Nikita Rudin
Co-Founder & CEO at Flexion Robotics
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolNikita Rudin is a robotics-focused founder and researcher with seven years of experience building simulation-driven, learning-based robotic systems. As Co-Founder & CEO of Flexion Robotics, he scales reinforcement learning and GPU-accelerated simulation to make robots more agile and deployable for real-world tasks. He previously drove robotics research at NVIDIA and contributed GPU physics work during a deep learning internship, combining high-performance systems engineering with control and optimal-control teaching experience from ETH Zurich. Nikita holds a PhD in Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robotics from ETH Zurich and a strong microengineering background from EPFL, reflecting a rare blend of theoretical rigor and hands-on mechanical design (including Mars-rover end-effector work at McGill). Comfortable moving between research, product and hardware, he leverages academic collaborations and industrial tooling to shrink the sim-to-real gap. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic scientist-founder who turns advanced RL research into production-ready robotic capabilities.
7 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Maturité fédérale, Maturité fédérale at Ecole MOSERMicroengineering, average grade 5.57/6, Microengineering, average grade 5.57/6 at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de LausanneDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robotics at ETH ZürichExchange year, Custom program in electrical and mechanical engineering, Exchange year, Custom program in electrical and mechanical engineering at McGill University
French, English, Russian, German
Github Skills (14)
robotics10
reinforcement-learning9
nvidia9
simulation9
robot9
deep-learning8
machine-learning8
pytorch8
ros8
gpu8
mujoco4
deep-reinforcement-learning3
gymnasium3
java2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
nikitardn/Portfolio
Mar 2019 - Oct 2019
Sample of personal academic projects
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
java
nikitardn/raisimGym
Feb 2020 - Mar 2020
Contributions:5 pushes in 16 days
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