Justin Yu
AI & Robotics Research Intern at Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJustin Yu is a PhD student in AI and Robotics at UC Berkeley and an experienced engineer with eight years of hands-on work spanning academic research and industry internships. He researches robot autonomy and manipulation at BAIR/AUTOLAB under Prof. Ken Goldberg while also contributing to an early-stage stealth AI robotics startup. Justin’s background blends a BSE in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan with practical systems experience from Qualcomm and years as an undergraduate researcher in computational autonomy. He has leadership roots in competitive robotics as a former Mechanical Engineering & Design lead for an FRC team, bringing mechanical intuition to software-first robotics problems. Known for bridging theory and implementation, he focuses on building reproducible, real-world robotic systems informed by rigorous academic methods. Based in Berkeley, he combines deep technical training with a knack for shipping experimental robotics research toward deployable prototypes.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, PhD, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence, Robotics at University of California, BerkeleyBSE, Electrical Engineering, BSE, Electrical Engineering at University of MichiganCanyon Crest Academy
Github Skills (15)
robotics9
urdf9
robot9
simulation-framework8
reinforcement-learning8
ros8
jekyll8
python7
simulation7
benchmarking7
cpp7
hardware5
rover5
mobile3
ai3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
UMich-CURLY/minicheetah-sensorsuite
Dec 2020 - Jul 2021
Contributions:2 releases, 35 commits, 18 pushes in 6 months
uynitsuj/uynitsuj.github.io
Aug 2020 - Dec 2022
Justin Yu's blog/website
Contributions:767 commits, 4 PRs, 1309 pushes in 2 years 4 months
jekyll
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