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Ruta Desai

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Staff Research Scientist, FAIR at Meta
📍 Redmond, Washington, United States

Ruta Desai is a Staff Research Scientist at Metas FAIR, specializing in embodied AI and agents designed to partner with humans. A Carnegie Mellon University Ph. D. graduate, her research focuses on creating human-assistive agents and making robotics more accessible through interactive, data-driven design tools.

She holds a patent for a "Robust Swing Leg Controller" that mimics human-like joint torque patterns in walking robots, enabling stability under large disturbances.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Staff Research Scientist, FAIR
Location
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Embodied AI
Her research at Meta's FAIR and Facebook Reality Labs is centered on developing embodied AI for human-assistive agents and multi-agent tasks like PARTNR and Habitat 3.
Human-Robot Interaction
Her Ph. D. thesis and publications focus on creating tools that make designing complex and expressive robot behaviors more accessible and intuitive for non-expert users.
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Career

Work history

8-2023
Staff Research Scientist, FAIR
Meta
10-2018 - 8-2023
Research Scientist and Manager
Facebook Reality Labs
8-2013 - 9-2018
PhD Student
Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science
8-2014 - 12-2014
Teaching Assistant
Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science
6-2017 - 10-2017
Graduate Research Intern
Autodesk
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Education
2013 - 2018
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Carnegie Mellon University
2011 - 2012
Master's degree
Carnegie Mellon University
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