Robin Gong | Robotics and mechatronics engineer

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B.E. Vehicle Engineering from Tsinghua University, with experience in robotics systems, mechanical design, simulation, and physical testing.

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Robin Gong. Robotics and mechatronics engineer. U.S. citizen. Contact: robingong2002@gmail.com. LinkedIn: robingong7. Portfolio: robin-gong.com.

Bachelor of Engineering in Vehicle Engineering, Beijing, China. Graduated June 2026.

La Jolla, California. Graduated May 2021.

Shenzhen, China. December 2025 to April 2026.

Built an online YOLO and VLM workspace monitor across a fleet of 150 robotic baristas, verifying object placement and detecting foreign objects between arm-motion steps. Interrupt-driven motion protection reduced company-reported collision-related support calls 80%, from five to one per week.
Built and deployed a customer-facing edge-to-cloud ASR, LLM, and TTS pipeline with function calling for voice ordering, FAQ responses, and POS payment QR-code display.

Shenzhen, China. July 2025 to November 2025.

Redesigned chassis motor mounts for a humanoid service robot in 200 units/month production, eliminating 5-axis undercut features for standard 3-axis CNC manufacturing.
Integrated a 6-axis wrist force sensor and resolved tolerance-stack assembly failures through interface redesign and GD&T.
Co-designed a thin 3-DOF neck under packaging constraints and produced engineering drawings for its patent filing.

Lancaster, California. September 2021 to January 2022.

Standardized electric-bus assembly work instructions and diagnosed electrical faults across multi-node CAN networks.

Senior thesis, Tsinghua University. September 2025 to June 2026.

Developed the first known ammonia-fueled two-stroke aviation engine for carbon-free, long-endurance UAV power.
Redesigned the stock cylinder head in SolidWorks from 3D scans, raising compression from approximately 10:1 to approximately 17:1.
Built custom two-stroke CONVERGE CFD models for three ignition architectures and selected dual-spark ignition from pressure and heat-release traces.
Manufactured and dyno-tested the dual-spark head, demonstrating pure-ammonia operation at approximately 2000 to 2500 r/min.

Electrical Systems Engineer. September 2024 to June 2026.

Designed and built a 600 V-to-24 V, 450 W DC-DC converter PCB in Altium with approximately 93% simulated efficiency under racing loads.
Reduced total wiring length by more than 10 m by integrating the VCU, fuse box, and low-voltage battery into one module.

Lead Mechatronics Engineer. September 2024 to June 2026.

Built a Cartesian tool changer that automatically swaps food-processor blades for slicing, dicing, chopping, and julienne cuts.
Designed an Altium PCB for ESP32 stepper control and implemented PID and ROS inverse kinematics for a 3-DOF peeling arm.

National Final 2nd Prize, China-U.S. Young Maker Competition. March 2024 to August 2024.

Built a four-legged robot that autonomously navigates with LiDAR-inertial SLAM and switches among sampling tools.
Designed and 3D-printed the chassis and legs and integrated an EEG interface for tool selection, sampling, and manual override.

November 2020 to September 2021.

Retrofitted a box truck into a motorhome, completing engine repair, electrical, solar, plumbing, furniture, and metal fabrication.

CAD and simulation: SolidWorks, Siemens NX, CATIA, ANSYS, CONVERGE CFD, MATLAB/Simulink, and GD&T.

Robotics and controls: ROS 2, CAN Bus, CAN logging, PID, motor control, and inverse kinematics.

Embedded and hardware: ESP32, Raspberry Pi, Altium Designer, schematic capture, PCB layout, and oscilloscope.

Software and AI: Python, C++, Linux, Git, Docker, YOLO, and vision-language models.

Fabrication: CNC machining, 3D printing, welding, soldering, and lathe.

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