Himal Kooverjee

Managing technical relationships with robot manufacturers. Leading the team responsible for Robot Integration and Firmware Development; managing sprints and backlogs, and collaborating with Product Management on feature definitions. Member of the R&D Leadership team.

Core member of team that led the development of OnRobot's patented product D:PLOY from ideation; conducted market research, designed user journeys, and managed the initial UX/UI design phase. Established a new Agile R&D project structure, including planning, Jira adoption, and feature detailing with the Program Manager. Designed D:PLOY's software architecture, focusing on algorithms and remote robot control. As Technical Lead, managed the technical development across all teams, ensuring requirements, interfaces and coding standards were followed.

Developer for Eyes, a Computer Vision (CV) product. Engaged in Full-Stack development, including Camera Drivers, CV Algorithms, and Robot Applications. Served as lead developer for integrating Eyes in the OnRobot URCap. Member of the Robot Integration team, responsible for integrating products on the leading collaborative robot brands. Managed Robot Integration related activities in OnRobot's Aalborg R&D center.

Engineer responsible for adding and maintaining automation elements in BlueReality, a digital twin simulator built upon V-REP. Developed production-grade software across the distributed RAGNAR robot platform, including new CV algorithms and ensuring real-time data transfer between the components. Tested and fixed inconsistencies in the implementation of the Forward and Inverse Kinematics of the RAGNAR robot.

Designed and implemented a new control system for the RAGNAR robot to improve the robot's accuracy, as part of a team of student engineers. Improved the performance of the existing path planner by applying algorithms previously used during a group Master's project. Contributed to the operator-level web application; developed the UI rendering of the robot cell from BlueReality.

Designed the mechanical housing (CAD, FEA analysis) and electrical assembly (motor calculations and specifications, electrical wiring) of a new rotator assembly for an existing radar system to remove the limited rotation constraint. Designed and implemented a control algorithm for a Concentrated Solar Panel. Developed a handle assembly (CAD, ergonomic investigation, environmental considerations) for a handheld radar system used for surveying mines.

Dissertation: Design and implement a controller for a multi-link robotic manipulator that minimises the amount of energy spent to execute the trajectory of the robotic manipulator from one point to another in its workspace. Majors: Process Control & Instrumentation, Electrical Machines & Power Electronics, Mechatronic Design and Digital Electronics. Experience gained in electrical systems, mechanical systems, electronics, embedded systems, programming and robotics.