Sophia Liu

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EDUCATION

ABOUT SOPHIA LIU

I engineer robots that learn from the mess—turning raw, noisy sensor streams into ever‑smarter behavior. Mechanical‑engineer‑turned‑roboticist, now finishing an M.S. in Mechatronics, Robotics & Automation at Northeastern (’26). The spark? Watching cold aluminum wake up—sense, think, do—and amplify what people can achieve, from production lines to rehab clinics. Why data comes first Before a single neuron fires, I’m elbows‑deep in data wrangling—cleaning wearable‑sensor feeds for an assistive exoskeleton that predicts gait phases, or shaping TOF + IMU streams so a PPO‑trained rover can dodge potholes in real time. Next up: an emotion‑aware companion robot, because richer inputs mean machines that understand us. Where the field is heading The big leap isn’t bigger arms; it’s cobots + edge‑AI autonomy—robots that learn on‑site with millisecond latency and zero cloud lag. What I bring Mechanical intuition → ML deployment: Abaqus & ANSYS to ROS 2, TensorFlow, OpenCV. Sim‑to‑hardware track record: from rocket‑grade connectors to self‑improving rovers. Relentless curiosity: devouring human‑robot‑interaction papers to bridge tech with people. Building adaptive, human‑centric robots—or just want to swap notes on data pipelines and reinforcement learning? Let’s connect.