Darin Djapri

Building robot teleoperation software (simulation/real, humanoid WBC, arms)

Leading development on UCSD's low-cost general-purpose robots (humanoids, dogs, arms). Deployed Triton Droids first locomotion and disturbance rejection policy trained in NVIDIA's Isaac Lab to the real world using PPO + adaptive domain randomization.

Created simulation environments for humanoid locomotion and modeled humanoid robot from CAD to sim

Group tutor for Python and Java, from the basics of programming (functional vs OOP), developing games (pygame), and machine learning basics.

Cross-embodied learning with reinforcement learning + Co-Design of dexterous robot hands --- https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.03743 Humanoid robot catching with visuo-tactile sensing using reinforcement learning.

Active learning for TGLF-NN surrogate training (a neural net to simulate plasma turbulence for fusion nuclear processes)

Worked on an AUV with 15 software team members aimed for use at the annual international Robosub competition.

Club President for the Music and Volunteering Association, holding biweekly volunteering events for the club at various avenues such as senior centers and memory care facilities.

MSRC Tutor for Maths and Physics at the college level

Relevant coursework: CSE 276F - ML for Robotics ECE 276A - Sensing and Estimation for Robotics ECE 276B - Planning and Learning for Robotics CSE 291A - ML Systems DSC 291 - ML with Few Labels CSE 190 - Intro to Deep Reinforcement Learning ECE 176 - Intro to Deep Learning CSE 152A - Intro to Computer Vision CSE 151A - Intro to Machine Learning ECE 148 - Intro to Autonomous Vehicles MATH 173A - Optimization for Data Science I MATH 173B - Optimization for Data Science II CSE 101 - Design/Analysis of Algorithms CSE 100 - Advanced Data Structures MATH 180A - Intro To Probability CSE 120 - Operating System Principles CSE 123 - Computer Networks

Incoming 2026