Jesper Smith
Lead Robotics System Engineer at 1X
Moss, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolJesper Smith is a Lead Robotics System Engineer with 15 years of experience designing control and system-integration solutions for humanoid and walking robots. He combines deep academic training from Delft University of Technology with hands-on roles at IHMC and Halodi (now 1X), where he developed balance and manipulation algorithms, realtime control architectures, and low-level motor driver firmware. Jesper’s work spans simulation, VR remote-control interfaces, and resilient remote protocols—skills honed during DARPA Robotics Challenge development and collaborations with NASA and Sandia. An active open-source contributor, he improved Java bindings for the widely used Assimp 3D asset importer to enable custom loading and I/O, reflecting a practical focus on integration and interoperability. Based in Moss, Norway, he’s known for translating complex research into robust, deployable robot systems.
15 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Mechanical engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Mechanical engineering at Delft University of Technology
Dutch, English
Github Skills (9)
javas10
jna10
assimp10
java10
cprogramming-language9
c-language9
x3d9
3ds9
asset-pipeline7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
assimp/assimp
Jul 2017 - Oct 2017
The official Open-Asset-Importer-Library Repository. Loads 40+ 3D-file-formats into one unified and clean data structure.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 3 PRs, 1 comment in 2 months
Contributions summary:Jesper contributed to the Java bindings for the Assimp library. They implemented features to allow custom library loading, added Javadoc for the library loader, and integrated support for custom I/O systems. These changes focused on enhancing the library's flexibility and integration capabilities, specifically within the Java environment, by enabling custom file loading and resource access. The user also addressed file size issues and wrote code to improve file access and reading.
3ddata-structureasset-pipelineassetsgame-development
1x-technologies/halodi-robot-models
Sep 2019 - May 2022
Repository of Halodi robot models in urdf format with support for ROS2, Unity and IHMC Simulation Construction Set.
Contributions:4 releases, 93 commits, 20 PRs in 2 years 8 months
rossimulationurdf
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