Venkatesh Pattabiraman

Hi! I’m a researcher at the Generalizable Robotics and AI Lab (GRAIL) within NYU’s CILVR Group, fortunate to be advised by Prof. Lerrel Pinto.

Currently in my second year pursuing a Master’s degree in Robotics at NYU, my primary focus is at the intersection of Core Robotics and Reinforcement Learning, with a current focus on Neuroscience-inspired Robotic Locomotion.

Prior, I worked with Prof. Chen Feng on Visual SLAM (vSLAM) and 3D Reconstruction. I obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indore, where I explored research themes such as Humanoid Manipulators, Mechanical Biomimicry and Soft Robotics, at the Mechatronics & Instrumentation Lab where I was supervised by Prof. I.A. Palani.

My selected prior internships include working on Flexible Robotics at the Mechanics and Computation Lab at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore with Prof. Ramsharan Rangarajan, and on Intelligent Mobility at FEV.

In my spare time, I enjoy music, tennis and reading.