The National Robotarium

PhD Researcher in Robotics and AI based at National Robotarium, UK.

Research: Developing novel AI framework for Safer autonomous systems.

Robotics Researcher

Heriot-Watt University

B50RO - Robotic Mechanical Systems - Tutor and Lab demonstrator 
B59DF - Numerical Control Lab demonstrator and Invigilator for the course test. 
B39SB - Time-Frequency and Signal Analysis lab 
B57AT -  Assist in developing and demonstrating a lab project based on an Arduino board.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

The University of Edinburgh

The deeptech PhD research is selected for a small grant funding and 6 months of extensive commercialisation support through Venture Builder Incubator 4.0, organised by Edinburgh Innovation and Bayes Centre at the University of Edinburgh.

Venture Builder Incubee (Cohort 4)

Conception X

Intense and invaluable training, networking and support for commercialisation of deep tech PhD research.

Venture Scientist (cohort 6)

The Brilliant Club

Designed a course on fundamentals of robotics and taught them to children from underrepresented schools in the UK to inspire them to be future Roboticists. Each of the pupils enthusiastically completed the study, and I received happy and positive feedback from pupils and schools.

Previously tutored mathematics and Physics to School students.

Scholars Programme ( Researcher Development Programme) 

Touchlab Limited

Completed an exciting internship with a fast-paced, cutting-edge, deep-tech venture.
Was selected to be one of the roboticists in the finalist team for the 10 million dollars international robotics competition, ANA Xprize, held in Los Angles, California, Nov 2022. (https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.07878)
Integrated AI system for Data anonyamisation for the telepresence robot for pilot projects.
Supported the development of the Simulation of Touch sensors in the ROS framework and testing on the real robot.
Skills gained (Improved) : ROS, ROS2, C++, C#, python, VR, AI algorithms, electronics and startup culture.

Roboticist

ORCA Hub

-Working on Boston Dynamics Spot Robot with Arm for the demonstration of the Symbiotic system of systems framework in the Beyond Visual line of Sight (BVLOS) multi robot missions. 
-Developed Autonomous missions for Spot Robot using the Python SDK of the Spot. 
-Developed python script to integrate the spot robot into the Digital twin in Unity.
-Demonstrated the autonomous grasping and trained a neutral network in Tensorflow for detecting specific objects utilizing transfer learning, for the Boston Dynamics Spot robot to detect and grasp the object.

Amazon

Wrote and published the Robotics book "What makes a Robot tick". 

The E-book and Hardcopy are available via Amazon

Book Author

University of Glasgow

Worked as Mechatronics Engineer for the Project on developing the web interface for teleoperation of Robots. 

Researched the latency while utilising 5G on the Dobot Robotic Arms in Industrial Setting. 

Developed mapping algorithm for tele-operation of Franka Emika Panda Robot Arm using 3-D motion capture system.

Developed Handbook for Pepper Robot Programming for 132 Undergrad students for Course on Real time computing systems. 

Worked with Eng-IT support team at University of Glasgow to setup remote access to the Pepper robot at laboratory and facilitated the time slotted access to students to work on their robotics programming project remotely. 

Graded the projects and presentation of the students for their Pepper Robot Programming Lab.

Research Assistant (Robotics, ROS)

Teaching Assistant for the course
ENG2086: Engineering Mathematics-2 under Prof Trevor Davies. 
The course content includes
Multi-Variate Calculus,
Differential Equations,
Fourier Series and Vector Calculus,
and Laplace Transforms. 

Class strength : 512 students
groups of 80-120 students

Actively Listened to student's doubts and gave proper directions for them to reach the solutions.

Demonstrator for the Course
ENG1062: Dynamics 1 Under Prof Trevor Davies. 
Groups of 20-45 students 

Teaching Assistant for UESTC 1005 (Introduction to Computer Programming)
Under Dr. Ahmed Zoha

Diligently corrected the exam papers under supervision of Dr. Ahmed, within the allotted time. C programming language was tested in this exam.

Glasgow University Robotics Society (GURS)

I was part of the Robot Vision research team for Autonomous Drones. Specifically, explored and developed a function by experimenting with the canny edge detection and similar functions to find the coordinates of the marking lane in the moving environment.

