Arjo Chakravarty
Software Engineer at Intrinsic
Singapore
Summary
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Top SchoolArjo Chakravarty is a versatile software engineer with 13 years of experience specializing in robotics, simulation, and backend systems, currently building robotics software at Alphabet’s Intrinsic after the acquisition of Open Robotics' team. He brings deep hands-on expertise in physics simulation and controllers—demonstrated by contributions to the widely used gz-sim Gazebo simulator, including velocity-enabled joint controllers and a buoyancy engine—alongside strong attention to code quality. His background spans industry and research: robotics product development (autonomous surface vessels), eBPF-based performance tooling at PayPal, part-time work on quantum-safe communications and cubesat firmware, and ongoing PhD research at SUTD. A former firefighter who led IT improvements and built an award-winning ambulance queuing system, he combines operational discipline with creative engineering. Fluent across multiple languages and systems, he enjoys turning complex physical systems into reliable software.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering at National University of Singapore
English, Spanish, Chinese, Bengali
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Github Skills (15)
simulations10
simulation10
robotics10
c-language10
cpp10
physics10
gazebosim10
cprogramming-language10
robot-simulator10
gazebo-simulator10
ajax6
gwt6
javascript6
interpreter6
datatable6
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
gazebosim/gz-sim
Sep 2021 - Jan 2023
Open source robotics simulator. The latest version of Gazebo.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:483 reviews, 94 commits, 152 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Arjo primarily contributed to the `gz-sim` repository by enhancing the `JointPositionController` system. Their work involved adding velocity control functionalities to the controller, enabling more precise joint positioning. The user also implemented a buoyancy engine, including improvements and fixes, indicating expertise in physics simulation and system design within the robotics domain. Furthermore, they addressed code quality through code checks, demonstrating attention to detail and code maintainability.
roboticsignition-gazeboignition-roboticsgraphical-interfaceignition-libraries
arjo129/rustros_tf
Apr 2020 - Jul 2022
A port of ROS's TF library to rust
Contributions:1 release, 26 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 3 months
rosrustros-tf-libraryrustros-tfubuntu
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