Featured Robotics Projects — Humanoid, Mobile Manipulation, Medical | Rakshith Bangalore
Project index · Robotics

Three projects, end to end.

The humanoid work is the professional programme. The other two are university builds scoped with industry, from a crisp-factory floor to the operating theatre. Click into any of the three for the film and the detail; the complete record sits one sheet deeper.

Doc no.
RB-PRJ-001
Title
Selected robotics projects
Drawn by
R. Bangalore
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Rakshith piloting the Unitree H1-2 humanoid on its gantry
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Professional R&D · PepsiCo

Humanoid robotics

Use-case programming on Unitree H1-2 and G1 humanoid systems: training neural policies for legged control and working the sim-to-real gap on real hardware, where a controller that behaves in simulation comes apart against a real actuator. Actuator identification, and the failure modes that only appear once a controller leaves simulation.

Platforms
Unitree H1-2 · Unitree G1
Stack
Neural policies for legged control
Focus
Sim-to-real gap · actuator identification
Legged control Neural policies Sim-to-real
02
MEng capstone · Award-winning

Industry 4.0 mobile manipulator

A Universal Robots UR-10 collaborative arm on an Omron LD250 autonomous base, inside a custom frame enclosing the power systems and robot controller, with a SmartShift tool changer for swapping end effectors. Scoped with a senior automation director in packaging at Walkers around the real workflow of their Leicester crisp factory: reloading seasoning onto the flavouring line, palletising packed cases, and running a leak-detection effector over the oil fryers.

Platform
UR-10 · Omron LD250 · SmartShift tool changer
Designed in
Fusion 360, physically integrated
Validation
Low-TRL, so pick-and-place proven on a conveyor rig
Mobile manipulation Tool changing Systems integration
03
University build · NHS Trust collaboration

Laparoscopic surgery trainer

Project manager on an eight-month, eight-person build of a next-generation trainer: a compliant robotic mechanism, designed and programmed to give surgeons realistic force feedback during practice. Modular so multiple incisions can be simulated, built from off-the-shelf parts to keep it affordable, with VR integration to put trainees under the pressure of a real theatre.

Role
Project manager · team of eight
Mechanism
Compliant · PID-controlled force feedback
Principles
Modular · affordable · VR-integrated
Medical robotics Force feedback Product design
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Thirteen more in the index.

Mars rovers, aircraft cabins, laser energy transmission, and the early builds that taught me to ship. Every project on record, in one table.

Website under construction — it will be updated with images and videos of my projects by the end of August 2026.

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