I am currently a robotics software engineer at METECS. I reside at Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX as a NASA contractor, where I work alongside Valkyrie. She is a humanoid robot who has been around for a long time and has lots to offer us in the world of understanding how robots will change our future. There are the kinds of questions we are asking and answering every day!
I'm currently working on
Developing state of the art planning and perception algorithms for the NASA Valkyrie Robot. Work is in progress and to be continued ...
I was working on
Building from prior work, can control policies be learned that reduce the audible sound emitted from the robot reducing intrusiveness and energy loss?
Using reinforcement learning, can morphology parameters within flexible systems be optimized to generate more efficient robots?