About Me

Hello! I am Venkata Seetha Ram Mohan Thota, Currently working as a Volunteer Research Assistant at Battery Electric and Intelligent Vehicle Laboratory, Arizona State University. I hold a master’s degree in Robotics and Autonomous Systems from ASU, with a focus on robotics, autonomous systems, control systems, and vehicle dynamics. Highly skilled in Python, MATLAB, and C++. Ready to begin work immediately

Projects

Scenario based Testing of Autonomous Vehicles

Developed sceanrios and integrated them in CARLA-ROS-AUTOWARE bridge

  • Developed traffic scenario simulations in CARLA to validate AUTOWARE planning algorithms

  • Integrated a custom vehicle model and custom sensor kit into CARLA-ROS-AUTOWARE bridge pipeline.

  • Acquired knowledge of global safety standards ISO 26262, ISO 21448, ISO 34502, SAE J3016

Autonomous Vehicles ROS2 CARLA AUTOWARE Scenario Testing Simulation

Real-Time implementation of Signal Processing Algorithms

Programmed different kins of signal processing algorithms on a STM32 board

  • Implemented image processing algorithms on STM32F407 in C++ and assembly language (ARM v7).

  • Applied Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) to process an audio signal for vowel analysis on STM32F407 Board.

  • Gained experience in using communication protocols like SPI, I2C and UART to interface different sensors.

ASSEMBLY SPI I2C STM32 FFT Signal Processing

UR5 Cobot

Palletizing using Universal Robots UR5 Robot

  • Achieved certification in operating UR5 robot and tested the UR5 robot’s straightness and repeatability

  • Programmed the UR5 operating the teach pendant to palletization.

Offline Programming `UR5 Palletizing Cobot Robotics

Optical Flow

ROS-OpenCV optical flow system on Jetson Nano Mobile Robot

  • Designed Shi-Tomasi corner detector and Lucas-Kanade optical flow to track objects.

  • Integrated lidar (RPLIDAR- A1), camera (Astra Pro RGB-D), NVIDIA Jetson Nano on a mobile robot

Motion Planning ROS OpenCV Optical Flow Jetson Nano Mobile Robots

Sundevil Motorsports FSAE

Formula SAE Vehicle Modeling and Simulation

  • Designing a Formula SAE vehicle in VI-Grade’s VI-CarRealTime software

  • Simulating the vehicle dynamics and performance in Skidpad

VI-CarRealTime Vehicle Dynamics FSAE Simulation

Lane Centering of a vehicle after Tire Blowout

Simulated a tireblowout in MATLAB and controleld the vehicle withut crossing the lane

  • Implemented enhanced tire blowout model and observed effects in Simulink and CarSIM.

  • Co-simulated a Trust based control technique to safely steer a C-class hatchback vehicle to maintain its current lane after a tire blowout event in CarSIM and MATLAB.

CarSIM MATLAB Simulink Vehicle Dynamics Tire Blowout Trust Based Control

Contact

  • Address

    Tempe, Arizona
    United States

  • Phone

    +1-602-516-5892

  • Email

    vthota14@asu.edu