Raphael Cherney
Robotics Research Engineer, Instructor at Northwestern University
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRaphael Cherney is a robotics research engineer and product leader with 11 years of experience designing and shipping integrated hardware-software products, from transistor-level electronics to consumer apps. He cofounded Root Robotics, led its engineering through overseas manufacturing and acquisition by iRobot, and later drove education robotics product lines and cross-platform SDKs at iRobot and SAM Labs. At Northwestern he now builds novel robotic systems, mentors students, and manages a makerspace, blending research, teaching, and hands-on fabrication. Raphael excels at turning early prototypes into manufacturable products and is equally comfortable writing embedded firmware, shaping UX, or negotiating supplier partnerships. His career repeatedly bridges academia and industry—bringing lab-born concepts to classrooms and global customers.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science Electrical and Computer Engineering at Franklin W. Olin College of EngineeringMaster of Science Microengineering Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Master of Science Microengineering Robotics and Autonomous Systems at EPFLVisiting Student Self-Organizing Systems Lab, Visiting Student Self-Organizing Systems Lab at Harvard University
Github Skills (10)
robot10
bluetooth-low-energy10
bluetooth9
robotics9
energy9
sdk6
python5
forking1
virtual-machine1
testing1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
iRobotEducation/root-docs
Oct 2018 - Dec 2022
Documentation for the iRobot® Root® Coding Robot
Contributions:3 commits, 2 PRs, 48 pushes in 4 years 2 months
raphaelcherney/raphaelcherney.github.io
Oct 2015 - May 2020
Contributions:22 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 7 months
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