Bruce Huang
Senior Software Engineer at Google
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBruce Huang is a senior software engineer at Google with nine years of experience and a Ph.D. in Robotics from the University of Michigan, specializing in full-stack autonomy for bipedal robots. He led system integration for Cassie Blue, designing multi-modal perception suites, novel calibration methods, and the first LiDAR fiducial marker (LiDARTag) to improve long-range pose estimation in low-light and textureless environments. His work combines robust sensor fusion, centimeter-accurate pose estimation, and a dual-rate reactive planning stack (5 Hz planner + 300 Hz CLF controller) that enables dynamic obstacle avoidance and traversal of undulating terrain. He also developed a neural-network-based dynamic obstacle detector represented as control barrier functions, integrating perception and control for smooth, safety-aware responses. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Bruce pairs deep research rigor with practical production engineering at Google, and is currently building point-to-point topometric navigation for legged robots. Colleagues describe him as a fast learner and effective communicator who bridges lab research and cross-team implementation.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Robotics at University of MichiganBachelor of Science (B.S.) Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Electrical and Electronics Engineering at National Taiwan University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (33)
fiducial-markers10
robotics10
camera-calibration10
extrinsic-parameters10
robot10
calibration10
sensor-fusion10
terrain10
pathfinding10
lidar10
point-cloud10
motion-planning10
transformation10
3d9
automation9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
UMich-BipedLab/automatic_lidar_camera_calibration
Mar 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:7 commits, 11 pushes, 4 branches in 8 months
UMich-BipedLab/AprilTag_ROS
Apr 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:4 commits, 19 pushes, 4 branches in 8 months
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