Tyler Lum
Robotics Research Intern at RAI Institute
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTyler Lum is a robotics and AI engineer with eight years of hands-on experience building real-world autonomous systems, from safety-critical firmware at Tesla to state-of-the-art dexterous grasping policies at NVIDIA and an ongoing robotics research role at RAI Institute. He combines strong theory—Stanford PhD in Computer Science and a BASc in Engineering Physics—with practical systems skills in Python, C++, ROS, and simulation tooling like Isaac Gym and Gazebo. Notable projects include leading controls for the world’s first autonomous sailboat, implementing an RRT* and MPC pipeline, and contributing 3D models and simulation infrastructure to the widely used Virtual RobotX (VRX) repo. Tyler often bridges research and production: training sim-to-real RL policies, improving navigation algorithms for robot arms, and designing medical-device automation that increased throughput 900%. Colleagues value his knack for turning complex physics and control problems into robust, testable software and for integrating perception, planning, and control across robotics stacks.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
High School, Graduated with Honours, High School, Graduated with Honours at Burnaby North SecondaryBachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Engineering Physics, 91.3%, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Engineering Physics, 91.3% at The University of British ColumbiaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Stanford University
English, French, Chinese
Github Skills (8)
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
gazebo-simulator9
gazebosim9
collada9
3d-models9
urdf8
ros8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
osrf/vrx
May 2019 - Oct 2019
Virtual RobotX (VRX) resources.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:312 commits in 4 months
Contributions summary:Tyler contributed to the addition of various models within the virtual robot experiment (VRX) repository. These contributions involved adding 3D models, including a CPU case, 3D lidar, battery, and sensor post, along with modifications to the underlying code, which included the addition of a sensor post arm and joint details to properly render the propellers. Furthermore, the user was also responsible for implementing the structure to accommodate future improvements, such as the ability to manage and integrate both sensor and yaml files within this repository.
robotics-simulationignitionroboticssimulationrobot-simulator
osrf/vrx-docker
Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
Containerization of VRX competition server and competitors' code. See https://bitbucket.org/osrf/vrx/wiki/Home
Contributions:150 commits, 3 comments in 1 month
wikidockerbitbucketcontainerization
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