Summary
Naman Kumar is a robotics and AI engineer with 12 years of cross-industry experience building perception-driven systems for manufacturing, automotive, climate, agriculture and consumer robotics across the USA, UK and India. With a Master's in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon and a track record that spans startups (co‑founder and CTO of Flux Robotics) to industrial teams, he blends hands‑on perception, autonomy and systems engineering with product-focused leadership. He has led robotics programs for agricultural harvesting, inspection, logistics and autonomous driving, shipping real-world systems from prototype to production. Now based in London at Sunrise Robotics, he focuses on putting robotics and AI directly into operators' hands—a practical, human-centered approach informed by both field deployments and academic research. Notably, his career alternates between technical leadership roles and deep implementation work, reflecting an ability to scale solutions while staying close to code and hardware.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering at Punjab Engineering College
Masters in Robotics System Development Robotics and Automation, Masters in Robotics System Development Robotics and Automation at Carnegie Mellon University
English, Hindi