Profile

Samkit Parak

Mechanical engineering · Robotics · Autonomous systems · Computer vision

Karlsruhe, Germany
paraksamkit@gmail.com
github.com/samkitparak

Direction

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering (International) student at KIT, building hands-on experience across robot mechanics, perception and industrial systems. I currently contribute to Lucy at KAIRA and want to move toward physical AI as the platform develops.

Experience

Starting Oct 2026

Robotics & Computer Vision Intern · Schmiede.one

Agricultural robotics · GRIMME group

Joining Schmiede.one in October to work on robotics and computer vision for agricultural systems.

Aug 2026 — now

Robotics Member · KAIRA

Lucy · Mechanical development · Karlsruhe

I joined the team building Lucy, an ape-inspired robot, and a broader robotics development platform. I’m currently working on the mechanical side.

Apr 2025 — Jul 2026

Student Assistant · wbk Institute for Production Science

SFB 1574, Project B01 · KIT

Developed an autonomous robotic inspection workflow around a UR5e and an end-effector-mounted RGB-D camera. My focus spanned ROS 2 integration, TF2 geometry, object detection, depth analysis and system-level debugging. The role concluded when the project’s available budget ended.

May — Aug 2023

Research Intern · K-Lite Industries

Product design · Chennai

Designed lighting fixture components in Fusion 360 and PTC Creo, worked with design-for-manufacturing constraints, and supported thermal analysis, prototyping and quality testing.

Jun — Dec 2022

Data Engineering Intern · Minfy Technologies

Python and data systems · Hyderabad

Built Python workflows for processing and validating cloud datasets. The experience gave me an early understanding of how small data-quality problems compound inside larger systems.

Capabilities

Robotics & autonomy

ROS 2 · TF2 · SLAM · MoveIt 2 · Sensor integration · UR5e · Motion planning · Robot perception

Computer vision & AI

YOLOv8 · OpenCV · RGB-D perception · Object detection · Depth sensing · Model training · Dataset labelling · PyTorch

Programming & integration

Python · C++ · Git · Linux · REST APIs · MQTT · URDF / Xacro · Testing & debugging

Mechanical & production

Manufacturing systems · Production science · Industrial automation · CAD & DFM · Industry 4.0 · Digital twins · MES concepts · OEE concepts

Education & languages

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering (International)

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology · 2024 — present

English (fluent) · Hindi (native) · German (A2, in progress) · Spanish (basic)