Name: Varun Sunil Chavan
Profile: Mechanical Engineer
Email: varunchavan20@gmail.com
About me
I am a Mechanical Engineer with a strong interest in Robotics. I have worked on different Robotics projects with my recent being a self-learning robot 🤖 named OSAKE. In my free time, I create short documentaries on my YouTube channel named 'Explained'or study Japanese(よろしく).
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Summary
Varun Chavan
Mechanical Engineer with interest in Robotics, Machine Design and Prototyping
- Itabashi City, Tokyo, Japan
- varunchavan20@gmail.com
Education
Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering
2017 - 2020
Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
CGPA : 8.86
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
2014 - 2017
Government Polytechnic Khamgaon
Percentage : 89.47 %
Professional Experience
Junior Executive
June 2022 ~
Oriental Yeast Company Ltd, Tokyo, Japan
- Created a gauge monitoring system
- Created Spare part management app for part management
- Inspect and create engineering drawings for plant design
Junior Research Fellow
Aug 2021 - May 2022
Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
- Designed, and developed research-grade OSAKE Robot
- Implemented Adaptive Control algorithm using Labview FPGA on NI sbRIO-9629
- Demonstrate Generalization and human-like learning ability on OSAKE robot
- Designed and developed 1-dof pendulum setup for demonstrating Iterative Learning Control along with Feedforward Controller
Summer Intern
June 2019 - July 2019
Toyo Engineering Ltd, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Worked on flare design for a chemical plant
- Worked on selection of glass-reinforced safety tanks for different chemical plants
Skills
Solidworks
Labview
Matlab
Python
PowerApps
Keil uVision
Projects
OSAKE
Optimal Stiffness and Control Experimentation Robot
OSACE is a robot with human-like learning properties that learns Optimal Impedance from repeated physical interactions with the environment.
ATAV
All-Terrain Autonomous Vehicle
The project is intended to deliver items from one place to autonomously and is able to travel on any terrain.
Farming Bicycle
Semi-Automated Seed and Fertilizer Sowing Bicycle
Project was intended to perform farming operations like ploughing, seed sowing, fertilizer spreading by using bicycle with much less initial cost, no operation cost and little human effort.
Youtube Content
Explained
