Tech Stack

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Experience

Robotics research, founding teams, and things that had to work in the physical world.

AI Platform Engineer, Founding Team

Drift

Antler-backed · AI copilot for robotics simulation

Feb 2026 — Present
  • Founding AI engineer on the natural-language layer: set up, debug, and run robot simulations conversationally across ROS2, Gazebo, and MuJoCo.
  • Built the 129-robot library catalog behind the /robots CLI command, with per-entry license verification against MuJoCo Menagerie and partner repos.
  • Built an automated CLI test pipeline — pexpect-driven interaction, vision-model analysis of Gazebo screenshots, and real queries sourced from robotics forums.
  • Shipped the internal EPS dashboard and regression CI on a two-week cycle; contributed to Drift Desktop (Tauri + React).
  • Traced a production Gazebo rendering freeze to gz-transport UDP multicast failing on Ubuntu 24.04 with an RTX 5070, and fixed it.
  • #5 Product of the Day at launch. Now used by thousands of robotics engineers.
Python
ROS2
C++
Docker
Linux
TypeScript

Research Intern

Carnegie Mellon University, Robotics Institute

Advised by Prof. Min Xu and Dr. Xiaolong Wu

May 2025 — Present
  • First author on two papers: robotic joint control when the motor can't deliver the commanded torque.
  • Constraint-aware discrete-time PID gain optimization — under review, IEEE Transactions on Robotics.
  • SCIG++, conformal safety filtering under adversarial input — under review, IEEE IROS. Demonstrated on a Franka Emika Panda.
  • Multi-modal SLAM path planning with a PID substructure.
Python
NumPy
MATLAB
ROS2
C++

Co-Founder & CEO

Twinly

Delaware C Corp · Z Fellows, Sept 2026 cohort

Mar 2026 — Present
  • Two-person company building an AI operator that executes real computer tasks for you — persistent memory, a personal CRM, and a locally cloned voice.
  • Architected the Identity Runtime: macOS accessibility APIs, browser DOM state, application state, and vision composed into one execution graph, falling back to pixel-level control only when no structured interface exists.
  • Launched the public macOS app in July 2026 — a 2,000+ person waitlist converted into a 100-user private beta, a 150-member Discord, and 2,700+ TikTok followers.
  • SwiftUI, Electron, Supabase, Stripe.
TypeScript
Next.js
Python
PostgreSQL
Docker

AI Robotics Engineer Intern

EV Bots, Inc.

Fleet charging with mobile robots

Jun 2025 — Dec 2025
  • Built the company's first working autonomous EV charging prototype — mechanical, electronics, controls.
  • CAD for an autonomous drone charging dock, aimed at swarm delivery fleets.
  • Work contributed to multiple provisional patents.
Python
C++
ROS2
Arduino
OpenCV

Engineering Intern

PteroLabs

Mission-grade UAV simulation

Aug 2025 — Mar 2026
  • Built a mission-grade UAV simulator in Unreal Engine with FPV racing, ML-driven mission planning, and object detection.
  • Performance-benchmarked it. Now used by the University of Pennsylvania for active research.
Unreal Engine
C++
Python
PyTorch
OpenCV

Software Development Intern

iPipeline

Enterprise insurance software

Jul 2025 — Aug 2025
  • Automation testing frameworks and AI-driven agents.
  • Internal tooling deployed org-wide.
Python
JavaScript
Docker
Git

Chief Technology Officer

Youth Publications & Socioeconomic Forum

UN MGCY-affiliated NGO

Mar 2025 — Apr 2026
  • AI literacy programs across 15+ countries for a 500+ member organisation.
  • Presented the work at UN conferences including HLPF and UNGA.
  • Owned curriculum, platform, and delivery.
React
Next.js
TypeScript
Firebase

Founder & Club President

American Rocketry Challenge

60+ member club

Jul 2023 — Jun 2026
  • Founded the club and grew it past 60 members.
  • Led CAD payload design, propulsion analysis, and launches.
Python
MATLAB

National Competitor

Technology Student Association

8 events at nationals

May 2024 — Jun 2025
  • Competed at the national level across 8 events.
  • Team captain for 6 of them; national finalist in 2.
  • Range ran from a React + blockchain carbon-trading app to a Betaflight FPV drone to a Meta Quest escape room.
React
Unity
C#
Python
C++

Team Captain, Lead Programmer & Driver

VEX Robotics

3x World Championship competitor

2019 — Feb 2025
  • Three-time VEX Worlds competitor.
  • Led CAD, C++/Python autonomous routines, PID tuning, and modular subsystems.
C++
Python
Arduino

Center Assistant

Kumon North America, Inc.

Where the teaching habit started

May 2022 — Dec 2022
  • Tutored students aged 4–16 in math and English.
  • Graded coursework and managed student records.

Publications

First author, both under review. Actuator saturation — when the motor can't do what the controller asked.

  1. [1]2026

    Constraint-Aware Discrete-Time PID Gain Optimization for Robotic Joint Control Under Actuator Saturation

    Ojasva Mishra (first author), with Prof. Min Xu and Dr. Xiaolong Wu

    IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO)Under review · arXiv preprint

    Tunes discrete-time PID gains with the actuator's saturation limit treated as a first-class constraint, rather than as something patched around after the controller is already designed.

    Read on arXiv
  2. [2]2026

    SCIG++: Risk-Limiting Conformal Safety Filtering for Attack-Resilient Robotic Joint Control Under Saturation

    Ojasva Mishra (first author), with Prof. Min Xu and Dr. Xiaolong Wu

    IEEE IROS 2026IEEE IROSUnder review

    Wraps the controller in a conformal safety filter with an explicit risk bound, so a joint stays inside its safe set even when the commands reaching it have been adversarially manipulated. Demonstrated on a Franka Emika Panda arm.

    Watch the Panda demo
  3. [3]2025

    Introduction to Robotics and Programming

    Ojasva Mishra

    SSRNPublished · open access

    A 120-page open-access robotics and programming textbook, written for students who can't reach the material any other way. Published through FusionBots and indexed on SSRN.

    Read on SSRN

Projects

Papers, products, and one robot that plugs a car in by itself.

Eight events · eight builds

↓ 5 documentation portfolios, open below

  • Aerospace · hardware

    Drone Challenge

    A Betaflight FPV drone engineered and tuned from scratch — custom CAD frame, wiring loom, and flight-controller tuning.

    ArduinoC++
    View my portfolio

  • Robotics

    Robotics

    An autonomous and drivable object-manipulating robot — chassis, manipulator, and autonomous routine, built on the floor.

    C++Arduino
    Built on-site, timed

  • XR · game engine

    VR Visualization

    A fully playable escape room built in Unity 6 for the Meta Quest — level design, interaction, and hand-tracked puzzles.

    UnityC#
    View my portfolio

  • Web · blockchain

    Software Development

    SAFMS — an AI/IoT web app modelling agroforestry carbon credits, land use, and live environmental telemetry, settling credit issuance on-chain.

    ReactJavaScript
    Open the live app

  • Environmental

    Engineering Design

    Nitrogen-capture domes using zeolites to cut agricultural emissions — materials selection, geometry, and capture modelling.

    Python
    View my portfolio

  • Games · art pipeline

    Video Game Design

    A tower defense game in Unity with C#, custom Blender models, and hand-drawn pixel art assets.

    UnityBlender
    View my portfolio

  • Controls

    Systems Control

    Autonomous control systems written on-site in Python and C++ against a clock, with no reference material.

    PythonC++
    Built on-site, timed

  • Systems design

    Board Game Design

    An original board game, designed and playtested end to end.

    Built on-site, timed

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