Rakshith Bangalore — robotics solutions architect and robotics generalist for startups and businesses
Hands-on with real robots, across hardware and software.
Rakshith Bangalore was involved in starting a robotics programme at Nottingham Trent University. The work is hands-on: running demos, teleoperating the robots, building reinforcement learning pipelines, and reading and testing different methods to make humanoid robots work in industrial settings. Most of Rakshith's experience comes from work on real hardware.
Work with Rakshith
All services and questions →Starting a robotics programme
For a team that is starting a robotics programme, Rakshith can get hands-on from the first week: knowing what to prioritise, what to build first, and which demos help to win clients.
Simulation and RL pipelines
Simulation in Isaac Sim or MuJoCo, reinforcement learning pipelines, and tests of methods from current research on real robot hardware.
Demos and first pilots
Demos and teleoperation sessions for customers and partners, and help to scope a first pilot with a measurable end state.
The simulated hospital where robots train before they meet patients.
WardZero is an open platform, created by Rakshith, to develop and test robot solutions for hospitals. It provides a full simulated hospital with a surgical wing, two simulators, a safety layer and navigation. The reference robot is a Unitree G1 humanoid with two BrainCo Revo2 hands.
Intelligence
into machines
Profile
Rakshith is a robotics solutions architect and hands-on generalist. The experience covers humanoid robot R&D for PepsiCo, mobile manipulation for Walkers, medical robotics with an NHS Trust, robot simulation, and hardware and software product delivery.
Approach
A system rarely fails because of the model. It fails because of the parts around the model. Rakshith identifies the system before trusting it, on a humanoid actuator and in an AI product alike.
At a glance
- Involved in starting a robotics programme at Nottingham Trent University
- Humanoid R&D on Unitree H1-2 and G1
- Hardware and software, from BOM to ROS 2
The record
An open platform to develop and test hospital robots in simulation.
Current
AI-enabled full-stack software
AI · SaaS
An AI post-production platform. Post-production time decreased from four days to four hours.
Current
Portable podcasting solution
Hardware
A portable recording studio, from working prototype to its first production run.
Professional
Humanoid robotics
Industrial use cases on Unitree H1-2 and G1 humanoid robots for PepsiCo.
MEng · Award
Industry 4.0 mobile manipulator
UR-10
A UR-10 arm on an Omron LD250 mobile base with a SmartShift tool changer.
University
Laparoscopic surgery trainer
NHS
A compliant robotic mechanism that gives surgeons realistic force feedback.
University
Aircraft cabin lab
ERJ 145
An Embraer ERJ 145 converted into a flight-comfort research laboratory.
