Work

My Work

At Honda R&D

I work in research and development on Honda’s humanoid avatar robot including perception (vision, tactile), manipulation and AI support systems. Here are some public links and videos:

At Connected Robotics

I began my work at Connected Robotics Inc. on the Dishwasher Robot Project. As the lead computer vision engineer, my responsibilities included ensuring accurate detection of dishes and their 3D positions with respect to the camera, as well as camera calibration and developing robust detection in difficult lighting conditions.

I also worked on the French Fries Robot project. The goal of the project was to create a robot system that can produce french fries and deliver them to a bagging station. My main role was to design the initial system and simulate the robot system in a virtual environment.

I then contributed to the Delibot Project. The project aimed to develop a robot that can pick up sticky foods such as potato salad and place them in a bento box. It features customizable, easy-to-swap grippers tailored to different food textures.

I lastly worked on the AI Inspection Software and the Inspection Robot projects focusing on software development, computer vision, deep learning algorithm design, MLOps, and camera/device control.

Publications

Journal

S. P. Pattar, T. Killus, T. Hirakawa, T. Yamashita, T. Sawanobori, H. Fujiyoshi. “Automatic Data Collection for Object Detection and Grasp-position Estimation with Mobile Robots and Invisible Markers”, Advanced Robotics, 1-16, 2022.

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S. P. Pattar, T. Hirakawa, T. Yamashita, T. Sawanobori, H. Fujiyoshi. “Single Suction Grasp Detection for Symmetric Objects Using Shallow Networks Trained with Synthetic Data.”, IEICE Transactions on Informations and Systems, Vol.E105-D, No.9, pp. 1600-1609, Sep. 2022.

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Conferences

S. P. Pattar, E. Coronado, L. R. Ardila, G. Venture. “Intention and Engagement Recognition for Personalized Human-Robot Interaction, an integrated and Deep Learning approach.” 2019 IEEE 4th International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics (ICARM 2019). Finalist for Best Student Paper Award.

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W. S. Lo, C. Yamamoto, S. P. Pattar, K. Tsukamoto, S. Takahashi, T. Sawanobori, I. Mizuuchi. “Developing a Collaborative Robotic Dishwasher Cell System for Restaurants.” International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS 2021).

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Accomplishments

Finalist for Best Student Paper Award at ICARM 2019.
JASSO Scholarship for Masters Research.
Consortium Scholarship for European Master in Advanced Robotics.
Erasmus European Exchange Program Scholarship.
4th rank in Visvesvaraya Technological University for the Department of Mechatronics.

Continuous Learning

I’m devoted to self-improvement and personal growth. I chase every new challenge, not from desire but from ego. I’ve taken countless online courses, mostly so I can mention them casually and pretend I’m being modest.