m Lovesh

PhD Scholar @ IIT Madras

I am a PhD scholar at IIT Madras in the Aerospace Engineering department, specializing in flight dynamics and control. I completed my Bachelor's in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Nagpur. My primary interest lies in control systems, particularly those in aerial platforms. I am excited to deepen my understanding of these fields. I have been involved in purposeful projects that combine control theory with the automation of aerial systems and computer vision. I am looking forward to connecting with people working in similar domains. Let's collaborate and bring innovative ideas to reality!

Work Experience

Endure Air systems

Flight Control Intern

📅 Oct - Dec 2023 📍 Noida, India

Developed a Python script to seamlessly transform binary log files into easily readable text format using MavLink.

Systematically retrieved Acceleration data from the IMU on the flight controller and generated illustrative graphs to facilitate comprehensive analysis.

Technical University of Munich

Research Intern

📅 May - July 2023 📍 Munich, Germany

Aimed to investigate underwater propulsion approaches for novel unconventional aerial-aquatic robots, intended for environmental sampling tasks.

Proposed and implemented mechanical design improvements for tilt-rotor tri-copter plane including autopilot configuration.

VECROS

Robotics Software Intern

📅 May 2022 - July 2022 📍 IIT Delhi, India

Developed a custom mode and a MAVlink message in ArduPilot to trigger the instructions sent to the drone

Programmed a drone in python using dronekit and simulated in Mission Planner SITL.

IvLabs, VNIT

Summer research Intern

📅 July - Nov 2021 📍 Nagpur, India

Aimed to build a Stylus Controlled Snake Game and to get well versed with the basics of Computer Vision.

Modeled a method to discern the direction of hand movement and built a complete Stylus Controlled Snake game.

Projects

Model-Based Control and State Estimation for Quadruple Tank Process

Developed Kalman and Particle Filters for state estimation and Model Predictive Control (MPC) algorithms in MATLAB, including both constrained and unconstrained cases

Multi-UAV path planning for urban air mobility

Aimed to design an efficient algorithm that entails the intricate task of ensuring collision-free paths for multiple drones operating within the same airspace, all while minimizing time and cost.

Tethered Aerial Vehicle for Blind Navigation

Aimed to control a tethered aerial vehicle to assist a blind person by approximating the system as a damped spring-mass system and implemented human state aware controller.

Inverted Pendulum

Aimed to stabilize the inverted pendulum in an upright position by implementing PID and LQR controllers and compared the results from both

Robust QuadCopter Control

Modeled a quadcopter capable of dynamic maneuvers Implemented PD controller in 2D and 3D for various trajectories Achieved Minimum snap trajectory for quadrotor given the desired waypoints

Stylus Controlled Snake Game

Aimed to create a fully fledged snake game controlled by a stylus Implemented HSV Backprojection for detecting a dynamically coloured stylus and determining its direction of movement.

WayFinder

Aimed to address the navigation challenges faced by cyclists and bikers in a safer manner compared to using mobile phones. It does not require any custom application as it uses exisiting voice packs.