Vinitha Ranganeni
Human-Robot Interaction Lead at Hello Robot Inc
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVinitha Ranganeni is a Human-Robot Interaction Lead at Hello Robot with a decade of experience building human-centric robotics software and leading real-world deployments of the Stretch platform. She holds a PhD and MS in Computer Science from the University of Washington (advised by Maya Cakmak) and a BS from Carnegie Mellon, blending rigorous HRI research with practical product engineering. At Hello Robot she progressed from intern to consultant to lead, driving technical development and user-centered testing to make robots accessible to people with diverse abilities in home environments. Her background includes research and industry internships at Microsoft and Aurora, reflecting strengths in motion planning, interaction design, and field evaluation. Known for translating academic HRI insights into production-grade systems, she focuses on making assistive robotics dependable and usable outside the lab.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of WashingtonBachelor of Science (BS), Information Systems, Bachelor of Science (BS), Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (23)
stretch9
simulation9
manipulator9
c-library9
cpp8
robot8
robot-control7
robotics7
python-bindings7
dart7
motion-planning6
ros6
pybullet5
dynamics5
python5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
hcrlab/stretch_teleop_interface
Apr 2023 - Oct 2023
Contributions:4 PRs, 161 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
vinitha910/vinitha910.github.io
Sep 2016 - Apr 2019
Contributions:2 PRs, 52 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 7 months
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