# Varun Kamat

> Robotics Engineer at Engineered Arts | UC Berkeley EECS BS & MS

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/varunkamat

Robotics Software Engineer with a background in real-time humanoid systems, autonomous navigation, and agentic infrastructure. UC Berkeley EECS (B.S. & M.S.). Focused on building the software that brings complex hardware to life.

## Work Experience
### Robotics Software Engineer @ Engineered Arts Ltd
Jan 2025 – Present | Redwood City, CA
Architecting the software infrastructure for Ameca, the world’s most advanced humanoid. Focused on the intersection of generative AI, real-time perception, and embedded Linux.

### Robotics Engineer @ Atonomic
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Oakland, CA
Developed core localization and perception pipelines for autonomous industrial vehicles. Led a live pilot at the Alameda County Food Bank; responsible for on-site system integration and real-time troubleshooting.

### Robotics Engineer @ ThoughtForge AI
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Oakland, CA
Developed adaptive perception and control software for industrial manipulators. Focused on robust object tracking, vision-based state estimation, and ROS/ROS2 system integration.

### Research Assistant @ UC Berkeley AUTOLab
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Berkeley, CA
Conducted research in autonomous manipulation, agricultural automation, and autonomous surgery under Prof. Ken Goldberg. Published award-winning research on high-precision motion planning and simulation-to-real transfer.

### Data Science Intern @ Spacemaker AI
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Boston, MA
Engineered spatial data pipelines and AI models for urban design tools. Developed high-precision mapping systems integrating LIDAR point clouds and RTK-corrected GNSS data.


## Education
### Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/varun-kamat
- GitHub: https://github.com/varunthepianoman

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Last updated: 2026-04-10