Ralf Mayet
Distinguished Engineer at 1X
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Top SchoolRalf Mayet is a VP of Software Engineering based in Palo Alto with 12 years of experience blending research-driven AI and product engineering. He has progressed from research roles in artificial life and humanoid robotics to leadership positions at 1X, driving product experience and now engineering strategy for applied multimodal systems. His background includes hands-on work at Hanson Robotics and academic research in adaptive systems, giving him rare depth in social/affective AI, multimodal ML, and embodied robotics. Ralf combines product sensibility with technical rigor—shipping prototypes and production features that bridge 3D-printed robots and intelligent software. He holds advanced computer science training from Technische Universität Berlin and Graz and often brings experimental, cross-disciplinary methods from artificial life into practical product roadmaps. Colleagues know him for turning speculative research ideas into tangible user experiences while maintaining engineering discipline.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master Informatik, Master Informatik at Technische Universität BerlinBachelor of Science - BS Informatik, Bachelor of Science - BS Informatik at Technische Universität GrazStudent in ERASMUS exchange program Informatik, Student in ERASMUS exchange program Informatik at Istanbul Technical University
Github Skills (103)
classifier10
ros-node10
face10
autoencoder10
torque10
sensor10
artificial-neural-networks10
robotics9
visual9
unsupervised-machine-learning9
science9
robot-controller9
hardware-designs9
install-script9
ros9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
elggem/naoqi-pose-retargeting
Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
Mediapipe Pose to Pepper / Nao Puppeteering Code
Contributions:31 commits, 17 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
mediapipe
elggem/ros_people_model
Jan 2018 - Jul 2020
ROS package for visual perception of people and associated attributes.
Contributions:2 releases, 88 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 6 months
rossocialroboticsemotionrecognition
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