Rishi Malhan
Ph.D. Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Advisor: Dr. Satyandra K. Gupta
Center for Advanced Manufacturing
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Roboticist with expertise in leveraging artificial intelligence for manipulator systems. Experienced with leading task and motion planning, robot learning, cell layout design, and human-robot interaction projects. Passionate about driving customer-focused, high-value, and scalable robotic solutions to enhance business performance and reduce labor costs.
My research focus is to realize smart robotic assistants through technological advances at the intersection of robotics and artificial intelligence. I have worked on projects that require building Robotic systems from the ground up. My expertise is diving deep into automation requirements and constraints, studying existing workflows, and making decisions like robot selection, cell setup, motion planner selection, and improving performance using machine learning algorithms. Research interests include motion planning, systems integration, computational geometry, machine learning, and large language models.