I build and deploy real-world autonomous robots.
Co-Founder & CTO at Ottonomy, leading the development and deployment of autonomous delivery robots across real-world environments. With 14+ years in robotics and software engineering, I’ve built systems that span from compact research robots to driverless vehicles. My focus is on scalable autonomy — blending control, planning, and learning to make delivery automation efficient, safe, and resilient.
Latest writing is on Medium: pradyotkorupolu.medium.com
About
I design robotics and AI systems that can operate in crowded, dynamic, and infrastructure-constrained environments. My work spans perception, navigation, fleet management, and neurosymbolic AI — with a strong emphasis on resilience, explainability, and deployability at scale.
Selected Work
Ottonomy – Autonomous Delivery Robots
Robots deployed globally for intralogistics, food and retail delivery, and airport operations.
VLL / Multi-LLM Advisory Architecture
An approach to keep LLMs as advisors, not drivers — combining vision-language models with symbolic rules for safe, auditable actions.
Resilient AI-in-the-loop Systems
Frameworks for graceful degradation, human-in-the-loop recovery, and fleet-level monitoring.
Latest on Medium
My latest posts on robotics and AI are on Medium.
Scaling Smart Robots: Combining Foundational Models with SRLs...
On using SRLs to keep advanced models explainable and customizable for real deployments.
Advisors, Not Drivers: Rethinking the Role of Foundational Models in Robotics
Argues for LLMs/VLMs as policy advisors rather than direct controllers.
Building Resilience in AI-in-the-Loop Robotic Systems
A framework for dependable autonomy for real world robots.
Publications
- Building Resilience in AI-in-the-Loop Robotic Systems – Medium
- The Role of Infrastructure in Enabling AI in the Real World – Medium
Contact
For collaborations, speaking, or media:
- Email: kvnpradyot@gmail.com
- LinkedIn: /in/pradyotkvn/
- Medium: pradyotkorupolu.medium.com