Shravan S Rai

AI Computer Vision Engineer

Autonomous Systems • Robotics • Edge AI • Healthcare AI

7+ years shipping production AI at the intersection of computer vision, robotics, and edge computing β€” from autonomous mobile robots navigating dense obstacle fields to deployed healthcare AI protecting patients in hospital systems across the US. IEEE Standards Vice Chair and active open-source contributor.

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7+ Years
Experience
3 Published
Papers
2 Patents
Pending
3rd ICRA Global
Ranking
IEEE Vice Chair,
P3493.1

Technical Expertise

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Autonomous Systems

Production AMR navigation, SLAM algorithms, and autonomous mobile robot development for real-world deployments

ROS/ROS2 SLAM Navigation Path Planning MRPT
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Computer Vision

Deep learning for object detection, pose estimation, person tracking, and real-time video processing on edge hardware

OpenCV TensorFlow PyTorch TensorRT ONNX
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Voice AI & NLP

Real-time speech pipelines, ambient listening systems, and on-device LLM deployment for latency-sensitive environments

Whisper BERT Livekit Ollama WebRTC
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Edge AI & IoT

Deploying production AI on constrained edge hardware with Azure IoT integration and fleet-scale management

NVIDIA Jetson Azure IoT Edge Azure Event Grid Docker OpenVINO
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AI & Machine Learning

From DDPG reinforcement learning to ANN-based motor control β€” spanning research and production ML systems

Deep Learning Reinforcement Learning LLMs CUDA Model Optimization
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Control Systems

Motor control on FPGAs, autonomous vehicle controllers, and real-time embedded systems from Bosch to autonomous cars

C++ LQR / SMC MATLAB/Simulink Digital Twin Xilinx Zynq

Technical Skills

Languages
C++ Python C JavaScript
AI / ML
TensorFlow PyTorch OpenCV TensorRT ONNX OpenVINO Whisper BERT
Robotics
ROS ROS2 SLAM MRPT Navigation Path Planning
Cloud & DevOps
Azure IoT Hub Azure Event Grid Azure IoT Edge Azure Functions Docker Git
Edge & Hardware
NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin Jetson AGX Xavier Jetson TX2 Raspberry Pi Xilinx Zynq WebRTC
Web & APIs
ReactJS Vue.js 3 Node.js WebSocket WASM WebGPU Electron
Simulation
MVSim CARLA CarSim MATLAB/Simulink Gazebo

Professional Experience

Teladoc Health

Santa Barbara, California June 2020 – Present

Software Engineer III Aug 2024 – Present

  • Spearheading development of a computer vision AI assistant for a patient observation system β€” hospital staff act as virtual observers remotely to prevent patient falls in US health systems using object detection, pose detection, real-time alerting, and motion sensing.
  • Developed a real-time Voice Assistant for smart hospital rooms using Whisper and BERT on edge devices to detect abuse or violence against staff and enable patients to trigger nurse calls via voice β€” enhancing safety, privacy, and rapid response.
  • Conceptualized an AI side-car device that works alongside the main telepresence system to perform local AI processing of audio and video through peer-to-peer WebRTC technology.
  • Developed and deployed fleet-wide IoT capability using Azure Event Grid Namespaces and a local bridge broker, laying groundwork for future IoT integrations and accelerating AI development pipelines.
Computer Vision Edge AI Whisper BERT WebRTC Azure Event Grid

Robotics & Innovation Engineer II Jun 2021 – Jul 2024

  • Led implementation of the Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation Software project β€” the navigation stack powering Teladoc's commercial telepresence robots.
  • Enhanced mapping capability by transitioning from Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filter SLAM to a factor-graph based SLAM using MRPT libraries β€” improving map creation speed and quality.
  • Researched and developed an A*-based local planner for obstacle avoidance and navigation, optimizing pathfinding in complex hospital environments.
  • Actively collaborated with the creator at University of AlmerΓ­a, Spain to develop MVSim simulation software for testing and debugging autonomous navigation.
ROS/ROS2 SLAM MRPT A* Planning MVSim C++

