About me

I pursued a PhD degree at Queen Mary University of London, School of Engineering and Materials Science. I was a member of the Advanced Robotics at Queen Mary group (ARQ), led by Prof. Kaspar Althoefer. My research focused on soft robotics, particularly soft actuation.
Currently, I am a Robotics Research Engineer at Ocado Technology, where I work on developing novel and groundbreaking robotic solutions.

Resume

Education:

06/2016 - 10/2022:
Queen Mary University of London
PhD in Engineering, Soft Robotics

PhD dissertation: Design, fabrication, and stiffening of soft pneumatic robots

02/2013 - 01/2015:
Warsaw University of Technology
Master of Science in Engineering, Automatic Control and Robotics
Master's thesis: Data fusion system for STIFF-FLOP project (soft manipulator)
Final grade: 5.0 (very good)
10/2011 - 03/2016:
Warsaw University of Technology
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Computer Science
Completed six semesters
10/2009 - 02/2013:
Warsaw University of Technology
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Automatic Control and Robotics
Bachelor's thesis: Designing, building, and programming a hexapod robot
Final grade: 5.0 (very good)
10/2010 - 06/2011:
University of Warsaw
Bachelor of Science, Physics
Completed two semesters

Professional Experience:

12/2019 - Present:
Ocado Technology

Robotics Research Engineer

07/2018 - 10/2018:
Oculus Research/Facebook Reality Labs

Research Intern

AR Glove Team

07/2012 - 01/2020:
Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements PIAP

Robotics Engineer & Project Manager:

Autonomous submarine robot projects Sledzik and Sabuvis (mapping, navigation, autonomous behavior)
EU R5COP project (computer vision, human-machine interfaces, stereo-vision based teleoperation - using Oculus DK2 Headset)
Soft robot control and simulation project Softbot (project management, computer vision, depth perception, and modeling)
Engineering autonomous platform project WIPH (mapping and navigation)
EU STIFF-FLOP project, soft medical manipulator for minimally invasive surgery (mechanical design, modeling, data fusion, and software integration)

Internship

Hexapod walking robot project (mechanical design, control algorithms, and firmware development)
GSM module for mobile robotics (firmware development)

Languages:

Polish (native)
English (IELTS score 7.0, 2016)

Skills:

Programming Languages:
Python, C, C++, C#, Java, MATLAB, LaTeX
Environments:
Unix, Robot Operating System, CAD software (Inventor, Fusion 360, AutoCAD), LabVIEW, KiCad, STM microcontrollers, Arduino, etc.

Other:

2011, Texas:
SAE Aerodesign East Competition, 1st place - Advanced Class
2009, Poland:
National Physics Olympiad finalist
2004 - Present:
Flying aircraft modeler
2000 - 2007:
Long-distance runner - 2007, 8th place in National Polish Youth Olympics, 3000m