Abhishek Padalkar
Senior Research Engineer - Reinforcement Learning at ANYbotics
Zürich Metropolitan Area Switzerland
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Top SchoolAbhishek Padalkar is a senior research engineer specializing in reinforcement learning for robotics, with nine years of experience spanning research and industry roles in Germany. He earned an MS in Autonomous Systems and is pursuing a PhD at KIT on safe reinforcement learning for robots, bringing deep expertise in safety-critical learning for real-world platforms. After contributing to applied robotics at Fraunhofer and Magazino, he spent six years as a roboticist at the German Aerospace Center before joining ANYbotics to focus on deploying RL solutions in fielded systems. Abhishek combines rigorous academic research with hands-on system integration, often bridging simulation and hardware testing—an asset for teams translating cutting-edge algorithms into reliable robot behavior. Based in Munich, he brings both the experimental mindset of a researcher and the delivery focus of an engineer.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Autonomous Systems, Master of Science - MS, Autonomous Systems at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied SciencesDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Safe Reinforcement Learning for Robots, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Safe Reinforcement Learning for Robots at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electronics and Telecommunication, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electronics and Telecommunication at Vishwakarma Institute Of Technology
Github Skills (17)
opencv10
camera-calibration10
python10
aruco10
ros9
robotics8
driver4
urdf4
simulation2
pcl2
configurations2
point-cloud2
mongodb2
robocup2
mercury1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
abhishekpadalkar/camera_calibration
Jan 2018 - Jan 2020
Code and resources for camera calibration using arUco markers and opencv
Contributions:10 commits, 7 PRs, 7 pushes in 2 years
arucocamera-calibrationaruco-markersaruco-boardpython
abakisita/kuka_lwr_fri_library
Oct 2019 - Feb 2020
ROS 2 library for KUKA LWR4 FRI interface
Contributions:9 commits, 2 PRs, 5 pushes in 3 months
ros
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