Ari Yakir
VP R&D at Logtel
Israel
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Top SchoolAri Yakir is a VP R&D and robotics researcher with over a decade of experience building humanoid and mobile robots, leading R&D at CogniTeam and creating platforms like the Hamster and Lynx robots that have underpinned multiple academic publications. He blends deep academic credentials (MSc/PhD work in AI and Robotics at Bar-Ilan University) with hands-on systems engineering from IBM virtualization projects to embedded simulation for defense. Ari teaches complex topics clearly across industry and academia, running courses from smartphone development to robotics and big data. He has competed in RoboCup and helped qualify a team for DARPA’s Humanoid Robotics Challenge, demonstrating both practical field experience and research impact. Known for quickly mastering complex domains, he pairs that rapid learning with a track record of turning prototypes into publishable, reusable platforms. Based in Israel, he bridges research, productization, and teaching in robotics and AI.
10 years of coding experience
Ph.D, A.I. and Robotics, Ph.D, A.I. and Robotics at Bar-Ilan University
Italian, Hebrew, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (17)
decision-tree6
finite-automata6
nlp6
ros6
cloudwatch6
robot6
behavior-tree6
android6
python6
java6
urldecode6
robotics6
health5
aws-cloudwatch5
aws3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
cogniteam/intel-pengo
Oct 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:21 commits, 24 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
yakirari/robots.ros.org
May 2020 - Sep 2020
The source for robots.ros.org
Contributions:4 pushes in 4 months
roboticswebotsrobotrosrobots
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