Balakumar Sundaralingam
Staff Research Scientist at NVIDIA
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolBalakumar Sundaralingam is a Staff Research Scientist at NVIDIA with 13 years of experience specializing in robotics, manipulation autonomy, and applied research in learning-based systems. He progressed from research assistant roles at the Utah Learning Lab into a multi-year research career at NVIDIA, moving from intern to research scientist, senior research scientist, and now staff scientist driving advanced robotics research. His Ph.D. in Computing (Robotics Track) from the University of Utah underpins a strong foundation in mechatronics and autonomy, complemented by a B.Tech. in Mechatronics. Balakumar blends academic rigor with industry impact, focusing on practical manipulation solutions that bridge simulation and real-world robot deployment. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he contributes to NVIDIA Research and maintains a public profile of his work, signaling a commitment to open dissemination and reproducible science. Beyond publications, his trajectory suggests a knack for translating complex control and learning ideas into scalable research prototypes.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
The University of UtahBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering at Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology and Research Academy
Github Skills (79)
robotics10
motion-planning10
stochastic9
simulation9
pytorch9
robot9
dynamics9
cuda9
kinematics8
aruco8
pose7
ros7
optimization7
animation7
ignition7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
NVlabs/curobo
Oct 2023 - Mar 2025
CUDA Accelerated Robot Library
Contributions:11 releases, 3 reviews, 25 PRs in 1 year 5 months
cudamotion-planningpytorchrobotics
balakumar-s/ROSpcl
May 2013 - Jun 2013
Contributions:27 commits in 11 days
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