Adithya V. Sastry Robotics + Origami Creator of Tin Can Linux Research Science Institute 2025 Lover of all things tiny "A dream is not that which you see while sleeping, it is that which does not let you sleep." -- Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
My current and past major projects. [~/projects] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This page is a catalog of major projects that I have taken up, both current and past. I am still updating this page with more of my past projects. Current Projects -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Improving Robotic Exploration Algorithms Using Reinforcement Learning Graph Pruning Techniques This project aims to improve existing graph based robotic exploration algorithms through the use of a novel RL-based graph pruning technique. >>> Read more ________________________________________________________________________ Safe Robotic Control for Autonomous Aircraft Swarms This project aims to extend an existing approach to safety-guaranteed reinforcement learning control of multi-agent systems to tasks with more complex control dynamics. >>> Read more ________________________________________________________________________ Tin Can Linux I recently began developing and maintaining a custom Linux distribution with an emphasis on compactness, understandability, and hackability. This talks a bit about why, how I got there, and the future direction for the distribution. >>> Read more >>> Official website Past Projects ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pion: Custom Arduino Design When I was frustrated with the lack of a small Uno-like Arduino that could easily be powered with a small rechargeable LiPo battery, I decided to design my own, and this was the result. >>> Read more ________________________________________________________________________ Frontier-Based Approach Utilizing the RRT Algorithm for Autonomous Exploration of Unknown Environments This project aimed to design a frontier-based exploration algorithm using RRTs to aid in the path planning process and identify regions in the environment requiring further exploration. >>> Read more Mini Projects -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yeti OS: Bit-Sized Linux Distro for the Raspberry Pi Zero This was one of my experiments in developing a custom Linux distribution that eventually led me to create Tin Can Linux. >>> Read more >>> Repository ________________________________________________________________________ Turtle: Tiny Xorg Window Manager in Rust This was an experiment in creating a custom window manager that I made while playing around with Kiss Linux. >>> Read more >>> Repository ________________________________________________________________________ Ubar: Tiny Status Bar for Xorg I made this 100-ish line C++ program to go along with Turtle. >>> Read more >>> Repository
============== Updates ==============News - 03/08/2025 Tin Can: 32 followers + 19 stars on GitHub News - 12/01/2024 Arc: first release candidate Post - 11/19/2024 LibTorch in Rust using FFIs News - 11/07/2024 Arc: rusty package manager for Linux Post - 06/23/2024 Shared Memory IPC in Rust