"I don't just write the control loops; I build the engines that fire."
| 🤖 Robotics & Mechatronics | 🔬 Applied Research & Simulation | 🌐 Systems, Data & Web |
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AgroBot-Autonomous-Transplanter |
Research-XAI-Robotics |
Automated-Waste-Segregation-System |
Heavy-Duty-Quadcopter |
Prarambh-1-Solid-Rocket-Motor |
Portfolio-Website |
4WD-Vision-Line-Follower |
IISER-Internship-Project |
IBM-SkillsBuild-Project |
Research-ATM-Emergency-Medical-System |
CODE-ROBO (Root Core) |
🔴 [EXPAND FILE] Design Patent: Automated Health Diagnostic Kiosk
Architecture: High-availability point-of-care biomedical Human-Machine Interface (HMI).
Objective: Engineered an ergonomic diagnostic enclosure integrating multi-vital acquisition (ECG, PPG, SpO2) and fail-safe clinical sample collection mechanisms under rigorous regulatory spatial guidelines.
🟡 [EXPAND FILE] Design Patent: Autonomous Agricultural Seedling Planter
Architecture: Synchronized Zero-Relative-Velocity Planar Dibbling Mechanism.
Objective: Engineered a structurally decoupled planting carriage that counter-translates against forward chassis travel, executing purely vertical penetration without horizontal furrow shearing, root-ball tear, or soil capillary destruction.
🔵 [EXPAND FILE] Research Publication (ICoRD '27 Target): Explainable AI
Title: Human-Centric Explainable AI (XAI) Framework for Adaptive Co-Bot Trajectories.
Core Contribution: Formulated an interpretable machine-learning supervisory layer that dynamically adapts collaborative manipulator speeds based on operator ergonomics and predictive occlusion risk, providing real-time visual decision trees over black-box outputs.
🟢 [EXPAND FILE] IISER Pune Research: Applied Machine Learning & Geophysics
Title: Machine Learning–Based Imaging of Subsurface Basement Structures from Gravity Anomaly Data.
Objective: Developed numerical forward-modeling algorithms and inversion pipelines using Python scientific computing libraries to reconstruct higher-order basement topographic profiles during a research internship.
Directing interdisciplinary student rocketry R&D with a focus on internal ballistics verification, structural composites, and telemetry data acquisition.
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Prarambh-1 Solid Rocket Motor: Completed 14 empirical static-fire test iterations evaluating KNSB propellant grain configurations, validating chamber pressure (
$P_c$ ) transients against theoretical OpenMotor simulations via a 24-bit strain-gauge DAQ. - Telemetry & DSP: Engineered Python and MATLAB digital signal processing pipelines utilizing Fast Fourier Transforms (FFT) and Butterworth low-pass filtering to isolate test-stand harmonics from raw thrust curves.
- AgroBot Field Platform: Dual-chassis field robot developed under the EPICS initiative (collaborating with Purdue University mentors) featuring RTK-GNSS, Cartographer SLAM, and a 10-state Error-State EKF.
- Industrial Sorting Conveyor: Electropneumatic segregation cell built with Siemens S7-1200 PLC logic, inductive/capacitive sensor arrays, and TIA Portal ladder routines developed in collaboration with Janatics India.
- Aerial & Ground Robotics: Tuned PID cascades for high-payload multirotor platforms and deployed OpenCV HSV color-space odometry pipelines on 4WD mobile chassis.
| Mechanical CAD & Multi-Physics | Robotics, Embedded & Industrial | Scientific Computing & Software |
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• SolidWorks CAD / FEA • Autodesk Fusion 360 • Ansys Workbench / Fluent • OpenMotor (Ballistics) • Rapid Prototyping (FDM / DFM) |
• ROS 2 (Humble) / Cartographer • Siemens TIA Portal (PLC) • STM32 & ESP32 Microcontrollers • RTK-GNSS & 2D/3D LiDAR • Altium Designer & KiCad |
• C++ (14/17) & Python 3 • MATLAB & Simulink • PyTorch (Explainable AI) • NumPy, SciPy & OpenCV • React, TypeScript & Vercel |
- Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS): Technical development of precision agricultural transplanters with Purdue University and inter-institutional mentorship across RSCOE and CHRIST (Deemed to be University).
- Industrial Competitions: Qualified finalist in the Janatics Automation Skill Challenge 2025; participant in the Bharatiya Antariksh Hackathon.
- Specialized Training Programs: Selected participant in the Siemens Industry Readiness Program focusing on advanced industrial automation, PLCs, and simulation workflows.
- Technical Expos & Symposiums: Active attendee across regional Automation Expos, Air Taxi & Advanced Air Mobility technical workshops, and national aerospace conventions.
- 🌐 Live Engineering Portfolio: harshal-gadekar.vercel.app
- 💼 Professional Network: LinkedIn Profile
- 📄 Research Identity: ORCID: 0009-0005-2456-4470
- 📧 Direct Transmission: harshalgadekar72@gmail.com