Kyle Morgenstein
Reinforcement Learning at Apptronik
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKyle Morgenstein is a reinforcement learning and robotics researcher pursuing a PhD at UT Austin and leading RL efforts at Apptronik to enable safe, perceptive locomanipulation, motion imitation, and human-robot physical interaction. He blends academic rigor—work on safety, explainability, and pro-social behaviors for humanoids—with industry impact from internships at the Boston Dynamics AI Institute and multiple roles at NASA JPL and Boeing. Trained at MIT in aerospace and planetary science, he brings uncommon cross-disciplinary depth, from infrared interferometer dynamics to microbe–mineral geobiology. Kyle’s practical toolkit spans control, computer vision, and ML, and he has a track record of shipping simulation and autonomy tools for space and legged robots. He is focused on building “friendly” robots with provable safety properties and explainable behavior, bridging theory and deployable systems.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Double Major: Aerospace Engineering and Earth Atmospheric & Planetary Science (EAPS), Bachelor of Science - BS, Double Major: Aerospace Engineering and Earth Atmospheric & Planetary Science (EAPS) at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics at The University of Texas at AustinHigh School, Science, A, High School, Science, A at Cary High School
English, matlab, python, ruby, Spanish, c++, fortran
Github Skills (36)
simulation10
robotics10
reinforcement-learning10
robot10
nvidia10
ros10
gpu9
esoteric-programming-language9
wolfram-language8
code-golf8
esoteric-language7
openai-gym6
orbital-mechanics6
stack-based6
programming-language6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
KyleM73/AHHH
Jun 2021 - Jun 2021
AHHH: a programming language for the dreadful
Contributions:1 review, 28 commits, 1 PR in 2 days
code-golfesoteric-languagecompileresoteric-programming-languagewolfram-language
KyleM73/n_body_simulator
Nov 2020 - Nov 2020
N-Body Dynamics Simulator
Contributions:23 commits, 2 PRs, 20 pushes in 1 day
bodyn-bodysimulationastrodynamicssimulator
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