Robotics Researcher Intern Jun 2020 – Apr 2021

  • Crafted a state-of-the-art person-following system for a Tele-Presence Robot, integrating it into the existing autonomous navigation stack to create a fully autonomous following robot.
  • Implemented person detection, tracking, and re-identification using TensorFlow Lite and depth information β€” achieving real-time detection and tracking within 1.2-meter following distance.
TensorFlow Lite Person ReID Depth Sensors Real-Time CV

Robert Bosch

Bangalore, India September 2017 – July 2019

Research Engineer, Motor Control Full-time

  • Deployed Artificial Neural Network in the Control Algorithm for Switched Reluctance Motor Control on a Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+, achieving computations in under 5ΞΌs.
  • Developed a Virtual System Model (Digital Twin) of a Switched Reluctance Motor and its control in MATLAB/Simulink, enabling rapid prototype development.
  • Developed Field Oriented Control algorithm for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor and BLDC motor for automotive applications.
Neural Networks Motor Control Xilinx Zynq MATLAB/Simulink Digital Twin

MRPT Robotics Library

Open Source April 2023 – Present

Open-Source Developer β€” MRPT ROS Package Open Source

  • Active contributor to the MRPT ROS ecosystem, supporting both ROS1 and ROS2.
  • Led porting of autonomous navigation components from ROS1 to ROS2, including localization and navigation pipelines.
  • Currently working on porting SLAM modules to ROS2, expanding the active user base of the library.
ROS1 ROS2 C++ SLAM Open Source

IEEE Standards Association

Professional Leadership Present

Vice Chair β€” IEEE Standard P3493.1 Leadership

  • Standard for Secure, Compliant, Coordinated, and Inclusive Healthcare Data Recycling.
  • Lead modeling efforts for cancer prevention and early detection standard aligned with ISO 13940 (ContSys).
  • Oversee terminology harmonization and ontological alignment across modules.
  • Coordinate multi-stakeholder contributors across clinical, AI, and regulatory domains.
  • Shape conformance language and AI-native metadata frameworks for digital health interoperability.
Healthcare Standards AI Governance ISO 13940 Digital Health

Education

MS in Web Development & Health Informatics

May 2024 – May 2026

Westcliff University β€” Irvine, California

GPA: 3.86/4.0

Key Courses: Big Data Analytics & Visualization, Information Systems, Front-end Web Development, Back-end Web Development

MS in Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Aug 2019 – May 2021

Arizona State University β€” Tempe, Arizona

GPA: 3.94/4.0

Key Courses: Vehicle Dynamics & Control, Multivariable Controls, Modelling & Control of Robots, Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition, Robot Learning, Optimal Control & Reinforcement Learning, Linear Systems Theory

BE, Electronics & Communication Engineering

Aug 2013 – Aug 2017

The National Institute of Engineering β€” Karnataka, India

GPA: 4.0/4.0

Key Courses: Robotics, C++ and Data Structures, Control Systems, Operating Systems, Computer Vision & Image Processing

Featured Projects

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Patent Pending

Virtual Sitter AI System β€” Patient Fall Prevention

Production computer vision AI for hospital patient observation. Object detection + pose detection + real-time alerting deployed in US health systems, enabling remote virtual observation to prevent patient falls.

Computer Vision Pose Detection Edge AI WebRTC Healthcare
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3rd Place Global

ICRA BARN Challenge

3rd globally in both simulation and real-world rounds. 75% success rate in dense obstacle environments. Published at ICRA 2023.

ROS2 C++ A* Planning
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Production

Translator Voice Agent

Real-time bidirectional voice-to-voice translation for live telehealth consultations. Streaming STT β†’ translation β†’ TTS pipeline via Livekit.

Livekit STT / TTS WebRTC
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Edge AI

Hospital Front-Desk AI

Fully offline conversational AI on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin. Faster-Whisper + Kokoro TTS + Ollama β€” zero cloud dependency, complete patient privacy.

