Oliver Harley
Co-Founder And CTO at SAEKI Robotics
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolOliver Harley is a robotics-focused CTO and co-founder with 11 years of engineering experience, currently leading SAEKI Robotics from Zurich and backed by Wingman Ventures, Exor and GettyCap. He combines hands-on systems and control expertise from an MSc at ETH Zurich with practical product-building experience across research (ETH), industry (Siemens), and robotics engineering roles. Technically fluent in core optimal-control and ROS integrations, his GitHub contributions include enhancements to a DDP-based optimal control framework for switched systems, indicating deep work on derivatives and real-time control stacks. Oliver blends startup leadership with rigorous academic foundations, pairing strategic product direction with low-level algorithmic problem solving to bring advanced legged robotics closer to deployment.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) + Dip. Informatics, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) + Dip. Informatics, Mechanical Engineering at Trinity College, the University of MelbourneRobotics, Systems, and Control (MSc), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Robotics, Systems, and Control (MSc), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at ETH ZurichThe University of Melbourne
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Github Skills (9)
control-theory10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
ros10
control-flow10
mpc9
matlab6
segmentation-fault6
scopes6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
leggedrobotics/ocs2
Oct 2019 - May 2020
Optimal Control for Switched Systems
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits in 7 months
Contributions summary:Oliver implemented features related to system derivative checking within the optimal control framework. This involved modifying core DDP (Differential Dynamic Programming) base classes and adding functionality to test derivatives. Additionally, the user made changes to example nodes, specifically removing ROS arguments before checking argc. This indicates a focus on the core computational aspects and integration with ROS.
roboticsmpcswitched-systemsoptimal-controlyarp
ixil/vim-dotfiles
Nov 2019 - Dec 2021
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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