Venkatesh Pattabiraman
Hi! I’m a researcher at the General Purpose Robotics and AI Lab (GRAIL) at 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 current focus is on themes such as Multimodal Representation Learning and Neuro-inspired Robot Locomotion.
I obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indore, where I explored research themes such as Dexterous Robot Hands, Mechanical Biomimicry and Soft Robotics, at the Mechatronics & Instrumentation Lab where I was supervised by Prof. I.A. Palani.
Other exploratory learning experiences of mine 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 and with Prof. Chen Feng on Visual SLAM (vSLAM) and 3D Reconstruction.
In my spare time, I enjoy music, tennis and reading.