Laukik Bhalchandra Nakhwa

I am a final-year undergraduate student at BITS, Pilani pursuing a dual degree: a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering and a Master of Science in Biological Sciences. Currently, I am a Research Exchange student at the National University of Singapore (NUS), where I am working under Prof. Guillaume A SARTORETTI in the Multi-Agent Robotic Motion (MARMot) Lab My research focuses on deep reinforcement learning for robotics, with an emphasis on legged locomotion. I am particularly interested in developing robust learning-based control policies using imitation learning and curriculum learning to enable adaptive and efficient locomotion in diverse, unseen environments. My broader goal is to bridge the sim-to-real gap in deploying locomotion policies.

Additionally, I am also keen on exploring robot manipulation. My work has also included contributions to industrial projects focused on robotic manipulation, where I applied control strategies for practical use cases.

Previously I have worked with Prof. Kunal Korgaonkar on human pose detection and correction at the CSIS Robotics Lab. I have also worked with Prof. Meenal Kowshik on predicting Autoimmune diseases and exploring their genetic correlation using machine learning.

I have also interned at Pyrotech Electronics Pvt. Ltd. during summer in my sophomore year where i worked on the development of an E-Medical Kiosk for improving health dispensing to masses especially after the COVID19 pandemic.

My passion is applying theoretical advancements in the field of Learning to meaningful and impactful tasks. I find robotics as a direct way to do so and the visualization of the work sparks even more motivation and amazement for me. When I am not indulged in research, I love to play football, practice martial arts, and enjoy watching live sports.