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About Me

My name is Nikhil Gupta, an aspiring robotics engineer and Bachelo’s student at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. I’m currently a part of the Google Summer of Code 2025 program under JdeRobot. As a student researcher, I am actively engaged in robotics and have done various projects under different professors in the same field. In my spare time, I love hiking, traveling, and playing guitar. Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you find my work engaging!

Mentors

Pedro Arias-Perez, Miguel Fernandez, Prajyot Jadhav

Google Summer of Code

Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global program that brings student developers into open source software development. It offers students stipends to work on a three-month programming project under the guidance of expert mentors from participating open-source organizations. GSoC has been instrumental in introducing students to the vast world of open-source software, fostering innovative thinking, and facilitating the creation of various essential software tools.

JdeRobot

JdeRobot is an open-source toolkit that simplifies the complex task of building robotics applications. It promotes the integration of existing nodes or libraries, and provides various tools, libraries, and reusable nodes for robotics, artificial intelligence, and computer vision. It is fully compatible with the Robot Operating System (ROS) and supports multiple languages, including C++, Python, and JavaScript. JdeRobot is particularly renowned for its contributions to robotics education and game development, machine learning in robotics, and reconfigurable computing in robotics. Checkout their ongoing projects here!