Devesh Datwani

About me

Robotics engineer who's about AI products.

When the internet became a consumer commodity, many shared concerns about their jobs becoming redundant as a result. The same has been said for all revolutionary technologies and tools. And every time, they have generated more jobs than they ended. Anecdotes like these have been said a zillion times already. It's a bit cliché at this point.


I stand on the optimistic side.


My ML/software journey began with my passion for aviation, which led me to build RC planes in high school as a hobby and then pursue studies to be able to build autonomous aerial vehicles. In this pursuit, I studied computer vision, deep learning, autonomous navigation, fluid dynamics, robot perception, robot localisation, and then... NVIDIA and transformers happened, driving my curiosity further in deep learning-based perception systems.

With all my learnings, which are forever ongoing, of course, I am enjoying my full-stack AI product journey where I build, test, sell, and ship AI products. It is thrilling to explore what AI and readily available cloud GPU compute is empowering us/me to build. ClosetX and Timelight are the latest personal endeavours outside of my work life, wherein I try to leverage AI to build tools that enhance consumer experience in two different industries.

If you build autonomous vehicles or software that leverages AI-GenAI to enhance the user experience in fashion, real estate decor, insurance, strategy, or any other exciting space, feel free to reach out to me through my email for a coffee chat.

Education

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Masters of Science in Robotics Engineering
2021 - 2023
Worcester, MA, USA
Computer vision, Machine learning, Robot perception, Project management
University of Mumbai
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
2014 - 2018
Mumbai, MH, India
Machine design, Structured programming approach C/C++, Theory of machines, Operations research, Heat transfer, Fluid dynamics

Highlighted experiences

FyveBy
Senior Computer Vision Engineer
2026 - Present
Charlotte, NC, USA
Computer vision, Sensor fusion, 2D-3D tracking, Machine learning
Bolt6
Development & Operations Engineer
2023 - Present
Charlotte, NC, USA
Product development & operations, Kubernetes, AWS, Deep learning, Sensor fusion
Human Inspired Robotics Lab
Research Assistant
2023
Worcester, MA, USA
Augmented reality, Task affordance, Unity, Shared control
Nurturelabs
Software Developer Intern
2021
Remote
Django, FastAPI, Postgres, Python, Business lead generator
Air India Engineering Services
Intern
2017
Mumbai, MH, India
CFM-56, GE90, Engine overhaul, Operations, Non-invasive testing

Projects

Aerial Vehicles
Building heavier-than-air flying crafts
ClosetX
Microservices, Full stack deep learning, AWS
Fire Safety Evaluator
Lidar maps, PCA, Image processing, ROS, State machine
Deep Segmentation with Attention
UNet, PyTorch, CUDA
Fine-Tuning YOLO for Traffic Sign Detection
TensorFlow, Data augmentation, Object detection, Pre-training
Trends on the Map
Flask, MySQL, Twitter API, AWS, RESTful API
Structure from Motion
PnP, RANSAC, Epipolar geometry, 3D triangulation
Occupancy Grids with Bayesian Algorithm
Log odds, Voxel filtering, SLAM
Image Stitching with Deep Homography Network & Closed-Form RANSAC
RANSAC, Harris corner detection, Deep learning
Airflow Induction with Plasma Actuators
Ion thruster, Corona discharge, Flow control, Dielectric barrier discharge
Deep Pose Estimation with Cascaded Convolution Neural Networks
Cascaded VGG16, Regression model, Keypoint estimation