Talha Ali Arslan

Providing support, engineering service and consultancy in developing robotics and vision systems, solving challenges for making proof of concepts and deployment at end-users, partnering in product development and innovation

Academic Lecturer on topics including: • Case Study: Localization, Motion Planning and Sensor Fusion • Analytical Software and Frameworks • Architectures of Self-Driving Vehicles • Internet of Things

With main focus on industrialization of the Triton V1: - Development of a simulation stack for hardware-in-the-loop development and testing, which highly reduced the efforts and time needed for development of features and bug fixes, - Development of a feature on pose graph optimization of sensor maps which improved map accuracy, continuity and repeatability, - Development of an upcoming feature which will be shared/released soon, started in Q4 2020, - Product Owner of one of the main internal development tracks since Q4 2021

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In addition to continuation of the key development roles from the previous position of "Engineer": - Scrum master, - Planning short-term and long-term tasks of the team with Product Owner, - Carrying out job interviews and doing challenge assignments for candidates, - Supervising/mentoring/supporting interns, junior developers and new colleagues

Key areas of work as a generalist engineer and the first employee: Prototyping: - Full hands-on experience with integrated cameras, optics, illumination and computing units, - Assembly of optical, illumination and camera systems for prototype production, hardware and software debugging and calibration test setups, - Hands-on experience with robotics setups for various tests and demonstration purposes, Design: - Participation in the full design processes of the sensor systems; from early brainstorming sessions, through value engineering processes to finally pilot and operational customers world-wide, - Designed first calibration procedures for the production of Juno and Jupiter sensors, - Designed various procedures for sensor operations, calibration, mapping, localization and integration, Development: - Fully custom navigation and path planning software stack development on different robot platforms for testing, development and demonstration purposes, - Lidar-based SLAM routines on a robot for the purposes of benchmarking, showcasing and mapping large areas, - Sensor features in the areas of computer vision, image processing, visual odometry and motion estimation, which enabled the detection of movements as small as 100 microns and 0.1 degrees, - Sensor features via which an Accerion sensor maps the natural floor surface once, and then a robot fleet with the same map can localize on that workspace without any additional infrastructure and accumulation of drift, - C++, CUDA, ROS, Python, Embedded Linux Customers: - On-site or remote support for customers in The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, United States, China and India, - Collaborations during feature development, bug fixes and testing, - Presented robot&sensor setups at various fairs and events to various audiences Supervision: - Supporting & mentoring interns, team of students and junior colleagues, - Supervised the Robot development project with the Fontys University (see media)

Specialization: Dynamical Systems Design - Dynamics & Control Thesis: On task specification and inverse kinematics for a redundant surgical robot for bone removal Solutions to the problems of task specification and inverse kinematics are developed for the surgical robot RoBoSculpt, which is designed to assist surgeons and perform bone removal procedures around the human ear and the skull base.

Improvement of a balancing controller (force/torque) for the humanoid robot iCub. The internship project helped in creating a MATLAB interface for simulations and reformulating the control problem such that optimization tools could be used for the computation of minimum joint torques while some conditions on the feet contact forces are taken into account to ensure that the balance of the humanoid is maintained. As a result, the humanoid iCub is able to complete tasks of moving its center of mass while on both feet, requiring more agility and reliability, which is promising for the next challenges such as one foot balancing and walking like a human.

Participation in discussions related to the mechanical design and control of a tendon-driven actuator.

New prototype design of the service and security robot, 'Murtaza', using Solidworks. Implementation of 3D models in the robot simulation software, Gazebo, in Linux-based Ubuntu, for further simulation and tests.

Design intern in Chassis Design group in Bus Development of R&D department; using CATIA for design, modification and obtaining technical drawings of vehicle parts.

Mechanical engineer team member of the Robocup Small Size League team of Bogazici University. As a sophomore, participated in the new mechanical design of soccer playing robots with senior mechanical engineering and graduate electrical engineering students. Responsible in all stages of mechanical design, manufacture and maintenance of the robots. Participated in Robocup Competition, Istanbul 2011.

Specialization: Dynamical Systems Design Research group: Dynamics & Control Thesis: On task specification and inverse kinematics for a redundant surgical robot for bone removal