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Berk Calli: How can robots help solving the environmental crisis?

Berk Calli [CV]

Assistant Professor
Robotics Engineering Department, Computer Science Department
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
E-mail: bcalli@wpi.eduPhone: +1 (508) 831 5448
Address: 85 Prescott Street, Suite 201, Worcester, MA 01605, USA


Current PhD Students

Abhinav Gandhi
since August 2020

Soft Robot Control

Encoderless Robots

Galen Brown
since August 2020

Active Vision for Manipulation
Robotic Waste Sorting

Sreejani Chatterjee
since December 2020

Encoderless Robots

Shambhuraj Mane
since June 2024

In-hand Manipulation

Venkatesh Mullur
since June 2024

Ensemble Learning for Grasping


Current MS Students

Isabella Feeney
since Summer 2023

In-hand Manipulation

Mihir Deshmukh
since Fall 2023

Dexterous Object Picking

Abhijeet Sanjay Rathi
since Summer 2024

Robotic Waste Sorting

Vinayak Kapoor
since Fall 2024

Ensemble Learning for Grasping

Dev Soni
since Fall 2024

Dexterous Object Picking

Samruddhi Naukudkar
since Fall 2024

In-hand Manipulation

Muhammad Sultan
since Spring 2025

Robotic Waste Sorting

Benjamin Antupit
since Spring 2025

Robotic Waste Sorting

Alexander Brattstrom
since Spring 2025

Robotic Waste Sorting


Current Undergraduate Students


Current High School Interns

 


Former PhD Students

James Akl
August 2019-August 2023

Robotic Metal Scrap Cutting
Robotic Waste Sorting
Ensemble Learning for Grasping

Albert Enyedy
September 2022-December 2023

Visual Servoing

Fadi Alladkani
August 2019-Spring 2021

Robotic Waste Sorting
Ensemble Learning for Grasping
Robotic Metal Scrap Cutting

 


