Theo Gerst
Controls Team at MIT Motorsports- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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MIT Motorsports
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United States
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Controls Team
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Sep 2023 - Present
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Develop firmware and simulations to run our FSAE vehicle
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MIT Arcturus
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United States
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Automation Machinery Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Autonomy Team
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Sep 2023 - Present
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Develop robot control systems using ROS2 with python and C/C++ for the Arcturus boat
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University of California, Berkeley
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Intern at Model Predictive Control Lab
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Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
Berkeley, California, United States Developed code in C++ and python using ROS to simulate and control 6-DOF robot arms autonomously. Implemented translation and rotation procedures as well as force sensing in order to use the arm to draw image contours, and ran custom simulations to predict robot behavior.
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Berkelium
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United States
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Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Programming Team Lead
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Aug 2019 - Jun 2023
Berkeley, California, United States Wrote robot code for two FRC seasons as a controls lead. Implemented algorithms for position and angle automatic alignment, used ramsete controllers to generate smooth curves for driving autonomously.
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Education
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science -
Berkeley High School