Raunaq Bhirangi is a robotics and AI founder with 11 years of experience, currently building a stealth AI/robotics startup in New York. He holds a PhD from Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute and transitioned from a postdoc at NYU to industry impact as a Visiting Researcher at Meta FAIR, where he helped pioneer tactile sensing efforts (ReSkin). His work sits at the intersection of machine learning, sensing, and robotic control, blending rigorous academic research with product-minded execution. Comfortable moving between labs and startups, he has repeatedly translated tactile and perception research into real-world systems and strategic visions for new hardware-software platforms.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Doctor of Philosophy, Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy, Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University
Contributions:40 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
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