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Lead Research Engineer · Kosha Labs · Bengaluru, India

Ashok Kumar Chaudhary

Lead Research Engineer at Kosha Labs, building high-quality multimodal data pipelines for robotics. Previously real-time middleware, teleoperation and telemetry at General Autonomy. IIT Kanpur alumnus.

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## Projects

// Low-latency C++/Python pub-sub middleware, high-throughput WebGPU telemetry, and bionic hardware teleoperation.

[ga-msg]

name = "GA-MSG : High-Bandwidth Pub-Sub Middleware"

year = 2024

desc = """

Lightweight C++/Python ROS replacement using ZeroMQ, gRPC, and shared-memory transport for sub-80 µs latency streaming across drone and ground robot fleets.

"""

highlights = [

"Zero-copy shared memory transports",

"MAVLink drone bridge & Doodle Labs mesh radio",

"GStreamer/WebRTC low-latency video pipeline",

]

[algorithmic-trading-system-zerodha-kite-connect]

name = "Algorithmic Trading System (Zerodha Kite Connect)"

year = 2024

desc = """

Multi-service containerized Python system with signal engine, Postgres persistence, Redis low-latency tick hashes, Next.js cockpit via WebSocket, TOTP session auth, and isolated 16-strategy ensemble.

"""

highlights = [

"Atomic rate limiting & centralized kill switch",

"Deflated Sharpe evaluation with localized cost model",

"Real-time WebSocket telemetry cockpit",

]

[bimanual-6-dof-arm-dexterous-hand-teleoperation]

name = "Bimanual 6-DOF Arm & Dexterous Hand Teleoperation"

year = 2024

desc = """

Bionic teleoperation stack with force-feedback gripper, Pyroki kinematics, EtherCAT/CAN actuator firmware running 200 Hz motor control loops.

"""

highlights = [

"Pyroki forward/inverse kinematics",

"200 Hz PI/PD & hybrid Kp-Kd motor control",

"Motion capture retargeting for bionic hands",

]

[webgpu-point-cloud-fleet-orchestrator]

name = "WebGPU Point-Cloud Fleet Orchestrator"

year = 2024

desc = """

Next.js + FastAPI dashboard with WebSockets, LiveKit video mesh, and WebTransport WebGPU rendering 800K+ 3D point cloud points at 144 FPS.

"""

highlights = [

"800K+ 3D points rendered at 144 FPS",

"GStreamer & LiveKit WebRTC video streaming",

"GCP Cloud Run proxy & Firestore OTA key validation",

]

## Experience

Kosha Labs

Lead Research Engineer

2026 : Present · Bengaluru, India

(HEAD -> kosha-labs)

  • Building high-quality multimodal data pipelines for robot learning: capture, synchronisation, curation and validation across vision, tactile and proprioceptive streams.

General Autonomy

Lead Robotics & Software Engineer

May 2024 : 2026 · Bengaluru, India

  • Led HMI & software stack for autonomous ground and aerial fleets: ground control stations, teleoperation consoles, and interactive mission planners (12 field-deployed devices).
  • Architected GA-MSG: ZeroMQ/gRPC pub-sub middleware (lightweight ROS replacement) with C++/Python bindings and zero-copy shared-memory transport achieving sub-80 µs latency.
  • Bridged GA-MSG to MAVLink drones over Doodle Labs mesh radio with bidirectional translation, heartbeat handling, and link-loss failover.
  • Engineered low-latency mesh video streaming with GStreamer/WebRTC/LiveKit/RTSP and RSSI/packet-loss adaptive bitrate under degraded link conditions.
  • Shipped teleoperation stack: bimanual 6-DOF arm and dexterous-hand retargeting with force-feedback gripper (pyroki, FK/IK, mocap).
  • Wrote bionic-actuator firmware (EtherCAT/CAN) for high-frequency motor control loops at 200 Hz with PI/PD and hybrid Kp-Kd control.
  • Architected secure end-to-end OTA update pipeline: cross-architecture AppImages with GCP Cloud Run proxy and per-device Firestore key validation.
  • Designed full-stack fleet orchestration dashboard (Next.js + FastAPI) with WebSockets, LiveKit, and WebTransport WebGPU point-cloud rendering (800K+ points at 144 FPS).

