Tyler Morrison
Staff Research Engineer at Boston Dynamics
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTyler Morrison is a robotics-focused research engineer with a decade of experience designing and shipping autonomy and behavior software for legged robots, most recently as a Staff Research Engineer at Boston Dynamics after leading behavior development at Agility Robotics for Digit. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University and combines deep academic research with hands-on systems engineering across perception, control, and applications. Tyler has a track record of moving from thesis-driven research to production robot behaviors, iterating rapidly in hardware-in-the-loop settings to bridge simulation and real-world performance. Based in Boston, he brings both the rigor of academia and the product-focused velocity of robotics startups, with particular strength in turning complex locomotion and manipulation concepts into robust field-capable implementations.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Blue Valley West High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering at The Ohio State UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering at The University of Tulsa
Github Skills (10)
simulation10
python-bindings10
biomechanics10
computational-biology10
wrapping10
java9
computational-science9
science9
cpp8
python8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
tymo77/foot-shuffles
Dec 2017 - Apr 2018
Contributions:41 commits, 43 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
tymo77/tymo77.github.io
Jun 2016 - Dec 2018
Contributions:18 PRs, 24 pushes, 14 branches in 2 years 6 months
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