Junior Robotics Researcher specializing in vision-based manipulation and learning-based control
Urbana, ILGraduate Research in Prof. Timothy Bretl’s Lab3 years experienceJuniorRoboticsHigher EducationResearch
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Robotics software candidate with experience spanning simulation (MuJoCo, Gazebo, Webots) and ROS1/ROS2 development, including hardware-oriented work on a hexapod and a Mecademic Meca500 R3 arm. Built a visually guided interactive indoor robot system using a CV pipeline plus POMDP + imitation learning with PPO-based residual RL, and has practical debugging experience improving LiDAR SLAM stability and migrating sensor interfaces from ROS1 to ROS2.
Experience
Graduate ResearchUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Research in Prof. Timothy Bretl’s LabUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Undergraduate Research in Prof. Zhengzhong Jia’s LabSouthern University of Science and Technology
Education
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)master, Mechanical Science and Engineering
Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)bachelor, Robotics Engineering (2024)
Key Strengths
Built an end-to-end MuJoCo simulation system for a visually guided interactive robot project
Implemented learning pipeline combining imitation learning with PPO-based RL residuals under a POMDP formulation
Hands-on ROS1/ROS2 experience across simulation and hardware-oriented projects (hexapod, robotic arm)
Successfully migrated a six-axis force sensor interface from ROS1 to ROS2 and validated data consistency
Debugged and improved LiDAR SLAM stability via sensor data inspection and mapping parameter tuning
Implemented and tuned classical motion planning (Dijkstra, A*) using costmap/planning parameter validation
Demonstrates fast ramp-up on new tools via documentation-first learning and small validation projects
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