RISA Labs Inc.

Software Developer

Aug 2023 : May 2024 · Bengaluru, India

  • Architected and deployed scalable, high-throughput backend services (Python/FastAPI) and RESTful APIs, driving end-to-end data models, domain logic, and third-party integrations.
  • Cut API latency by 30% through systematic query restructuring, strategic indexing, and multi-tier caching across critical path endpoints.
  • Elevated system throughput by 16% by refactoring blocking operations into asynchronous worker pipelines under heavy production load.

Testbook

Software Developer (Star Performer Q3)

Jan 2022 : Jul 2023 · Navi Mumbai, India

  • Engineered Server-Side Rendering (SSR) for high-traffic core pages (Next.js/Node.js), optimizing Core Web Vitals (Largest Contentful Paint LCP and Time to Interactive TTI).
  • Architected high-concurrency Node.js API microservices maintaining sub-millisecond reliability during peak exam-season traffic surges as primary Release Owner.
  • Awarded Star-Performer Award Q3 for technical excellence and zero-downtime release leadership.

Siemens Technology & Services

Software Developer Intern

May 2019 : Jul 2019 · Bangalore, India

  • Built a real-time model validation and visualization service, accelerating end-to-end model development and deployment lifecycle from days to seconds.
  • Automated continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines on AWS, reducing manual deployment overhead.

## Skills

robotics_firmware:# 7 items

  • EtherCAT / CAN Bus Firmware
  • 200 Hz Motor Control Loops
  • Pyroki FK / IK Kinematics
  • MAVLink Drone Protocol
  • Doodle Labs Mesh Radio
  • Force-Feedback Teleoperation
  • SLAM & Odometry

real_time_middleware:# 6 items

  • GA-MSG ZeroMQ Middleware
  • Sub-80µs Shared Memory Transport
  • gRPC & Protocol Buffers
  • Modern C++20 & POSIX
  • Python AsyncIO / FastAPI
  • Multi-tier Caching & Query Opt

telemetry_frontend:# 6 items

  • WebGPU Point-Cloud (800K @ 144 FPS)
  • LiveKit & GStreamer WebRTC
  • Next.js 15 & React 19
  • TypeScript & Tailwind CSS
  • Radix UI Primitives
  • WebSockets & WebTransport

infrastructure:# 6 items

  • AppImage Cross-Arch Pipeline
  • GCP Cloud Run & Firestore Key Val
  • Firebase Auth & Security Rules
  • PostgreSQL & Redis Tick Hashes
  • Docker & Containerized Services
  • Server-Side Rendering (SSR)

## Awards, patents and publications

awards:# 4 items

title:3rd Prize, DJI Robomasters AI Challenge
issuer:IEEE ICRA (Montreal, Canada)
year:2019
note:Only Indian team qualified and awarded 3rd Prize at the premier international robotics competition in Montreal, Canada.
title:Gold Medal, Technologies for Soldier Support
issuer:DRDO & Inter-IIT Tech Meet
year:2018
note:Awarded Gold Medal by DRDO for autonomous technology solutions supporting soldier field operations.
title:Gold Medal, BeTic Innovation Challenge
issuer:Inter-IIT Tech Meet
year:2018
note:First place innovation gold medal across all Indian Institutes of Technology.
title:Star-Performer Award
issuer:Testbook
year:Q3 2022-23
note:Awarded Star Performer for zero-downtime release engineering and SSR Core Web Vitals optimization.

patents:# 2 items

title:Lightweight UAV Gripper for Fruit Harvesting
office:United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)
status:granted
title:Autonomous Aerial Grasping System for Agriculture
office:United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)
status:granted

publications:# 1 items

title:Chasing and Aiming of a Moving Target
venue:IEEE RO-MAN 2019, New Delhi
year:2019

## Contact

// Open for technical discussions, robotics research collaborations, high-throughput systems design, and leadership opportunities.

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