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Rising senior at Georgia Tech, interested in embedded systems, and the intersection of AI and robotics.

  • Embedded systems
  • Machine learning
  • Systems design
Portrait of Maehul Bhandary

Work

Experience

MerlinTPS localization interface screenshot

Software Engineer Intern · 01/2026 - 07/2026

MerlinTPS

Building a one-device RF localization prototype using an RTL-SDR to sample public FM transmitters and visualize predicted receiver locations on an interactive map.

  • RTL-SDR
  • RF localization
  • Interactive mapping

Developing a hybrid fingerprint-assisted localization model that combines estimated RF fingerprint maps with GPS-tagged field samples, while also prototyping direction-finding workflows using DOA, RSSI, and dBm analysis.

Agile Locomotion and Manipulation Research Group simulation GIF

Researcher · 01/2026 - Present

Agile Locomotion & Manipulation Research Group

Porting ROS2 Humble packages from the previous quadruped stack into a humanoid MPC workspace, adapting OCS2 interfaces, messages, and build wiring for locomotion packages.

  • ROS2
  • Nav2
  • SLAM Toolbox

Building quadruped navigation and mapping workflows for the Unitree Go2 using waypoint goals, gap-based planning, lidar/depth inputs, and repeatable saved-map experiments.

Projects

Projects

Arliss-CanSat club project image

Autonomy · leadership

Arliss-CanSat Club Software Lead

Led software for autonomous navigation from payload release to target coordinates using a Kalman filter in C on a Raspberry Pi Pico W, fusing IMU and GPS data for heading estimation.

GT Marine Robotics autonomous torpedo project image

Underwater robotics

GT Marine Robotics Autonomous Torpedo

Enabled autonomous underwater ring navigation with YOLOv4-tiny object detection on a Raspberry Pi Zero, plus PWM motor control guided by visual reference markers.

Contact

Contact

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