Swayam Rathod
Swayam Rathod

About

About me

A quick rundown of where I've studied, what I've worked on, and where I'm headed.

I'm pursuing my Associate of Science in Physics at Georgia State University, and most of my hands-on background is in mechanical engineering, robotics, and building systems from the ground up. A lot of what I know comes from learning by actually making things, breaking them, figuring out why they failed, and rebuilding them better, not from studying individual pieces of robotics in isolation.

I graduated high school as valedictorian and was recognized as an SAT Star Student, and I've kept building on that through college, independent projects, and leadership roles since.

I started college at Gwinnett Technical College in fall 2025. During that year I founded the Engineering Club on campus and served as its president, helping organize students across mechanical, electrical, and programming work and helping members go from little or no robotics experience to designing and testing their own prototypes. I've since handed that role off as I move on to the next stage of my degree at GSU.

The biggest project I've worked on is my independently designed humanoid robot, Spookey: mechanical structure, electronics, power distribution, custom PCBs, and the ROS 2 software behind it, all built myself. You can read the full story on the Projects page.

Alongside school, I founded SwayForm Robotics, focused on getting real, hands-on robotics into classrooms instead of leaving robotics as something students only read about. More on the reasoning behind it on the SwayForm page.

I also run Craftora 3D Design Studio, a small business I started in May 2025 specializing in custom 3D-printed products and creative mechanical designs. I handle the modeling, printing, and client delivery myself. So far that's meant 20+ original designs and over 100 sales, run independently alongside a full course load.

Skills

PythonC++JavaROS 2GazeboRaspberry PiArduinoMachine Learning3D PrintingSolidWorksFusion 360AutoCADBlenderNVIDIA Isaac SimURDF ModelingElectronicsPCB Design (KiCad, EasyEDA)

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