OPEN_TO_COLLABORATIONS  ·  AP, India

Vemulapalli
Leela Krishna

Robotics Researcher · UAV Engineer · Autonomous Systems
class Researcher: def __init__(self): self.name = "Vemulapalli Leela Krishna" self.stack = ["ROS2", "PX4", "OpenCV", "YOLO"] self.research = ["SLAM", "StereoVision", "UAVs"] self.cgpa = 8.53 # UCEK-JNTUK self.funded = "₹1.57L (INNO-V8 Grant)"
₹1.57L
R&D Funded
8.53
CGPA /10
1
IIT Paper
vlk@research-lab: ~
vlk@lab:~$ cat about.txt
Robotics researcher @ UCEK-JNTUK
→ Research intern IIT Hyderabad
→ IndiaSkills Medallion for Excellence
 
vlk@lab:~$ ros2 topic list
/drone/state    [ARMED]
/vision/depth  [STREAMING]
/slam/map      [BUILDING]
/yolo/detect   [ACTIVE · 42fps]
 
vlk@lab:~$ python3 fly.py --mode auto
[INFO] PX4 connected via MAVLINK
[INFO] Waypoints loaded: 8 points
[INFO] Takeoff initiated... ✓
 
vlk@lab:~$ 
README.md

About ./me

Building autonomous systems that operate in the real world

I'm a Mechanical Engineering student who lives at the intersection of hardware and software — designing drone frames by day and writing ROS 2 nodes by night. My research at IIT Hyderabad focused on stereo vision pipelines for depth estimation and obstacle detection, deployed on Raspberry Pi and Hailo-8 AI accelerators.

I believe in India's vision of technological self-reliance by 2047, contributing through open research, funded UAV projects, and building the next generation of robotics engineers as President of YugTroniX.

Autonomous Navigation & SLAMMulti-robot mapping · GPS-denied environments · ROS 2
Computer Vision & Depth EstimationStereo vision · YOLO · DBSCAN · ArUco tracking
UAV Design & Autonomous FlightPX4 · ArduPilot · Custom frame design · Waypoint nav
Embedded Systems & Edge AIRaspberry Pi · Hailo-8 · ESP32 · Gazebo simulation
profile.json
"university"UCEK-JNTUK
"degree"B.Tech Mechanical
"year"3rd Year (2023–27)
"cgpa"8.53 / 10
"intern"IIT Hyderabad
"club_role"President, YugTroniX
"scholarship"KEATS × 2
"location"Andhra Pradesh, IN
"open_to"["research","internships"]
git log --experience

Research & Experience

Internships, leadership, and technical coordination

May – Jun 2025Research Intern
Stereo Vision Research — IIT Hyderabad
Under Dr. R. Prasanth Kumar · Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Worked on Stereo Vision-Based Obstacle Detection & Depth Estimation. Calibrated IMX219 and ZED cameras; generated disparity maps using OpenCV with CLAHE preprocessing and WLS filtering. Integrated YOLO v5/v7/v8 with DBSCAN spatial clustering for distance-aware detection. Deployed full pipeline on Raspberry Pi and Hailo-8 AI accelerator. Built ArUco marker-based multi-robot tracking system for outdoor terrain mapping.

May 2025 – PresentPresident
YugTroniX Robotics Club — UCEK-JNTUK
University's first and only robotics club

Leading 30+ members in mechanical design and embedded systems. Directing technical operations, sourcing hardware for quadcopter builds, overseeing autonomous flight code development using PX4 and ROS 2.

Aug 2024 – May 2025VP & Team Lead
Vice President & Quadcopter Team Lead
YugTroniX Robotics Club, UCEK-JNTUK

Established club infrastructure, ran technical workshops on ArduPilot, QGroundControl, and Fusion 360. Led the quadcopter development team from first wiring to autonomous flight.

Jan 2025 – PresentAmbassador
Campus Ambassador & Entrepreneurship Coordinator
MyGov Initiative & Bold Beginnings Club

Official MyGov Campus Ambassador. Co-organised Bold Beginnings, fostering startup culture, hardware innovation, and student leadership development.

Sep 2024 – PresentTech Coord
Technical & Website Coordinator
Torque 2K25 & IIPE JNTUK Student Chapter

Built and maintain front-end platforms in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Managing digital presence for a national-level technical symposium and 150+ member student chapter.

academic_record.log

Education ./log

2023 – 2027Current
B.Tech — Mechanical Engineering
UCEK-JNTUK, Andhra Pradesh

CGPA: 8.53 / 10 through 4th Semester. Recipient of ₹20,000 KEATS Scholarship for academic excellence. Specialising in robotics, autonomous systems, and UAV design.

2021 – 2023
Intermediate (MPC)
NKR Junior College — BIE, Andhra Pradesh

Percentage: 96.9%

2020 – 2021
Secondary School (10th Grade)
Rama Krishna High School — BSE, Andhra Pradesh

GPA: 10 / 10 (100%)

awards --list

Achievements & Recognition

Competitions, grants, fellowships, and scholarships

pip list --installed

Technical Stack

Tools, frameworks, and languages across the full robotics pipeline

 Languages
PythonC++ BashMATLAB HTML/CSS/JS
 Robotics / UAV
ROS 2Gazebo Nav2PX4 ArduPilotQGroundControl MissionPlannerSimulink
 Vision / AI
OpenCVYOLO v5/v7/v8 PyTorchStereo Vision DBSCANArUco Tracking Hailo-8 AI
 Hardware
Raspberry Pi 4/5ESP32 / Arduino IMX219 CameraZED Camera Telemetry Radio
 Design / CAD
Fusion 360AutoCAD 3D Printing
 DevOps / Tools
Linux (Ubuntu)Git / GitHub DockerSSH
ls ~/projects/

Project ./log

Autonomous systems, perception pipelines, and real-world robotics

scholar --papers

Research Publications

Peer-reviewed contributions to robotics and autonomous systems

INaCoMM 2025 · IIT Hyderabad · International Conference on Machines & Mechanisms
Collaborative Outdoor Terrain Mapping via Real-Time Multi-Robot SLAM

Developed a stereo vision monitoring system using ArUco markers to track multiple mobile robots in GPS-denied outdoor environments. Research covers multi-robot SLAM using ROS 2 and Raspberry Pi 5 — addressing real-time localization, disparity-based depth accuracy, and inter-robot coordination for collaborative terrain mapping at scale.

ACCEPTED
Expected: Dec 2025
./send_message.sh

Get In Touch

Open to research collaborations, internships, and technical discussions

Institution
UCEK-JNTUK, Andhra Pradesh
Research Areas
UAVs · SLAM · Stereo Vision · Edge AI
Role
President, YugTroniX Robotics Club
Open Source
github.com/leela-krishna4
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