Alexander Sherikov
Senior Robotics Developer (UAV) at Technology Innovation Institute
Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
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Top SchoolAlexander Sherikov is a senior robotics developer with 14 years of experience specializing in UAV and legged systems, currently building advanced aerial autonomy at the Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi. He blends deep academic training (PhD in Automatic Control) with hands-on engineering across C++, ROS, CUDA, and reinforcement learning frameworks like IsaacGym and PyTorch. His background spans humanoid control, volumetric mapping, onboard software architecture, and MPC for UGVs, reflecting a rare full-stack robotics skill set from low-level CAN interfacing to simulation and deployment. Alexander has driven both research-grade frameworks and production-ready embedded systems, emphasizing software quality and cross-compilation for constrained platforms. He often bridges research and product: moving algorithms from simulation into flight-capable stacks and applying RL techniques developed for quadrupeds to perception and control problems. Based in Abu Dhabi, he combines a researcher’s rigor with pragmatic engineering to deliver robust, field-ready robotic autonomy.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Automatic Control and Production Systems, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Automatic Control and Production Systems at Université Grenoble AlpesMaster’s Degree Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Master’s Degree Robotics and Intelligent Systems at Örebro UniversityEngineer’s Degree Computer Science, Engineer’s Degree Computer Science at Petrozavodsk State University (PetrSU) 
English, Russian
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Github Skills (194)
msgpack10
simulator10
solver10
file-format10
deserialization10
unreal10
embedded10
cpp10
ros10
optimization10
nonlinear10
robotics10
plot10
eigen10
yaml10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
asherikov/thread_supervisor
May 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:12 commits, 35 pushes, 18 branches in 6 months
asherikov/phd-thesis
Jun 2016 - Mar 2022
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 9 months
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