Junhyeok Ahn

Junhyeok Ahn is a Senior Software Engineer at Boston Dynamics since August 2022, following a substantive tenure at The University of Texas at Austin from August 2017 to July 2022 as a Graduate Research Assistant, focusing on planning, control, optimization, and machine learning algorithms for legged robots, and serving as a Teaching Assistant for courses on decision-making for human-centered robots and data mining. Previous experience includes a Research Intern position at Apptronik, where responsibilities involved developing low-level actuator controllers and high-level whole-body control for humanoids, and serving as a Teaching Assistant at The University of Texas at Austin. Junhyeok Ahn holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Hanyang University.