[ OK ] Starting portfolio.service...

[ OK ] Loading modules: driving-controls, motion-planning, state-estimation

[ OK ] Mounting /dev/symbotic-fleet (1,000+ robots online)...

[ OK ] Initializing Behavior Tree control nodes...

[ OK ] All systems operational.

root@apurva:~$ ./welcome.sh

Apurvakumar Jani

Senior Robotics Software Engineer @ Symbotic

Architecting autonomous driving controls, state estimators, and motion planners for 1,000+ warehouse robots.

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apurva@symbotic-fleet

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OS: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy)

Role: Senior Robotics Software Engineer

Shell: C++, Python, Bash, MATLAB

DE: ROS2 + Gazebo

AI & LLM: Gemini API, LangChain, PyTorch

VLA Models: ROS2-LLM Task Planner Bridge

Uptime: 8+ years in robotics engineering

Packages: Behavior Trees, Kalman/Particle Filters, CANopen, LiDAR

Education: MS in Mechatronics & Control, UB (GPA 3.9)

Core Target: 1,000+ autonomous warehouse robots

$ ./prompt_robot.sh

// Interactive Prompt-to-Action Robot Planner

Select a high-level natural language command below to see how a Vision-Language-Action (VLA) agent translates human intent into ROS2 actuator trajectories:

Select Command:

// Click [Run] to execute command planner...

$ apt list --installed

Driving Controls & Planning

Driving Control Algorithms Motion Planning Trajectory Generation Behavior Trees ROS / ROS2 Gazebo Simulation

Estimation & Protocols

Kalman Filters Particle Filters State Estimation CAN / CANopen LiDAR Collision Avoidance Sensors Integration

AI, Languages & Tools

LLM Task Planning VLA Models C++ / Python PyTorch MATLAB / Simulink Linux / Shell

Methodology & Architecture

Microservices Abstraction Software-Defined Robots Scrum Master (PSM1) Root Cause Analysis Mechatronics R&D

> Recent Publications

IEEE SMC 2020

Using Physiological Measurements to Analyze the Tactical Decisions in Human Swarm Teams

IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics

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IEEE MRS 2021

Learning Robot Swarm Tactics over Complex Adversarial Environments

IEEE Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent System

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$ git log --oneline

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Jun 2025 – Present

Senior Robotics Software Engineer @ Symbotic

Owning end-to-end driving control and LiDAR collision detection architecture across 1,000+ robots.

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Oct 2021 – Jun 2025

Advanced Software Engineer — Robotics Controls @ Symbotic

Developed control software (C++/ROS2), built configurable microservices, halved downtime.

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Mar 2021 – Oct 2021

Robotics Test Engineer @ Symbotic

Wrote test setups in C++/Python, ran simulations in Gazebo.

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Dec 2018 – Mar 2021

Robotics Researcher @ HILS Lab, UB

DARPA OFFSET multi-robot controls, PyBullet environments, designed variable stiffness gripper.

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Jul 2016 – Jul 2018

Design R&D Engineer @ TATA Technologies

Siemens PLC ladder logic systems, component integration testing.