Thejesh Reddy
Research Engineer (PhD Research – Incomplete)
Bengaluru
Summary
Robotics and research background with industry experience, interested in building work around sustainable agriculture, food systems, and real-world impact.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
Research Engineer (PhD Student - Incomplete)
John Deere Research
01.2021 - 02.2023
- As a researcher at John Deere, my responsibilities include project management and participation in interdisciplinary research within a publicly funded project. - "Nachhaltige Landwirtschaft Mit KI".
- My role involved deriving user stories and application scenarios based on the requirements of stakeholders. The primary focus was to explore the utilization of autonomous/semi-autonomous vehicles for row guidance (AutoTrac Vision 2.0) and broadcast precision spraying applications.
- Collaborated closely with research partners from RPTU, DFKI and Fraunhofer to consolidate research findings and played a pivotal role in achieving project objectives.
- It also involved summarizing and documenting research findings, considering the perspective of the OEM among our research partners.
- Additionally, conducted extensive research on the utilization of a robot prototype (ROS/ROS2) for phenotyping, data collection, and evaluation of sensor(s) positioning in agricultural applications.
- Tools: [ROS/ROS2, JIRA, Microsoft Visio]
- Skills: Product Development, Research, Leadership, Data analytics, Simulation Modeling, 3D Modeling, Robotics and AI
- John Deere Research [European Technology Innovation Center]
Master Thesis
John Deere Research and RPTU Kaiserslautern
11.2019 - 12.2020
- Title: "Evaluation of Virtual Environments and Architectures for Highly Automated Agricultural Machinery Using Machine Learning Methods"
- Design and development of real-time simulation environments from scratch for highly automated agricultural vehicles.
- Planning, designing, and developing real-world 3D models and AG vehicles in the Unreal Engine while concurrently integrating the ROS framework.
- Explored and evaluated advanced object detection algorithms (SSD, Faster-RCNN, YOLO) before implementing the YOLO in both simulation and real-world scenarios, utilizing synthetic data for training.
- Conducted real-world experiments to evaluate the effectiveness of synthetic data in agricultural contexts.
- Tools: [Python, CNNs, OpenCV, Pillow, Keras, TensorFlow, Unreal Engine 4, Blender, ROS und GIT]
Student Research Assistant
Fraunhofer IPA
01.2019 - 10.2019
- Developed and executed test cases to validate perception algorithms within ROS for the healthcare robot, specifically the Care-o-Bot-4.
- Created Behavioral Trees and conducted testing within the Groot GUI.
- Designed and implemented US sensor drivers and integrated them into the existing ROS framework of Care-O-Bot-4.
- Tools: [ROS, Python, C++, Qt, GIT, Groot]
Industrial Project Work (Projektarbeit)
Continental AG
06.2018 - 12.2018
- Developed and integrated Linear Drive interface tool with GUI into an anechoic radar chamber for design verification of radar sensors.
- Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE): Performed verification and validation of radar sensor functional software in Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) workbench environments, ensuring compliance with requirements documented in DOORS.
- Tools: [Vector Canoe, DOORS, MATLAB/Simulink, GIT]
Catalog Associate (German)
amazon.de
09.2015 - 05.2016
- Creating/fixing content for the product catalogues on the amazon.de product site
- Interacting and coordination with vendors, warehouse specialists
- Analyzing, identifying and correcting errors that negatively impact customer experience in the product page.
Education
Classical Hatha Yoga -
Isha Foundation
Coimbatore 04.2001 -
M.Sc. Interdisciplinary Masters - Robotics, Automotive Software Engineering, ADAS, Autonomous Systems, Psychology
RPTU Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern12-2020
Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering - undefined
Anna University
Chennai07-2015
Skills
Programming in Python, C/C, and MATLAB/Simulink
Experience with AutoCAD, Fusion360, ROS/ROS2, Unreal Engine, and Blender
Certification
Self Driving Car Nanodegree
Interests
Artificial Intelligence, Sustainability, Football, Robotics
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
- Recognized as a high-potential candidate and nominated for the Students @ John Deere Students Program (2021)
- Founded and led a team to develop an RC Autonomous Driving Car platform at RPTU (1:10 scale)
Timeline
Self Driving Car Nanodegree
10-2022
Machine Learning - Specialization
09-2022
Research Engineer (PhD Student - Incomplete)
John Deere Research
01.2021 - 02.2023
Master Thesis
John Deere Research and RPTU Kaiserslautern
11.2019 - 12.2020
Student Research Assistant
Fraunhofer IPA
01.2019 - 10.2019
Industrial Project Work (Projektarbeit)
Continental AG
06.2018 - 12.2018
Intro to Self-Driving Cars
03-2017
Catalog Associate (German)
amazon.de
09.2015 - 05.2016
Classical Hatha Yoga -
Isha Foundation
04.2001 -
Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering - undefined
Anna University
M.Sc. Interdisciplinary Masters - Robotics, Automotive Software Engineering, ADAS, Autonomous Systems, Psychology
RPTU Kaiserslautern