Shivam Walia

Incoming Winter 2026, developing ROS 2 software, depth camera-based SLAM algorithms and hardware systems for autonomous caregiving robots.

Developed payload devices mounted to DJI drones for wildfire byproduct monitoring. All designs made open source, utilized by Sawback Technologies and more.

Developing autonomous vehicle systems. Working on the ROS code for a miniature F1 car (F1TENTH) enabling simultaneous processing of sensor data from cameras, LiDAR, IMUs, and odometers. Recently designing a reinforcement learning training policy to teach a humanoid hand to grasp objects.