Seyi R. Afolayan

Mid-level Robotics & Controls Engineer specializing in safe autonomy and perception-aware motion planning

Itasca, ILControls Engineer4 years experienceMid-LevelRoboticsAerospaceAviation

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Robotics software engineer who built an open-source, real-time Cartesian controller for Universal Robots UR5/UR5e, targeting sub-mm accuracy at 500 Hz within ROS2/ros2_control. Demonstrates strong real-time debugging skills (timing profiling, singularity handling with Tikhonov regularization) and sim-to-real iteration using Gazebo/Isaac Sim plus physical hardware tuning; also has ROS1 experience building URDF/xacro and EKF configs for an underwater vehicle and has developed drone/robot packages.

Experience

Controls EngineerThe RDI Group

Engineering Support and Research AssistantDynamical Systems & Control Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University

Graduate Teaching AssistantJohns Hopkins University

Robotics Research InternLaboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics, Johns Hopkins University

Course DeveloperLaboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics, Johns Hopkins University

Undergraduate Research AssistantUniversity of Prince Edward Island

Teaching AssistantUniversity of Prince Edward Island

Aviation Systems Technician & Licensed Remote PilotCargojet Airways

Volunteer EngineerGlobal Brigades

Education

The Johns Hopkins Universitymaster, Robotics (Control & Perception Track) (2025)

University of Prince Edward Islandbachelor, Sustainable Design Engineering (Mechatronics Concentration) (2023)

Key Strengths

Built an open-source real-time Cartesian controller for UR5/UR5e
Achieved sub-millimeter accuracy at 500 Hz control update rate
Debugged real-time jitter/missed-deadline issues via control-loop timing profiling
Stabilized IK near singularities using Tikhonov regularization
Hands-on sim-to-real debugging and empirical gain tuning on physical hardware
Experience spanning ROS1 and ROS2 stacks (URDF/xacro, EKF, ros2_control)

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Languages

English

Skills

CC++PythonMATLABSimulinkJavaBashCMakeLaTeXXMLClassical controlModern controlServo controlReal-time motion controlState estimation