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Seyi R. Afolayan - Controls Engineer in Itasca, IL

Seyi R. Afolayan

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

The RDI GroupJohns Hopkins UniversityItasca, IL4 Years ExperienceMid LevelWorks On-Site

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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.

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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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Experience

Controls EngineerThe RDI Group · Sep 2025 – Present
Engineering Support and Research AssistantDynamical Systems & Control Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University · Dec 2024 – Presentpart-time
Graduate Teaching AssistantJohns Hopkins University · Aug 2024 – Jun 2025part-time
Robotics Research InternLaboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics, Johns Hopkins University · Jun 2024 – Sep 2024internship
Course DeveloperLaboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics, Johns Hopkins University · Jun 2024 – Sep 2024contract
Undergraduate Research AssistantUniversity of Prince Edward Island · May 2021 – Dec 2022part-time
Teaching AssistantUniversity of Prince Edward Island · Jan 2022 – Apr 2022part-time
Aviation Systems Technician & Licensed Remote PilotCargojet Airways · Apr 2016 – Jul 2019
Volunteer EngineerGlobal Brigades · Feb 2023 – Feb 2023

Education

Johns Hopkins Universitymaster, Robotics (Control & Perception Track) (2025)
University of Prince Edward Islandbachelor, Sustainable Design Engineering (Mechatronics Concentration) (2023)

Awards

  • LCSR Distinguished Scholarship - Johns Hopkins University
  • Engineers PEI Graduating Student Award - Engineers PEI
  • Technical Excellence Award - Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, University of Prince Edward Island
  • Fung Excellence Award - Coleman Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership, UC Berkeley
  • Florence Simmons Global Experience Scholarship - University of Prince Edward Island
  • Dean’s Honors List - University of Prince Edward Island
  • Academic Excellence Awards - University of Prince Edward Island
  • Laurie A. Coles Engineering Scholarship - University of Prince Edward Island
  • Engineering Undergraduate Research Award (EURA) - University of Prince Edward Island
  • Allan Curran Engineering Award - University of Prince Edward Island

Skills

CC++PythonMATLABJavaBashXMLComputer visionOpenCVPyTorchGitDockerQuality assuranceCI/CDSimulink

Languages

English

Certifications

FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot CertificateTransport Canada Unmanned Aircraft Pilot Certificate

Publications

1 publication

Engineering educationService learningHumanitarian engineeringSocial entrepreneurship

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Seyi R. AfolayanMid-level Robotics & Controls Engineer specializing in safe autonomy and perception-aware motion planning