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Ariel Anders PhD
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Roboticist at Robust.AI
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I am a roboticist with almost a decade of experience blending the fields of robotics and computer science. Currently, I am working at an early stage robotics startup, <a href="https://robust.ai">robust.ai</a>.</p>
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I completed my PhD at MIT where I researched robust robotic manipulation methods with the vision of enabling household helpers. As a teaching assistant at MIT, I taught three undergraduate hands-on robotics laboratory courses and instructed two high-school autonomous vehicle classes. As a PhD candidate, I also lectured a mechanical engineering course on Dynamics at Olin College of Engineering. My passions extend outside research and education: at MIT I helped found a clean energy assessment center, developed an iOS app for people with vision impairment, and received a grant to install therapy lamps across campus.
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I attained a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of California: Santa Cruz in 2012. I earned a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 2014 and completed my PhD in 2019.
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anders.ariel@gmail.com
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LinkedIn</a>
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Github</a>
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Google Scholar</a>
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Robust.AI<br>
380 Portage Ave<br>
Palo Alto, CA 94306<br>
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July 2019
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I started a new job: I am the roboticist and first technical employee hired at <a href="https://robust.ai">robust.ai</a>.
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February 2019
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I graduated! I submitted my thesis in Jan. 2019 and officially graduated with my PhD in Computer Science from MIT this February.
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October 19, 2018
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I will defend my thesis on reliably arranging objects using conformant planning. <a href="https://calendar.csail.mit.edu/events/209731">Event information</a>
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May 2018
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My ICRA paper was accepted! I will be attending one of the world's largest robotics conferences in Brisbane, Australia.
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<td> April 2018 </td>
<td> I participated in a student panel as part of the <a href="http://www.rle.mit.edu/anita-hill/events/">Race/Gender Imperative</a> - a series put on by Anita Hill. Professor Nilanjana Dasgupta provides a fascinating talk about the effect of women experts and peers in STEM, which is followed by the student panel. <a href="https://vimeo.com/264634054">Video link.</a>
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February 2018
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I presented my Model AI assignment, titled "Robot Juggling", at AAAI in New Orleans, LA. You can see my project website <a href="http://modelai.gettysburg.edu/2018/juggling/">here</a>.
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September - December 2017
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I'm lecturing Dynamics at Olin College of Engineering this fall semester. Achievement unlocked: faculty member!
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Summer 2017
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I've been promoted to technical instructor for this year's Beaver Works Summer Institute. My added job responsibilities are mostly lecturing. Some of the videos will be hosted <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvZsyBdTyuw&list=PLf9oKp0RkBIycr98_2BEWoSNLFk0RvNM8">here</a>.
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February - May 2017
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I am a teaching assistant this semester for MIT's coolest robotics class: 6.141/16.405 Robotics Science and Systems. It's cool because a team of 6 students get a Traxxus-body car with an NVIDIA Jetson and a great suite of sensors. The RACECAR kits are available commercially <a href="https://racecarj.com"> here</a>.
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Janurary 2017
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My journal paper with MIT MechE <a href="http://www.mit.edu/~dpreston/"> Daniel Preston</a> was accepted to Applied Physics Letters. We created a new MEMS actuator using electrowetting.
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Coming soon: 2012-2016
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<td> I'm still porting information from my <a href="old_sites/2015/index.html">previous website</a>. Feel free to check out the old site in the meantime.
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