Jetson AGX Orin Ollama Livekit
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Production

AI Capabilities Demo

Production web app showcasing AI for enterprise customers. Integrated Azure Speech, rPPG vital signs, and voice biomarker detection. Core sales enablement tool.

Azure Speech rPPG Biomarkers
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Hackathon Winner

BiteScan β€” AI Nutritionist

OCR + AI nutrition assistant built in 48 hours. Won "Most Innovative & Market Ready Hack." Concept predated VLMs and was later adopted company-wide.

OCR AI Chat Mobile/Web
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Open Source

MRPT ROS Package

Active contributor to the MRPT robotics library. Led ROS1 β†’ ROS2 port of autonomous navigation, SLAM, and localization components.

ROS/ROS2 C++ SLAM
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Published

RL Obstacle Avoidance

DDPG-based navigation agent trained over 75,000 episodes. 76% success rate across 200 evaluation runs. Published in Acta Scientific journal.

DDPG TensorFlow Robotics
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15 projects total β†’

Publications

1
Autonomous Ground Navigation in Highly Constrained Spaces: Lessons learned from the 2nd BARN Challenge at ICRA 2023
ICRA 2023 β€” International Conference on Robotics and Automation Conference
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Autonomous Mobile Robot Obstacle Avoidance with Reinforcement Learning
Acta Scientific β€” International Journal Journal
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AI Driven Smart Ambulance Traffic Management System for Urban Environments
International Conference Proceedings Conference
Medium Articles
Navigating the Intricacies of Person-Following Autonomous Mobile Robots
The Freezing Robot Problem in a Hospital Setting with a Telepresence Mobile Robot
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Patents

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Telehealth System and Method for Automatic Detection of Patient Availability Status

Novel system combining computer vision and AI to automatically determine patient availability and engagement status in telehealth sessions β€” improving the virtual care workflow for both patients and providers.

🎯 Patent Pending

Method for Mitigating Demographic Biases in Facial Recognition Systems

A methodology addressing fairness and accuracy disparities in facial recognition across demographic groups β€” targeting equitable AI performance in real-world healthcare and security deployments.

Awards & Achievements

Leadership & Service

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Vice-Chair, IEEE Standards Association

Standard P3493.1 β€” Secure, Compliant, Coordinated, and Inclusive Healthcare Data Recycling

Leadership
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Judge β€” ATA Nexus Innovators Challenge

American Telemedicine Association Nexus'24 and Nexus 2025

Judge
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Judge β€” IEEE SA Telehealth Challenge 2025

Evaluating innovative telehealth solutions and technologies

Judge

Academic Recognition

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Peer Reviewer β€” Top Conferences

AISSS-2023, IPMV'24, BMVC-2024/2025, RSS-2024, IJCNN 2025/2026, ICMI-2025, IROS-2025

Academic
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Journal Reviewer

WIJAR, BMJ AI and Healthcare

Academic
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National Merit Scholarship

Ministry of Education, Govt. of India (2013–2017) β€” 4-year scholarship for academic excellence

Scholarship

Competition Awards

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ICRA-2023 BARN Challenge β€” 3rd Place Global

AMR Navigation Challenge β€” both Simulation and Real-world rounds

Global Competition
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Teladoc Hackathon Winner β€” BiteScan

"Most Innovative and Market Ready Hack" (July '23)

Hackathon Winner
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Teladoc Hackathon Runner-up β€” CareVision

Company-wide technology hackathon (July '24)

Hackathon

Professional Recognition

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Technical Speaker β€” ECU-Tech Day

Robert Bosch Internal Conference, Germany (Apr 2018)

Speaker
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2Γ— Spot Awards β€” Robert Bosch

Excellence in project performance (May 2018, Nov 2018)

Corporate Award

Let's Connect

Available for senior AI/robotics engineering roles, research collaborations, and consulting. Based in California β€” open to remote opportunities worldwide.

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