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Name Sumit Patidar
Professional Title Senior Robotics Engineer

Professional Summary

Robotics Engineer specializing in robot learning, manipulation, perception, and robotics software. Experienced in developing end-to-end autonomous robotic systems spanning imitation learning, 3D scene reconstruction, motion planning, and mechatronics. Passionate about translating research into robust real-world robotic systems through rapid prototyping and large-scale experimentation.

Experience

  • 2026 - Present

    Singapore

    Senior Robotics Engineer
    Dyson
    Developing perception and manipulation algorithms for next-generation autonomous robotic systems.
    • Developed large-scale 3D scene reconstruction and mapping pipelines using Gaussian Splatting
    • Designed robotic manipulation behaviors for articulated robotic arms
  • 2023 - 2025

    Singapore

    Robotics Engineer
    Dyson
    Contributed to robot learning, perception, motion planning, and robotics infrastructure for autonomous robotic systems.
    • Built scalable teleoperated data collection and evaluation infrastructure using Franka Panda and UR5 robots
    • Designed household manipulation tasks and collected 2,000+ demonstrations
    • Conducted 10,000+ robot trials for imitation learning using ACT and Diffusion Policies
    • Developed perception pipelines using Grounding DINO, Segment Anything (SAM), and indirect Time-of-Flight sensing
    • Developed ROS-based motion planning and behaviors for articulated robotic systems
    • Designed robotic mechanisms using CAD, embedded systems, 3D printing, and rapid prototyping
    • Presented robotics demonstrations to senior leadership and represented Dyson at outreach events

Education

  • 2019 - 2022

    Europe

    MSc ICT Innovation (Dual Degree)
    EIT Digital Master School
    Autonomous Systems
    • Merit Scholarship Recipient
    • {“Master’s Thesis”=>”In-Hand Manipulation via Constraint Exploitation and Wrist-Movements”}
  • 2015 - 2019

    India

    Bachelor of Technology
    Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
    Electrical Engineering
    • Institute Silver Medal
    • Semester Exchange at Technical University of Munich
    • MIT-IIT Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (Top 48 Participants)

Publications

  • 2024
    Hierarchical Diffusion Policy for Kinematics-Aware Multi-Task Robotic Manipulation
    CVPR
  • 2024
    Green Screen Augmentation Enables Scene Generalisation in Robotic Manipulation
    arXiv
  • 2023
    In-Hand Cube Reconfiguration Simplified
    IROS

Academic Service

Reviewer: CVPR 2026
Reviewer: NeurIPS 2026

Patents

Patent Pending: Co-inventor of a robotic floor-cleaning system.

Skills

Programming: Python, C++
Robotics: ROS 2, ROS 1, MoveIt, Nav2, MuJoCo, Gazebo, PyBullet
Robot Learning: PyTorch, Imitation Learning, Diffusion Policies, ACT, Reinforcement Learning
Perception: OpenCV, Grounding DINO, Segment Anything, Gaussian Splatting, 3D Reconstruction, Multi-view Geometry
Mechatronics: Fusion 360, Siemens NX, 3D Printing, Embedded Systems
Developer Tools: Git, Docker, Linux

Interests

Activities: Sports, Hiking, Travel, Reading