# Raghav Arora

> Graduate Research Assistant @ The University of Texas at Austin | Task and Motion Planning | Robot Learning | Humanoid robot wholebody loco-manipulation

Location: Austin, Texas, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/raghavarora

Graduate Research Assistant at The University of Texas at Austin, focusing on robot learning for anticipatory planning and humanoid robot whole-body loco-manipulation. Actively engaged in research on reinforcement learning and task and motion planning for robots in partially observable and open-world environments.

## Work Experience
### Graduate Research Assistant @ The University of Texas at Austin
Jan 2025 – Present | Austin, Texas, United States
Working with Humanoid Robot for whole body manipulation and household tasks. Runners' up at RoboCup At Home 2025, and preparing for RoboCupAtHome 2026. 
Research in Reinforcement Learning for Anticipatory Planning, and Humanoid Robot Learning.

### Teaching Assistant @ The University of Texas at Austin
Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 | Austin, Texas, United States

### Research Engineer @ IIIT Hyderabad
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Hyderabad, Telangana, India

### Research Assistant @ University of Luxembourg
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Working with the Theoretical Chemical Physics group on the use of Neural Networks and Kernel Ridge Regression methods with optimized molecule descriptors and DFTB methods for achieving the efficiency of quantum chemical simulations with lower computational costs.

### Projects' Head @ Department of Visual Media, BITS Pilani
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | BITS Pilani

### Back End Developer @ Department of Visual Media, BITS Pilani
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Pilani

### Research Intern @ Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR)
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Kalpakkam, Chennai, India
Built a system to generate customised reports and make a knowledge base using Information Retrieval technique for making necessary predictions at the Scientific Information and Resource Division (SIRD), IGCAR.


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin

### Masters of Science in Chemistry
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

### BE - Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/raraghavarora
- Portfolio: https://raraghavarora.github.io/
- GitHub: https://github.com/RAraghavarora
- Portfolio: https://raraghavarora.github.io

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Last updated: 2026-04-18