Welcome to
Anandi Arora's Portfolio
About Me
Hi, I’m Anandi, an M.S. Robotics student at the University of Michigan. I am interested in building robots that solve real-world problems, especially in the areas of human-robot interaction, social robotics, and human-centered robot design. Right now, I am expanding my experience in hardware design, system integration, prototyping, and real-world deployment. I am especially interested in how robots look, move, and behave around people, and how their form, motion, and presence can make them easier to understand, trust, and interact with.
In my free time, you can find me at the gym, exploring new food places, or traveling.
Projects
Selected Work
Webby: The Outreach Drawing Robot
An interactive outreach robot that draws and signs visitor names as personalized take-home artifacts.
- HRI
- Outreach Robotics
- Robotics Design
- Hackathon
- Interactive Robot
- GUI + Servo
One Click to Safety: Reimagining Campus Security at UMich
A campus safety platform designed to help students access emergency resources and real-time support with fewer clicks.
- HCD
- Campus Safety
- UX Research
- Social Impact
Smart Industrial Sort
Built a sensor-driven conveyor prototype that detects and sorts defective objects using Arduino, IR sensing, and servo actuation.
- Arduino
- Sensors
- Actuation
- Mechatronics
Controller for QCars
Developed ROS-based trajectory tracking and centralized control for QCars using OptiTrack.
- ROS
- OptiTrack
- Control
- Multi-Robot
A Hitchhiker's Guide to Robot Navigation
Benchmarked Leader-Follower robot navigation against MPC in dense simulated crowds.
- HRI
- Social Navigation
- MPC
- Python
Wingmate Dating App
Designed the technical architecture and mobile deployment strategy for an AI-powered dating app.
- Architecture
- Product Strategy
- AI Apps
- Backend Design
Wildlife Monitoring System
Built and deployed a YOLOv8-based wildlife detection system for identifying 12 animal species.
- YOLOv8
- Computer Vision
- Flask
- Deep Learning
Additional Projects
IoT-Based Smart Kitchen System
Surveyed IoT kitchen safety systems using gas, temperature, Arduino, GSM, and wireless communication technologies.
- IoT
- Arduino
- Sensors
- GSM
Top 100 YouTube Channels Analysis
Used logistic regression and Scikit-learn to classify YouTube channel success based on subscriber metrics.
- Python
- Scikit-learn
- Logistic Regression
- Kaggle
Music Management System
Designed UML diagrams and built a C++ object-oriented music management system for concert coordination.
- C++
- UML
- OOP
- System Design
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Awards
Publication
Research and Writing
Object Detection Powered Wildlife Monitoring System
IEEE, June 20, 2025.
Related to the YOLOv8 wildlife monitoring project, covering object detection for identifying wildlife species through a deployed detection pipeline.
Contact Me
Let’s build something thoughtful, useful, and memorable.
anandiar@umich.edu