Tyler Folsom
Affiliate Professor
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTyler Folsom is an affiliate professor and engineering leader with 15 years of experience reinventing urban transportation through light, self-driving micro-mobility. He directs the Elcano Project at the University of Washington, building low-cost autonomous micro-taxis and mentoring student teams while maintaining both hardware and software stacks for these vehicles. His background blends machine vision, computational intelligence, embedded systems and project management, with industry leadership as VP of Engineering at micro-AV SPC and decades of program work for government and commercial clients. A hands-on educator and practitioner, he has lectured internationally on green transportation, led DARPA Urban Challenge efforts, and even volunteered on ultra-efficient vehicle projects, reflecting a persistent focus on safety, fuel efficiency and real-world deployment.
16 years of coding experience
35 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Electrical Engineering, PhD, Electrical Engineering at University of Washington
Github Skills (21)
mobile9
disambiguation8
dmx5128
edge-detection7
artnet7
lidar-data7
open-hardware7
raspberry-pi7
jetson6
dac6
hardware6
circuit6
python5
simulator5
simulation5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
elcano/Transceiver
Jun 2019 - Mar 2023
Hardware and software to support Transmit/Receive boards
Contributions:4 PRs, 5 pushes in 3 years 9 months
artnetdmx512linuxdachardware
elcano/elcano
Sep 2010 - Aug 2019
Autonomous mobile robot based on a recumbent trike.
Contributions:204 commits, 93 PRs, 68 pushes in 9 years
mobile
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