Software Engineer Level 2 at Capla India

Akhilesh Anant Gonabal

I build medical navigation and robotics software across Qt/QML, C++, imaging, tracking, registration, and hardware-integrated workflows.

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Current focus Cranial, spine, and robotic exoscope workflows that connect medical imaging, optical tracking, registration, hand-eye calibration, instrument calibration, and real-time visualization.

Ground mobility test of a multimodal robot

Research direction

Robotics for constrained, physical environments.

My work sits at the intersection of medical imaging, robotics, embedded systems, and product-grade software. I currently develop hardware-connected surgical navigation workflows at CAPLA, including patient data import, multi-view visualization, point and surface registration, tracked-tool navigation, robotic exoscope integration, instrument calibration, recovery, persistence, and deployment support. Earlier work includes multimodal mobile robots, applied cyber-physical systems, IoT infrastructure prototypes, and SCADA automation.

Selected work

Projects

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2025 - Present / Software Engineer Level 2, Capla India

CAPLA Cranial Navigation

Qt/QML and C++ medical navigation application for cranial workflows, connecting patient data import, multi-view visualization, registration, tracked-tool navigation, recovery, and instrument calibration.

Built and hardened workflow areas for patient data import, case handling, MPR visualization, image fusion review, point-based registration, flash registration, and tracked-tool navigation.
Integrated hardware-connected navigation behavior with optical tracking, IR feed handling, tool visibility, reference-marker compensation, and registration-to-navigation handoff stability.

2025 - Present / Software Engineer Level 2, Capla India

CAPLA Robotic Exoscope

Host-agnostic robotic exoscope add-on for intraoperative positioning, connecting a collaborative robot with tracking, hand-eye calibration, visible-feed preview, follow control, and optional 3D robot/goal visualization.

Worked with a reusable add-on architecture that keeps robot connection, kinematics, hand-eye calibration, follow control, and QML workflow logic isolated from the host application.
Defined host integration through focused adapter interfaces for tracking, configuration, audit logging, visible-light video, and 3D visualization instead of coupling the add-on to host internals.

2025 - Present / Software Engineer Level 2, Capla India

CAPLA Instrument Calibration

Reusable surgical instrument calibration library and host-application integration for CAPLA navigation systems, covering tip calibration, validation, marker recalibration, and multi-instrument tracking support.

Integrated the calibration add-on into the cranial navigation host through focused tracking, IR camera, data-path, and 3D rendering adapters.
Supported calibration workflows for instrument tip calibration, validation, marker recalibration, geometry reloads, and calibration result persistence.

Publications and patents

Recent outputs

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Patent / December 2024

A System for Inspection and Maintenance of Complex Environments Using Multiple-Modal Operations and Method Thereof

Akhilesh Anant Gonabal, et al.

Indian Patent Office

Published and Awaiting Examination

Application No. 202441099717

Conference Paper / December 2023

Lab Experimental Framework for Demonstrating Integral Concepts of Applied Cyber-Physical Systems

Akhilesh Anant Gonabal, Neil Jose, K V Gangadharan

Eleventh ISSS National Conference on MEMS, Smart Materials, Structures and Systems / Coimbatore, India