About Me
I am an MS student at the New York University (NYU), Tandon School of Engineering, with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) pursuing a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. Prior to joining NYU Tandon, I received my bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), India.
My research interests include robot perception, locomotion, and manipulation. Additionally, I am interested in artificial intelligence and its potential applications in robotics.
EDUCATION
2021 - Exp. 2023
New York University (NYU)
Master of Science (MS)
Electrical Engineering
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Brooklyn, USA
2017 - 2021
Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT)
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech)
Electronics and Communication Engineering
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Manipal, India
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Conference:
[1] Pratyaksh P. Rao, S. P. Rao and R. Ranjan, ”Deep Learning Based Smart Garbage Monitoring System,” 2020 Third International Conference on Multimedia Processing, Communication Information Technology (MPCIT), Shivamogga, India, 2020, pp. 77-81
Submitted for Publication:
[1] Pratyaksh P. Rao, Abhra Roy Chowdhury, ”Learning to Listen and Move: An Implementation of Audio-Aware Navigation in Complex Indoor Environment,” 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2022 (Accepted).
Late Breaking Result Poster:
[1] Pratyaksh P. Rao, Kaustubh Joshi , Abhra Roy Chowdhury, ”Deep Audio-Visual Learning Based Action-Prediction in a Human-Robot Coordinated Task,” 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (IROS 2021), Prague, Czech Republic (online) (Accepted)