Borong Yuan
Chief Technology Officer at Factor Robotics
Jiangsu, China
Summary
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Top SchoolBorong Yuan is a hands-on technology leader and CTO with nine years of experience building robotics and perception systems, currently leading Factor Robotics from Jiangsu, China. He blends academic training in electrical and information engineering with practical expertise in reinforcement learning on real robots, depth sensing, and camera integration. At introlab/RTAB-Map he contributed back-end optimizations enabling IR support and improved depth quality for DepthAI/OAK devices, showing a knack for marrying low-level tuning with system-level performance. Previously he led algorithm teams at HIT Robot Group, shipping deep learning and robotics solutions into production. Outside work he recharges by 3D printing, flying model aircraft, and shooting landscapes — hobbies that mirror his iterative, experimental approach to engineering.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
硕士, 电气及信息工程, 硕士, 电气及信息工程 at Technische Universität DortmundBachelor, Electrical Engineering and Automation, Bachelor, Electrical Engineering and Automation at Hohai University
Chinese, English, German
Github Skills (20)
robotics10
c-language10
integrate10
integrator10
imu10
depthai10
computer-vision10
cprogramming-language10
ros10
apidoc9
opencv9
sys9
localization9
api9
mappings9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
introlab/rtabmap
Jun 2020 - Mar 2025
RTAB-Map library and standalone application
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Robotics Engineer
Back-end Developer & Robotics EngineerContributions:1 review, 35 PRs, 104 comments in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Borong primarily contributed to the integration and optimization of the RTAB-Map library with the DepthAI camera platform. Their work involved adding features to enable IR capabilities on OAK Pro models, modifying camera models, and refining depth quality through parameter tuning. Furthermore, the user worked on IMU local transforms, data synchronization, and added support for various camera models like OAK-D LR, OAK-D SR, and PoE devices. The user enhanced the software to integrate with the newer versions of the DepthAI framework and optimized performance for RGBD mode, especially with the use of video encoders.
roboticsstandalonemappingmapscanning
Factor-Robotics/odrive_ros2_control
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
ODrive driver for ros2_control
Contributions:65 commits, 4 PRs, 94 pushes in 1 year 7 months
roboticsros2-humbleros2rosros2-foxy
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