Joshua Liu
Robotics Research Engineer at Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research (I³R) at the University of Arkansas
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolJoshua Liu is a robotics research engineer with 11 years of experience designing and deploying complex robotic systems across medical robotics, teleoperation, automation, and sensing. Holding a Ph.D. in Robotics from Johns Hopkins, he combines expertise in ROS2, real-time control, computer vision, AR/VR, and haptics to lead prototype development from concept to operational use. His career includes progressive research roles at Johns Hopkins and a current engineering position at the Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research, reflecting a strong track record of translating lab innovations into practical systems. Based in Baltimore, he often bridges human-centered interfaces and low-level control—an uncommon blend that enables intuitive teleoperation in safety-critical medical applications.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins UniversityBachelor's degree in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering in Mechatronics and Automation, Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering in Mechatronics and Automation at Changsha University of Science and Technology
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Github Skills (107)
realsense10
3d-models10
knowledge-management10
sdk10
computer-vision10
3d-reconstruction10
cnc-controller10
point-cloud10
camera-api10
hardware10
mesh9
scada9
knowledge-graph9
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
uark-i3r-bigss/Universal_Robots_CB2_ROS2_Driver
May 2022 - Jan 2023
Universal Robots ROS2 Driver for CB2 Controller
Contributions:90 commits, 2 PRs, 82 pushes in 8 months
driverros
uark-i3r-bigss/grbl-Mega-5X
Jul 2022 - Jan 2026
5/6 Axis version of Grbl, the open source, embedded, high performance g-code-parser and CNC milling controller written in optimized C that will run on an Arduino Mega2560
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 pushes in 3 years 6 months
axiscontrollerattinyparsermega2560
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