Former MS Students

Azzam Shaikh
Fall 2024

Soft Robot Control

Anuj Jagetia
Summer 2024

In-hand Manipulation

Pabbineedi, Pavan Ganesh
Fall 2024

In-hand Manipulation

Thira Kismat Patel
Summer 2023 – Spring 2024

In-hand Manipulation

Anagha Dangle
Fall 2022 – Spring 2024

Dexterous Object Picking

Ankush Singh Bhardwaj
Fall 2023 – Spring 2024

Benchmarking for Robotic Grasping

Tejas Rane
Fall 2023 – Spring 2024

Robotic Waste Sorting

Shane Toma
Fall 2023 – Spring 2024

Robotic Metal Cutting

Dev Soni
Spring 2024

Soft Robot Control

Hrishikesh Dhairyasheel Pawar
Spring 2024

Robotic Waste Sorting

Atreya Bhat
Fall 2023 – Spring 2024

Robotic Metal Cutting

William Burke
Spring 2024

Robotic Waste Sorting

Dhiraj Kumar Rouniyar
Spring 2023

Dexterous Object Picking

Bharath Kumar Babu
Fall 2022 – Spring 2023

Grasping Benchmarking

Sri Lakshmi Bachimanchi
Spring 2023

Dexterous Manipulation

Sumukh Balakrishna
Fall 2022 – Spring 2023

Grasping Benchmarking

Mishra, Tanish
Summer 2023

Soft Robot Control

Sumanth Varma Pericherla
Fall 2022 – Spring 2023

Robotic Metal Cutting

Simeon Krastev
Spring 2024

Robotic Waste Sorting

Deepak Harshal Nagle
Spring 2024

Encoderless Robots

Uthiralakshmi Sivaraman
Spring 2023 – Spring 2024

Active Vision for Manipulation

Jesulona Akinyele
Fall 2023

Dexterous Manipulation with Controlled Sliding

Om Vinayak Gaikwad
Fall 2023

Robotic Grasping

Thabsheer Jafer Machingal
Fall 2023

Robotic Waste Sorting

Ankit Mittal
Summer 2023

Soft Robot Control

Venkatesh Ravi Mullur
Summer 2023-Fall 2023

Encoderless Robots

Anuj Pai Raikar
Fall 2023

In-hand Manipulation

Shreyas Chigurupati
Fall 2023

Robotic Grasping

Abhay Chhagan Karade
Fall 2022 – Spring 2023

Encoderless Robots

Arvind Sureshkumar
Spring 2023

Robotic Metal Cutting

Rajus Nagwekar
Spring 2023

Robotic Waste Sorting

Krishna Sathwik Durgaraju
Spring 2023

Encoderless Robots

Denny Boby
Spring 2023

Grasping Benchmarking

Kshitij Sharma
Fall 2022

Grasping Benchmarking

Yash Patil
Fall 2022 – Spring 2023

Robotic Metal Cutting

Shreedar Kodate
Spring 2023

Robotic Metal Scrap Cutting

Sayan Das
Fall 2021

Encoderless Robots

Sushmitha Belede
 Summer 2021Fall 2021

Dexterous Manipulation

Chintan Desai
Summer 2021 – Fall 2021

Dexterous Manipulation

Sabhari Natarajan
Fall 2019 Summer 2021

Active Vision for Manipulation

Craig Miller
Fall 2020 Spring 2021

Benchmarking for Robotic Manipulation

Alp Sahin
Spring 2020 Spring 2021

Dexterous Manipulation with Controlled Sliding

Ajay Balasubramanian
Spring 2020

Encoderless Robots

Joshua Raj
Spring 2019 – Spring 2020

Dexterous Manipulation

Chinmay Burgul
Fall 2019 Spring 2020

Dexterous Manipulation

Vamshi Uppununthala
Fall 2019

Encoderless Robots
Gokul Narayanan
Spring 2019 Fall 2019

Dexterous Manipulation
Qinlun Luan
Fall 2019
Encoderless Robots
Yash Sandeep Shukla
Spring 2019 Fall 2019
Dexterous Manipulation
Aditya Gupte
Spring 2019
Dexterous Manipulation
Mihir Deshingkar
Spring 2019
Dexterous Manipulation
Nicholas Smith
Fall 2018Spring 2019
Robotic Grasping
Snehal Dikhale
Fall 2019
Robotic Grasping

Akshay Laddha
Fall 2021

Ensemble Learning for Grasping

Krutarth Ambarish Trivedi
Spring 2022

Robotic Metal Scrap Cutting

Chinmaya Khamesra
Summer 2022

Ensemble Learning for Grasping

Sagarkumar Panchal
Spring 2022 – Fall 2022

Robotic Waste Sorting

Hitesh Bhojwani
since Spring 2022

Dexterous Manipulation

Pratyush Kumar Sahoo
Fall 2021 – Spring 2022

Robotic Metal Scrap Cutting

Kunal Nandanwar
Spring 2022

Dexterous Manipulation

Anujay Sharma
Spring 2022

Dexterous Manipulation

Abhiroop Ajith
Spring 2022

Vision-based Water Filtering

 

 

 

 


Former Undergraduate Students

Ryan Ranjitkar
since Summer 2024

In-hand Manipulation

Colin Frazer
Spring 2023

Robotic Waste Sorting

Artem Iurkovskyi
Spring 2023

Robotic Waste Sorting

Thai Duc Doan,
Spring 2023

Encoderless Robots

Conrad Tulig
Capstone Project — Fall 2021
Kaitlyn Fichtner
Capstone Project — Fall 2021
Nathan Bargman
Capstone Project — Fall 2021
Garett Ruping
Capstone Project — Fall 2021
Lauren Wach
Capstone Project — Fall 2021
Mary Marquette
Capstone Project — Fall 2021

Mikayla Fischler
Fall 2019 – Spring 2020

Capstone project on

Robotic Waste Sorting

Kyle Heavey
Fall 2019 – Spring 2020

Capstone project on

Robotic Waste Sorting

Arianna Kan
Fall 2019 – Spring 2020

Capstone project on

Robotic Waste Sorting

Khadijah Ibrahim
Women’s Research and Mentorship Program (WRAMP)
WPI Women’s Impact Network (WIN) — Fall 2019

Jehu De la Rosa
Fall 2019 – Spring 2020

Gregory Kashmanian
Fall 2019 – Spring 2020

Nick Kratovil
Fall 2019 – Spring 2020

Molly O’Connor
Fall 2019 – Spring 2020

Owen Smith
Fall 2019 – Spring 2020

Oliver Sanderson
Fall 2019 – Spring 2020

Manjusha Chava
Fall 2019


Former High School Interns

Jennifer Shaughnessy
From Mass Academy, since Summer 2022

Albi Marini

Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) High School Apprenticeship Program – Summer 2022

Gianna Rouse
Women’s Research and Mentorship Program (WRAMP)
WPI Women’s Impact Network (WIN) — Fall 2019

Jennifer Shaughnessy

From Mass Academy, since Summer 2022

Ivy McDorman
Women’s Research and Mentorship Program (WRAMP)
WPI Women’s Impact Network (WIN) — Fall 2019

Ansh Montani
Summer 2021
Adi Gupta Montani
Summer 2021