Tamir Blum
CEO And Founder at Kisui (輝翠)
Sendai, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolTamir Blum is a PhD-trained robotics and AI entrepreneur who founded 輝翠TECH to bring space-grade robotics and reinforcement learning into Japanese orchard farming. With a decade of experience spanning research at Tohoku University’s Space Robotics Lab and engineering roles at SpaceX and AeroVironment, he blends academic rigor in planetary robotics with practical product development. His work has applied RL, computer vision and control to rovers and legged/climbing robots, and he has led multidisciplinary teams and supervised students on lunar rover projects. Tamir’s international education and exchanges—from UCLA and Tsinghua to the International Space University—reflect a global, cross-cultural approach to engineering. Based in Sendai, he leverages spaceflight-tested methods to solve terrestrial agtech problems for family orchards. A detail often overlooked: he pairs hands-on embedded and simulation experience with fluency in Japanese, enabling deep local engagement while deploying advanced AI robotics.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Mechanical Engineering at University of New HampshireExchange Program, Automotive Engineering, Exchange Program, Automotive Engineering at Tsinghua UniversityInteractive Space Program (ISP), Interactive Space Program (ISP) at International Space UniversityIntensive Japanese Language Summer School, Intensive Japanese Language Summer School at Akamonkai Japanese Language SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering at Space Robotics Lab - Tohoku UniversityCharles III University of Madrid (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)Master's degree, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Master's degree, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University of California, Los Angeles
English, Hebrew, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese
Github Skills (9)
robot5
deep-learning4
robotics4
openai-gym4
simulation4
deep-reinforcement-learning4
pytorch4
reinforcement-learning4
openai3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Space-Robotics-Laboratory/rlstar
Oct 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:23 commits, 1 push in 10 days
Permitheous/Jetband
Nov 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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