Snehal Dikhale
Research Engineer II at Honda Research Institute USA, Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolSnehal Dikhale is a research engineer specializing in robotic manipulation and tactile perception, currently advancing haptic understanding for robotic hands at Honda Research Institute USA. With seven years of experience and a Master’s in Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, she blends rigorous academic training with hands-on research delivering perception-driven manipulation systems. Her work spans sensor integration, embedded systems, and algorithms that let robots interpret touch—an often-overlooked modality in manipulation research. Prior roles include graduate research and teaching, where she mentored students and led labs on embedded computing and signal processing, demonstrating a knack for translating theory into practical skills. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she combines industry-scale research with a history of outreach, having taught high-school students Python, CAD, and 3D-printed gripper assembly. Colleagues describe her as a pragmatic experimentalist who pairs careful measurement with creative solutions to make robots feel their environment.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, A, Master's degree, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, A at Worcester Polytechnic InstituteBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, 1st class with Distinction, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, 1st class with Distinction at Pune Institute of Computer Technology
Marathi, Hindi, English, German
Github Skills (32)
grasp10
iterative9
moveit8
fusion8
siggraph8
gazebosim8
pose7
ignition7
robot7
urdf7
robotics-simulation6
dex6
ros6
webots6
simulation6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
SnehalDikhale/panda_simulation
Apr 2020 - Aug 2020
Franka Emika Panda Robot Simulation Environment (Gazebo + Moveit!)
Contributions:34 commits, 1 PR, 33 pushes in 4 months
gazeborobot-simulationroboticsrobotics-simulationfranka
SnehalD14/Building_Energy_Prediction
Dec 2019 - Jun 2020
Contributions:152 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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