Jesse Haviland
Research Scientist in AI at Queensland University of Technology
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolJesse Haviland is a Research Scientist in AI with nine years' experience developing resilient robotic systems that bridge high-level task planning, closed-loop control, and real-world perception. His interdisciplinary work—rooted in a PhD in Robotics from QUT and roles across QUT Centre for Robotics and CSIRO's Data61—focuses on enabling fluid, human-like motion by utilising all robot joints and integrating fast vision-guided controllers. He has hands-on expertise in spatial mathematics and kinematics, evidenced by targeted contributions to the widely used Robotics Toolbox for Python where he fixed and clarified ICRA examples. Jesse combines academic teaching and research leadership with practical engineering to decompose complex tasks into reusable low-level controllers, making robots more reactive in dynamic, unstructured environments. Based in Sydney, he brings a pragmatic, systems-level approach to moving robotics from lab demonstrations toward dependable real-world deployment.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Robotics at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)
Github Skills (3)
kinematics10
robotics10
python10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
petercorke/robotics-toolbox-python
Feb 2020 - Jan 2023
Robotics Toolbox for Python
Role in this project:
Robotics Engineer
Robotics EngineerContributions:13 releases, 1 review, 1489 commits in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Jesse made several modifications to the ICRA example in the robotics toolbox to fix errors. This involved changing code, and updating and formatting code blocks. The user demonstrated a strong understanding of spatial mathematics and kinematics, which are core components of the robotics-toolbox-python.
robotics-simulationkinematicspythonroboticstoolbox
jhavl/mmc
Feb 2020 - Jul 2023
Contributions:144 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 5 months
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