Gaurav Gupta

Co-Founder

New Delhi, Delhi, India11 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Co-founder of a robotics software company.
Led development of multiple autonomous robotic systems.
Expert in simulation and QA workflows for robotics.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Robotics Software Engineer with expertise in autonomous systems and simulation technologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

RoboticsSoftware Development

Other Skills

CC++CalculusEnergy OptimizationGazeboKinematicsLinuxMachine LearningMatlabMotion PlanningNavigationOptimal ControlProduct DevelopmentProgrammingPython

About

I’m the co-founder of Black Coffee Robotics, where we build software for real-world robots — autonomous navigation, manipulation, teleop, and simulation-integrated QA. Over the past 6 years, I’ve led engineering and strategy across a range of projects: from autonomous floor cleaners and lawnmowers to dual-arm construction robots and ferries. We’ve worked with robotics teams across the U.S. and India, shipping deep-tech systems built on ROS2, motion planning, simulation, and scalable software infra. Beyond client work, we’re now exploring new tools to streamline how robotics software gets built and tested. We are helping teams cut dev cycles and surface failures faster. We’re always open to working with companies solving hard autonomy problems, and with talented engineers looking to work on things that ship.

Experience

Black coffee robotics

Co-Founder

Feb 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 1 mo

I lead technology and strategy at Black Coffee Robotics — a lean, engineering-led team building software for robots: autonomy stacks, motion planning, fleet systems, simulation-integrated QA, and teleoperation tools.
We've partnered with robotics companies across the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Australia to help them go from prototype to production, accelerating development, reducing testing overhead, and delivering robust systems that work in the field.
Notable Work:
Took a commercial autonomous floor-cleaning robot from concept to deployment. Handled navigation, SLAM, and system integration.
Scaled a multi-robot warehouse sortation system from 0 to 120 robots in under a year.
Led autonomy, safety, and fleet-level software development for heavy-duty robotic lawnmowers while supporting live demos and investor milestones.
Built motion planning and teleoperation pipelines for dual-arm construction robots using MoveIt Pro and Isaac Sim.
Established core team practices in hiring, documentation, and delivery enabling a high-trust, remote-first engineering culture.
Currently developing simulation-based QA workflows to help robotics teams cut dev and test cycles by over 50%.
We continue to offer hands-on engineering services while building scalable tools shaped by the challenges we've solved in the field.

ROSC++SimulationsStrategyRoboticsSoftware Development

The hi-tech robotic systemz ltd

Senior Research And Development Engineer

May 2017 – Feb 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

My current work is focused around navigation for autonomous indoor robotic applications. Primarily, I have worked on the following -
1. Multi-agent planning and simulations for industrial complexes.
2. Engineering navigation and actuation controls for autonomous forklifts.
3. Software migration within the ROS framework towards modular and standardized control architecture.
4. Setting up task allocation servers and several utilities for intelligent decision making.
5. Integration of robot programs with web-based user-interface.

ROSRobotics

University of heidelberg

Research Assistant

Aug 2016 – Apr 2017 · 8 mos · Heidelberg Area, Germany

Motion Generation of Humanoids using centroidal dynamics -
1. Developed a framework for motion generation using optimal control in python.
2. Modeled full kinematics and centroidal dynamics along with collision, collocation and dynamic constraints
3. Used Rigid Body Dynamics Library (RBDL) for dynamic modeling and SNOPT (Sequential Non-Linear Optimization) for optimization.

Indian institute of technology, kanpur

Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant

May 2015 – Jul 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos · Kanpur Area, India

As a graduate student I work on robotics, primarily inclined towards machine learning in dynamic systems. My masters' thesis was aimed towards development of a footstep plan on a rough terrain for a 12DOF biped robot. My main accomplishments were -
1. Modeled the kinematics and state transitions of biped for walking and turning over uneven terrain.
2. Energy optimization using GA for a variety of turning angles, step-lengths and slopes to generate a database
3. Use of Neural Networks for real-time pattern generation and energy estimation
4. wA* search to develop step-plan based on energy minimization on obstacle filled rough surface.

Whirlpool of india ltd.

Summer Intern

May 2014 – Jul 2014 · 2 mos · Pune

Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Freezer Drawer Sensorial, Global Technology and
Engineering Center, Whirlpool of India Ltd.
Project Supervisor : Mr. Rahul Dudhe, Manager, FSS Department
1. Setup the experimental fixture to obtain the force-displacement plots for incremental loading on refrigerator freezer drawer.
2. A mathematical model was developed using tip reaction and ball bearing friction model to accurately represent the forces in the slides and was integrated with MATLAB platform to accurately generate sensorial plots.

Evelyn learning systems pvt. ltd.

Subject Matter Expert(Calculus)

May 2013 – Jul 2013 · 2 mos

As an expert of mathematics I solved some of the most challenging problems of Calculus and trigonometry. I also prepared well framed solution sets from 4 different University level course-books.

Antaragni iit kanpur

Secretary, Hospitality

Aug 2012 – Nov 2012 · 3 mos

I was involved in telephonic inviting of over 400 colleges to Antaragni'12, the most coveted event in IIT-K, registering a footfall of over 5,000. Ensured smooth stay of the teams and addressed their problems throughout the festival.