Mickey Li
Senior Research Fellow In Robotics, AI And LIDAR Software Engineering For Aerospace Applications
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMickey Li is a Senior Research Fellow specializing in robotics, AI, and LiDAR software engineering for aerospace applications, with 11 years of experience bridging academic research and deployable systems. He holds a PhD in Robotics from the University of Bristol and has led work on reliability-aware multi-drone path planning, photogrammetry, and metrology for aerospace manufacturing at UCL. As a co-founder of CA::VE Studio he applies swarm robotics and complex systems thinking to immersive art, demonstrating a rare blend of creative systems engineering and practical deployment experience. His background includes real-time semantic SLAM, GPU-accelerated simulation of 3D coverage planning, and distributed machine learning at Samsung, showing fluency across C++, Python, TensorFlow, and sensor middleware. Known for turning research prototypes into operational tools, he combines deep theoretical interests in computation neurodynamics with hands-on software engineering for drones and sensors. Outside work he is an amateur pianist and saxophonist, reflecting a balanced curiosity that often fuels interdisciplinary problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
High School A Level : Mathematics Further Mathematics Physics Music, High School A Level : Mathematics Further Mathematics Physics Music at Taunton SchoolMaster’s Degree Mathematics and Computer Science, Master’s Degree Mathematics and Computer Science at Imperial College LondonThornlow Preparatory SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Robotics at University of Bristol
English, Chinese, Chinese
Github Skills (110)
simulator10
unreal10
robotics10
control-systems10
computer-vision10
deep-reinforcement-learning10
airsim10
platform-independent10
simulation10
geolocation9
ai9
autonomous-vehicles9
music9
gazebosim9
docker9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
StarlingUAS/ProjectStarling
Jan 2021 - Dec 2022
BRL Flight Arena Infrastructure 2.0
Contributions:1 release, 39 reviews, 347 commits in 1 year 10 months
flightros2infrastructuredockersimulation
StarlingUAS/clover_ros2_pkgs
May 2021 - Nov 2022
ROS2 port for key libraries for the Clover Drone Platform. https://github.com/CopterExpress/clover
Contributions:1 release, 14 PRs, 121 pushes in 1 year 6 months
roboticscloverros2rosdrone
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