Pavitpaul Makkar
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Selected projects showcasing end-to-end product design and engineering across various disciplines.
Design Engineering
A stereo computer vision system that follows a tape-spring steerable needle through gel, built at Penn's GRASP Lab (ModLab) with Prof. Mark Yim.
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A battery-powered light that reminds nurses to clean their hands before central line care, developed through five prototypes with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia nursing teams.
An independent project: collecting demonstrations on an SO-101 arm and comparing ACT, Diffusion Policy, and SmolVLA on a peg transfer task inspired by surgical training.
Building a ROS vision module that tells four robot arms where every cup is, from AprilTag detection to a full live demo.
Designing and building an autonomous mobile robot with real-time control, localization, and sensing, from system architecture to competition-ready deployment.
Developing a compact bedside urine output monitoring system for critical care, from clinician pain point to deployed prototype and formal pilot study.
Led surgeon-driven instrument and implant development across CAD, DFM, testing, manufacturing, and 510(k) support through 7 concurrent projects.
Arco is a configurable desk system designed for students living in small spaces, created to help people physically and mentally transition between modes throughout the day.
Leading product definition and real-world deployment of PrimeEventZ, an AI-powered platform unifying event operations from planning through execution at any scale.
