About

Work Experience

• ROS2 Robotics Engineer, 

  Jan, 2024 - Jan, 20241 day

  Year 2 Industry Placement

  • Developed ROS2 Humble autonomous navigation system with Nav2, AMCL localization, and SLAM Toolbox functionality

  • Built Gazebo simulation environment with 1:1 accurate robot physics and sensor modeling

  • Generated URDF robot models from STEP files for precise mechanical representation

  • Integrated Flutter mobile app with ROS2 service communication for remote robot control

• Founder, 

  Jan, 2025 - Present

  Innovation tech startup

  • Founded Silkun Innovations, an innovation tech startup with multiple projects under development

  • Leading entrepreneurial ventures across food service and hospitality technology sectors

  • Developed and commercialized MeSnap innovation with online sales platform at mesnap.app

Projects Experience

• A24 - Autonomous SLAM Research Platform

  - Present

  Comprehensive educational autonomous mobile robot with complete ROS2 navigation stack

  • 3-year development of modular autonomous mobile robot platform for SLAM research

  • Complete ROS2 implementation with Nav2 stack and SLAM Toolbox integration

  • Three-stage modular design: mobility platform, computing hub, and sensing platform

  • RP-LiDAR A1 360° environmental scanning with custom mounting and connectivity

  • Differential drive system with sensored DC motors and L298N control

  • microROS integration for efficient microcontroller-ROS2 communication

  • Custom URDF modeling with fusion2urdf plugin for accurate simulation

  • Sim2Real capabilities for seamless simulation-to-hardware deployment

  • Laser-cut acrylic chassis with professional assembly and power management

• OpenBase2 - Low-Cost Autonomous Mobile Platform

  - Present

  Cost-effective autonomous mobile robot built from repurposed components with advanced navigation

  • Innovative £240 autonomous mobile robot using repurposed hoverboard components

  • Complete ROS2 core with Nav2 stack for autonomous navigation

  • RTAB-Map ROS implementation for simultaneous localization and mapping

  • ESP32 with microROS for precise motor control and sensor interfacing

  • Intel D415 depth camera integration for advanced perception

  • WebRTC teleoperation capabilities for remote control

  • Modular DIN rail and aluminum extrusion framework for rapid reconfiguration

  • Advanced obstacle avoidance and dynamic path planning algorithms

  • Demonstrated cost-effective approach to professional-grade autonomous robotics

• BiStable - Self-Balancing Robot with Multi-Modal Control

  - Present

  Advanced 2-wheeled robot with ROS2 architecture, computer vision, and autonomous balancing

  • Complete ROS2 implementation with 4 custom packages in 2-week UCL project timeline

  • Multi-modal control: hand-following, gamepad control, and autonomous balancing

  • ESP32 WROOM32 with microROS bridge for distributed processing architecture

  • Google MediaPipe integration for real-time hand tracking and distance estimation

  • Dual-core ESP32 processing: Core 1 for balance, Core 2 for motor control

  • PyBullet physics simulation for PID algorithm validation and testing

  • Advanced PID-based stabilization with real-time IMU (MPU6050) feedback

  • NEMA17 stepper motors with DRV8825 drivers for precise differential control

  • Solved motor velocity control instability through innovative parallel processing

• Nav2 Agent - LLM-Controlled Robot Navigation

  - Present

  Natural language robot navigation system using LLM agents and ROS2 Nav2 integration

  • Revolutionary natural language interface eliminating complex coordinate-based robot commands

  • OpenAI GPT integration with LangChain for sophisticated natural language understanding

  • Custom tool-calling framework enabling AI-driven robot action execution in simulation

  • Complete ROS2 Nav2 stack integration for professional-grade autonomous navigation

  • Advanced command processing: 'Go to kitchen', 'Navigate to living room' natural language parsing

  • Pre-mapped environment database with intelligent coordinate translation algorithms

  • LangChain-ROS2 bridge for seamless AI-robotics communication and control

  • Demonstrated feasibility of conversational robotics for practical applications

  • Proof of concept for agentic robot control in simulated environments

• radioROS - Universal ROS2 Wireless Controller

  - Present

  Professional wireless controller for ROS2 robots with custom PCB and dual-core processing

  • Universal ROS2-compatible wireless controller for research robotics applications

  • ESP32-S3 dual-core architecture with hardware interrupt PWM processing

  • Complete ROS2 driver package with modular node structure and robust communication

  • Custom PCB designed in EasyEDA with professional JLCPCB manufacturing

  • Thread-safe inter-core communication using mutex-based data handling

  • Real-time PWM-to-Twist message conversion for standard robot control interface

  • Robust wireless protocol with custom start/stop byte communication

  • Professional SMD assembly with stencil-assisted soldering at 138°C

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