Kyle Dufrene
Robotics Applied Scientist at Amazon
Mountain View, California, United States
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Top SchoolKyle Dufrene is a robotics applied scientist with nine years of hands-on experience spanning mechanical design, control, and software, currently advancing manipulation and sensor integration at Amazon in Mountain View. He focuses on robotic grasping and sensor-driven manipulation, blending research rigor from his MS in Robotics with practical hardware development at Lab126. Kyle has a track record of moving concepts into production—implementing automation solutions, tooling, and safety systems that delivered measurable cost savings in industry internships. Comfortable across the stack, he pairs prototyping skills (machining, 3D printing) with algorithmic work, and brings an engineer’s curiosity to both science and productization. Outside the lab he stays active—pickleball, biking, and cooking—which he credits for sustaining creativity during long design cycles.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Robotics, Master of Science - MS, Robotics at Oregon State UniversitySherwood High School
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Github Skills (13)
ros5
pong4
robotics3
python3
docker3
infrastructure2
paths2
arduino2
grasp2
robot2
simulation1
slam-algorithms1
mojo1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
OSUrobotics/infrastructure-raspi
Aug 2022 - Jun 2024
ROS package for every apparatus on infrastructure project
Contributions:1 review, 3 PRs, 15 pushes in 1 year 10 months
infrastructurerosros-packageros2
OSUrobotics/HandControl
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:8 commits, 6 pushes, 2 branches in 9 months
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