Pannag Sanketi

Pannag Sanketi is a prominent figure in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence, currently serving as a Tech Lead Manager in the Robotics team at Google DeepMind.1 His career is marked by significant contributions to various technological domains:

Current Role and Responsibilities

Sanketi co-leads the Open X-Embodiment robotics collaboration, a major initiative in the robotics field.1 He is also involved in several robotics projects at Google DeepMind, focusing on agility, precision, and infrastructure development.1

Professional Background

Google Career::

• Joined Google in May 2011 and has been with the company for over 13 years.1
• Prior to his current role, he led numerous on-device machine learning projects for Android.1
• Worked on various aspects of Android platform development for phones and watches, as well as applications like camera and photos.1

Previous Experience::

• Before Google, Sanketi worked as a research associate at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, where he developed computer vision-based cell phone algorithms to assist visually impaired individuals.1

Education and Expertise

Sanketi has a strong academic background:

• Ph.D. in Controls Systems, Modeling, and Signal Processing from the University of California, Berkeley (2003-2009).1
• B.Tech in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (1999-2003).1

His areas of expertise include:

• Robotics
• Dynamic systems and optimal control
• Machine learning
• Android programming
• Computer vision
• Optimization
• Instrumentation1

Research and Publications

As a researcher, Sanketi has made significant contributions to the field:

• He has been cited 1849 times in scholarly publications, indicating the impact of his research.2
• Notable publications include work on Robotics Transformer (RT-1 and RT-2) models, which have garnered hundreds of citations.2

Professional Interests

Sanketi is particularly interested in pursuing a career at the intersection of Machine Learning, perception, and Robotics technology, with a focus on wide-ranging applications.1