Naveen Kuppuswamy
Sr. Research Scientist & Robot Data Lead At Toyota Research Institute
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolNaveen Kuppuswamy is a senior research scientist and robot data lead at Toyota Research Institute with 11 years of experience building perception, control, and tactile systems that enable robust robot manipulation in real homes. He leads tactile perception and soft-robotics efforts, blending simulation-driven research with practical deployment and data pipelines. A core contributor to the widely used Drake robotics library, he has added novel optimization problems and test automation in C++, underscoring his strengths in model-based design and verification. His background spans state estimation, impedance control, and trajectory optimization from PhD work through postdoctoral research in Europe and collaborations with top labs. Based in Cambridge, MA, he pairs deep academic training in AI and control with hands-on engineering across open-source projects and real-world robot platforms. An interesting thread through his career is translating dimensionality-reduction and biomechanics insights into control algorithms for both legged and manipulation systems.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
B.E. Instrumentation and Control Engineering, B.E. Instrumentation and Control Engineering at Anna University ChennaiPhD Artificial Intelligence, PhD Artificial Intelligence at University of ZurichMaster of Science (MS) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Master of Science (MS) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
German, Korean, Hindi, Tamil, Italian, English
Github Skills (6)
solver10
googletest10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
optimization10
robotics9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
RobotLocomotion/drake
Jun 2016 - Jul 2019
Model-based design and verification for robotics.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:3 reviews, 151 commits, 128 PRs in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Naveen contributed new optimization problems to the Drake solvers library. These were written and tested using C++ and GoogleTest. The changes included creating and testing new optimization problems to be solved by different solvers in the Drake framework. The user also performed minor whitespace fixes in the code.
model-basedmodel-based-designroboticsdrakeverification
naveenoid/drake
May 2016 - Feb 2023
A planning, control, and analysis toolbox for nonlinear dynamical systems. More info at
Contributions:2 PRs, 818 pushes, 237 branches in 6 years 9 months
crosswordstructural-engineeringnonlineartoolboxdynamical-systems
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