Shield AI
Alka Choudhary is a highly experienced Staff Software Engineer at Shield AI since June 2025, previously serving as a Senior Robotics Engineer at ArcBest from June 2023 to May 2025. At ArcBest, Alka developed a Behavior Tree Framework for Adaptive Navigation and implemented teleoperated fail-safe mechanisms, establishing best practices for a team of 15 engineers. Alka's earlier work at 6 River Systems focused on behavior and motion planning, where a custom A* turn-sensitive planner was developed. Additionally, Alka contributed to various US Government-funded projects at Near Earth Autonomy, including a NASA grant project for aerial urban mobility, and began a career at Cadence Design Systems optimizing HDMI verification IP test suites. Alka holds a Master of Science in Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology.
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Shield AI
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Shield AI builds self-driving technology that enables swarms of unmanned systems to operate on the edge without GPS, communications, or remote pilots. Further, by applying reinforcement learning to scalable simulations, Shield AI trains unmanned systems to learn new tactics and behaviors to autonomously accomplish new missions ranging from clearance operations with SUAS to breaching integrated air defense systems with Group 2-5 UAS.