Andrej Orsula
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Luxembourg
Los Angeles, California, Luxembourg
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Top SchoolAndrej Orsula is a postdoctoral researcher and space robotics PhD with nine years of engineering experience, blending academic rigor at the University of Luxembourg with industry-grade software development in Rust. He designs embodied agents for adaptive autonomy and has applied those skills during a visiting stint at NASA JPL, bridging research and mission-relevant tooling. Andrej is an active open-source contributor to ROS–Gazebo integration (ros_gz), improving message conversion and plugin reliability to make simulation-to-robot workflows more robust. Based in Los Angeles but originally from Luxembourg, he brings a rare combination of hands-on systems programming, simulation middleware expertise, and field-driven research insight that accelerates both prototypes and publishable results.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Robotics, MSc Robotics at Aalborg UniversityPhD Space Robotics, PhD Space Robotics at University of Luxembourg
English, Danish, German, Slovak
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Github Skills (11)
simulations10
simulation10
robotics10
c-language10
gazebosim10
cprogramming-language10
ignition10
ros10
gazebo-simulator10
cpp9
pubsub8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
gazebosim/ros_gz
Dec 2020 - Apr 2021
Integration between ROS (1 and 2) and Gazebo simulation
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 6 commits, 6 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Andrej primarily contributes to the ros_gz repository by implementing features related to the integration between ROS (1 and 2) and Gazebo simulation. Their work includes fixing plugin path issues, adding message conversions for JointTrajectory messages, and modifying launch scripts to improve functionality. Furthermore, the user added updates for demos and addressed a previous issue. The user’s focus is on enhancing ROS-Gazebo bridging functionalities.
gazeboignitionroboticscppignition-transport
AndrejOrsula/drl_grasping
Oct 2020 - Jan 2023
Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robotic Grasping from Octrees
Contributions:2 releases, 435 commits, 55 PRs in 2 years 3 months
roboticspybulletreinforcement-learningdeep-reinforcement-learningoctrees
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