Aashish Ghimire
Agents, robots, and the gap in between · 2026

Applied AI
for the messy
real world.

I'm Aashish — research engineer in Microsoft Robotics, where I work on AI agents for physical AI: knowledge synthesis, planning, tool use, and the layer of evaluation that decides whether a model is actually safe to put on a robot. Ph.D. in computer science. Interested in turning research ideas into things that work outside the lab.

Now · 2026

Building agent systems for robots in Microsoft's robotics group.

The interesting part isn't the model — it's the layer beneath: how you tell when an agent is wrong before a robot acts on it. Spending a lot of time on the road from research prototype to shipped product.

  • Reading “On the Measure of Intelligence” (re-read)
  • Writing Notes on agents that have hands — soon
  • Local · Redmond, WA
Focus areas

What I think about, daily.

Work

  • Agent systems & tool use
  • Physical AI / robotics
  • Evaluation & observability
  • Research → product
  • GenAI in education

Off the keyboard

  • Manchester United
  • Aviation (geek, not pilot)
  • Economics (currently learning)
  • Homelab tinkering
Track record
Ph.D. Computer Science · Utah State

Researching how generative AI changes how we teach, learn, and code.

Past lives
4+ Before Microsoft

Meta · Esri · Charles Schwab · USU.

Off the keyboard
Cyber Officer US Army Reserve

Leading a small team of cyber soldiers — keeps the abstractions honest.

Selected work & writing.

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From the notebook.

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