// PhD · Mechanical Engineering · Robotics
CODY ANDRESALESSIO-BUNNELL
PhD student @ UT Austin.
Mechanical Engineering · Robotics focus.
I build systems that move, sense,
and operate in the real world.
Program
PhD — ME
UT Austin
Focus
Autonomous Systems
Robotics & Control
Undergrad
Duke University
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Stack
Python · C++ · ROS2
Hardware to algorithms
001 — LEGGED LOCOMOTION
The Sheriff — Bipedal Robot
A bipedal robot designed, constructed, programmed, and controlled from scratch for Robot Studio, culminating in a successful choreographed dance performance.
002 — MANIPULATION & PERCEPTION
SantaBot — Robotic Holiday Display
A dual-mode robotic manipulation workflow on a Kinova Gen3 Lite that autonomously identifies, grasps, and places objects, validated in ROS2/Gazebo and RViz and then executed on the physical robot during a live presentation.
003 — MANIPULATION & PERCEPTION
Any-ttach — Quick End-effector Swapping for Manipulation Dexterity
A tool-centric manipulation framework from the Duke Robotic Dexterity Lab that treats end-effector swapping as a primary mechanism for dexterity. I contributed to the hardware.