Team member

A curious human continuously improving his skills in the realm of Robotics and AI. 

Get in touch for any discussion related to Robotics and AI 🤩

Currently on 2 quests. 

1. How to make autonomous robots and self-driving vehicles safer ? 

2. How to teach robotics to children without telling them they need to sit and learn ?

Here it begins.

Integrating RideScan into the world’s leading cobot Universal Robots, with 100,000+ robots deployed globally and over 40% market share.

Our RideScan AI module, is designed to be plug-and-play — just connect via USB, load the module, and monitor your robot’s reliability instantly.

A big step toward making independent robot health monitoring scalable and effortless.

Exciting times ahead! Stay tuned for more updates and follow RideScan LinkedIn page for official announcements. 

#RideScan #AI #Robotics #DeepTech #Cobot #Reliability #Monitoring #Scalable #RealWorld #Testing

Dr. Shivoh Chirayil Nandakumar

Founder & CEO, RideScan | PhD in AI Robotics | UK Innovator Founder Visa | James Watt PhD Scholar | Making Robots Safe, Reliable & Accountable

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Very grateful to announce RideScan AI is a finalist for "Best Digital Safety Initiative" in Tech Impact Awards 2025, organised by London Tech Week. A few of the shortlisted companies and institutions for various awards include United Nations International Organisation for Migration, KPMG, IBM, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and many more.

I am still thinking, is it a dream or not? 

Thank you to our team, advisors, partners, and early supporters who made this possible. 🙏

Yope Edinburgh Innovations Entrepreneurship and Private Capital at London Business School Bayes Centre Royal Bank of Scotland Business Scottish Enterprise Conception X Techscaler STAC Heriot-Watt GRID Humanoid Global Holdings (CSE: ROBO | OTCQB: RBOHF | FRA: 0XM1) The National Robotarium Barclays Eagle Labs Innovate UK NVIDIA for Startups Microsoft for Startups Tech Nation

If you haven’t already done so, feel free to register to access the RideScan AI capabilities via our industry pioneers cohort 2 (link in the comments) 

#RideScan #uk #deeptech #innovation #impact #scotland

Years of hard work and my thought processes are now filed as a patent. This is just the beginning. The core technology will now be expanded with the super-exciting and talented team that we continuously attract at RideScan, and I am confident that more exciting innovations and breakthroughs are yet to come from RideScan.

Thank you to everyone who believed in me and enabled me to reach this milestone. I am grateful and excited about the entrepreneurial journey ahead.

#ridescan #patent #pending #uk #scotland #ai

We are pleased to announce that RideScan has officially filed a patent protecting our core AI technology and methods. This milestone strengthens our position as a trusted partner for industry leaders and investors, and reinforces our commitment to advancing safe and reliable robotics worldwide.

#ridescan #ai #uk #deeptech #patent #filed

Within a single year, a $30 billion self-driving company (Cruise) was pushed to the brink of bankruptcy after just one minor injury to a human. Last week, Tesla faced a $51 million lawsuit after a factory robot made a mistake.

Are you certain your robot fleet (bankruptcy risk) or production line (legal liability) is immune?

RideScan AI helps robot manufacturers and end-users prevent these catastrophic scenarios through independent, AI-driven monitoring of robot behaviour.

As a first step, we’re opening our RideScan API to 10 expert roboticists—giving them full access to our capabilities, fully funded by an Innovate UK grant.
Only 4 seats remain, and registration closes October 1, 2025. 

Would you try RideScan AI if you were a roboticist?

#ridescan #tesla #api #release #growth #scaling

Hi LinkedIn community, some exciting news from RideScan. We have two new job openings:

1. Head of Commercial https://lnkd.in/e5qAw96i
    
2. Finance Intern. https://lnkd.in/ezaqYCHv

DM me for more details or if you wish to have a casual chat to know more about this opportunity. Feel free to share it with your friends and connections.

#robotics #ai #deeptech #uk #jobs

“If I can get engineers excited about Splunk, you can do it too for RideScan” - Michael Baum, $28B+ exit founder during the call. The insights he provide from his experience is unparallel. I really wish more entrepreneurs get the right mentors at their earliest stage. 

Ofcourse, execution is what matter the most. One step at a time. 

#grateful #mentorship #ridescan #journey

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