The Minds Behind Zeus
Vivek Thankachan
Vivek Thankachan
Vivek Thankachan
Co-Founder, CEO & Director of Engineering
Vivek is a serial entrepreneur and robotics engineer with a strong foundation in autonomy and intelligent systems. Before founding Zeus Robotics, he successfully led multiple startups in India. As the CEO & Director of Engineering, he drives product vision, strategic growth, and next-gen robotics
Co-Founder, CEO & Director of Engineering
Vivek is a serial entrepreneur and robotics engineer with a strong foundation in autonomy and intelligent systems. Before founding Zeus Robotics, he successfully led multiple startups in India. As the CEO & Director of Engineering, he drives product vision, strategic growth, and next-gen robotics development. He brings a unique blend of technical depth and entrepreneurial instinct, positioning Zeus at the forefront of reliable and intelligent robotics solutions. He is also a recipient of a prestigious research fellowship recognizing innovation in EV charging systems.
Anandhu Sunos
Vivek Thankachan
Vivek Thankachan
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Anandhu is a systems integration specialist with hands-on expertise in building robust, scalable robotics platforms. As CTO, he leads Zeus’s technical architecture, ensuring seamless hardware-software integration across mission-critical applications. With a background in robotics R&D and startup
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Anandhu is a systems integration specialist with hands-on expertise in building robust, scalable robotics platforms. As CTO, he leads Zeus’s technical architecture, ensuring seamless hardware-software integration across mission-critical applications. With a background in robotics R&D and startup leadership in India, Anandhu brings deep technical rigor and innovation to every stage of development. He is also a recipient of a prestigious research fellowship award for groundbreaking work in EV Charging Systems.
Amal Ashok
Vivek Thankachan
Lifeng Zhou
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer (CPO)
Amal is a design engineer focused on building intuitive, efficient, and field-ready robotic systems. At Zeus, he shapes the product experience from concept to deployment, balancing functionality, performance, and usability. With experience in both core engineering and product design, and a strong s
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer (CPO)
Amal is a design engineer focused on building intuitive, efficient, and field-ready robotic systems. At Zeus, he shapes the product experience from concept to deployment, balancing functionality, performance, and usability. With experience in both core engineering and product design, and a strong startup foundation in India, Amal ensures Zeus's solutions are as elegant as they are effective. He is also a research fellow recognized for innovations in EV charging technology.
Lifeng Zhou
Kamalanathan Narayana Bharathy
Lifeng Zhou
Technical Advisor
Dr. Zhou is an Assistant Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Drexel University and a former Postdoctoral Researcher at UPenn’s GRASP Lab. He brings deep expertise in multi-robot coordination, secure autonomy, and machine learning–driven systems. His work on resilient, scalable robotics, spanning environmen
Technical Advisor
Dr. Zhou is an Assistant Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Drexel University and a former Postdoctoral Researcher at UPenn’s GRASP Lab. He brings deep expertise in multi-robot coordination, secure autonomy, and machine learning–driven systems. His work on resilient, scalable robotics, spanning environmental monitoring to smart cities, underpins our approach to robust, real-world deployment. As a serving Associate Editor for the ICRA Conference, Lifeng guides Zeus’s technical direction with academic rigor and visionary insight.
Kamalanathan Narayana Bharathy
Kamalanathan Narayana Bharathy
Kamalanathan Narayana Bharathy
Head of Perception
Kamalanathan leads the development of perception systems at Zeus Robotics, specializing in computer vision, sensor fusion, and real-time autonomy. With a strong background in robotics and prior startup leadership in India, he brings both technical depth and entrepreneurial agility to the team. At Zeus, he focuses on mach
Head of Perception
Kamalanathan leads the development of perception systems at Zeus Robotics, specializing in computer vision, sensor fusion, and real-time autonomy. With a strong background in robotics and prior startup leadership in India, he brings both technical depth and entrepreneurial agility to the team. At Zeus, he focuses on machine learning and AI algorithms to enhance the robot’s ability to understand and adapt to complex environments. His work is critical to enabling reliable and safe autonomous navigation across all of our robotic platforms.