Vivek Mannava

BONN 53119 · GERMANY · vivekmannava@gmail.com

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Skills

Languages & Tools
Frameworks & SDK
  • ROS
  • ROS2
  • Rasa
  • Flutter
  • PyTorch

Experience

Software Development Intern

NEURA Robotics GmbH

Design of self modelling behavior trees for domestic service robots.

February 2024 - Present

Software developer - Part time

Ledlenser GmbH & Co. KG

Designed and implemented a modular testing tool in Python to improve the efficiency and flexibility of product quality testing.

August 2022 - January 2024

Programmer analyst trainee

Cognizant India

Part of back-end incident management and support team dealing with discrepancies in user information processing on IBM mainframes, for a USA-based health insurance client.

August 2020 - June 2021

Education

Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg

Master's in Autonomous systems
2021 - 2024

SCSVMV University

Bachelors's in Mechatronics
2017 - 2020

Nettur Technical Training Foundation

Diploma in Mechatronics
2014 - 2017

Projects

  • Safe Child Robot Natural Language Interaction

    Combining Whisper, Rasa, and GPT models to facilitate secure and unsupervised communication between children and robots. Specifically designed as an assistive tool for children with autism, who often show enhanced interaction with robots compared to human counterparts.

    GitHub Link
  • Planning system for b-it-bots @work robots

    The planning module for H-BRS b-it-bots robots, which participate in the @Work League of RoboCup and the German Open, implemented using the Unified Planning Framework.

    GitHub Link
  • Rasa for Lucy: Let's make Lucy Talk!

    Rasa interaction components, tailored for b-it-bots robot Lucy, specifically designed to handle the socially acceptable item delivery task variations in the RoboCup @Home league competitions.

    GitHub Link
  • Terminal Portfolio

    My portfolio elements presented in a Terminal interface made using JS

    GitHub Link
  • Nomad Transformer: My travel stories narrated by AI

    Travel blog app using Flutter, presenting my travels across Europe from the viewpoint of an AI companion. (On Hiatus)

    GitHub Link

Interests

When I'm not hanging out with robots, you'll find me on a culinary adventure, whipping up dishes from around the world or getting my bake on. I'm also a total bookworm and a bit of a travel junkie. As I say, summers are for Europe, and winters are for Christmas markets. When at home, I'm usually messing around with different programming frameworks, always cooking up some fun project to learn new stuff. It's a quirky mix, but hey, that's me!

Awards & Certifications

  • 1st Place - @work league, Robocup world championship - Bordeaux, France 2023
  • 1st Place - ERL Smart City Socially Acceptable Item Delivery, Through the Door challenges - Milton Keynes, UK 2023
  • 1st Place - @work league, Robocup German Open - Kassel, Germany 2024
  • Certified Associate in Python Programming (PCAP)