Karmanyaah Malhotra

Activities

Robotics Software Developer August 2023 -

VEXU Team GHOST IEEE RAS | UT Austin

Design robot controller interfaces and autonomous trajectories
Install camera-based object detection software on Linux and publish data to Robot Operating System (ROS)

OnBoard Ambassador June 2023 -

Hack Club

Reviewed $100 PCB grant applications for teens
Guided many students through their first PCB design and manufacturing process; provided support, ideas, and verification to advanced students.
Wrote a Microcontroller PCB design workshop: https://jams.hackclub.com/batch/sparkletilt-pcb

Team Lead 2022-23

Vex Robotics Competition High School

Architected a complex C++ program for coordinating subsystems in a real-time operating system
Analyzed camera inputs, gyroscopes, motor encoders, distance, and color sensors to extract useful information; Implemented autonomy algorithms to correct robot behavior.
Guided younger students with no previous robotics experience to be competition-ready through coding and mechanical design practice

C-AAM Turret Blaster Robot October 2023

HackTX Hackathon 1st Place (Candyland Champion)

Brought together a team that designed a 2-axis turret blaster to shoot aggie maroon objects using computer vision in 24 hours
Interfaced a laptop running OpenCV with an Arduino controlling stepper motors
Used a software defined radio (SDR) to receive audio from a handheld radio, transcribe voice to text, and decide whether to activate the turret
Videos and further information: devpost.com/software/c-aam-turret/

Longhorn LED Level PCB Summer 2023

Designed an ATmega328P-based, Arduino-compatible dev board, with inputs (accelerometer), outputs (Addressable LEDs), Li-ion charging, USB
Details and video: k.malhotra.cc/projects/2023/09/sparkletilt/
Skills: KiCAD, PCB Design, Sensors, Arduino, C++, manufacturing cost optimization

Hot Dog - A Programmable Flamethrower July 2023

Hack Club Outernet Hackathon

Rapidly prototyped and developed a pyrotechnic toy in 42 hours from ideation to demo
Collaborated with a team of 5 under time pressure to test various fuel dispensing mechanisms, user inputs, ignition, controls, and backup plans
Built and coded a safe, Arduino-controlled, battery powered, motor driver and HVAC source
Videos and further information: k.malhotra.cc/projects/2023/09/hotdog/