Husnu Erdogan
Robotics Software Engineer - Advanced Manufacturing Automation
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolHusnu Erdogan is a Robotics Software Engineer and PhD candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Portland State University, currently building AI-driven piece-picking and advanced manufacturing automation solutions at Siemens. With 11 years of experience across academia and industry, he blends hands-on robotics software (ROS/ROS2 navigation) with embedded systems and deep reinforcement learning for intelligent control. He contributed to the widely used ROS 2 Navigation2 project at Intel, improving navigation UX, simulation worlds, and performance testing—work he later translated into production-grade robotic systems at Siemens. An experienced lab and teaching assistant, he teaches ROS, embedded platforms, and computer vision, mentoring students while advancing his thesis on deep RL in robotics. Based in Berkeley, he brings a practical maker background with humanoid, mobile, and arm robots, plus an unusual side pursuit as a student pilot that reflects his appetite for complex, real-world systems.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
ESL course and Communication, English and Communication, ESL course and Communication, English and Communication at Seattle Pacific UniversityPrivate Pilot License, Aircraft Pilot (Private), Student Pilot, Private Pilot License, Aircraft Pilot (Private), Student Pilot at Gorge Winds AviationMaster of Science (M.S.), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical and Computer Engineering at Portland State UniversityBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Engineering at Istanbul Commerce UniversityESL Course, ESL Course at Highline Community College
English, lazca, Turkish
Github Skills (12)
navigationbar10
robotics10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
ros10
navigation-drawer10
navigationview10
gazebo-simulator9
server-actions9
server9
gazebosim9
build-system8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ros-navigation/navigation2
Jul 2019 - Jan 2020
ROS 2 Navigation Framework and System
Role in this project:
Software Engineer (Navigation & Robotics)
Software Engineer (Navigation & Robotics)Contributions:24 commits, 37 PRs, 10 pushes in 6 months
Contributions summary:Husnu primarily focused on enhancing the navigation and RVIZ plugin for the ROS 2 Navigation framework. They addressed issues such as action server timeouts, error messages, and code style. The contributions involved modifying the navigation dialog, goal tool, and related configuration files to improve the user experience and robustness of the navigation features. Moreover, the user updated build scripts and created Gazebo world models for testing.
roboticsros2autonomous-robotsrosnavigation
mlherd/navigation2
Jul 2019 - Dec 2019
ROS2 Navigation
Contributions:111 commits, 150 pushes, 30 branches in 5 months
roboticsrosros2navigation
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