Alexander Roller

Background

Work and education.

Work

Undergraduate Robotics Researcher

Do Robotics Lab

Sep 2025 – Jun 2026Corvallis, OR

Continued research on bi-stable tape robot manipulation and reconfiguration, building on this paper.
Focused on characterization, repeatability, and controllability to guide follow-on prototype and controls work.

Robotics Intern

Hampton Lumber Mills

Summer 2025Willamina, OR

Built Sucky, a fully custom autonomous cleaning robot with a custom chassis and dual-cyclone vacuum system, using ROS 2 Humble on a Jetson Nano with hardware-accelerated NVBLOX + Visual SLAM (RealSense) and Nav2.
Developed custom hardware drivers for vacuum control, dust chamber door actuation, and shaker motor operation; built a lawnmower-style coverage path planner and mission-control interface.

Robotics Intern

Hampton Lumber Mills

Summer 2024Willamina, OR

Converted an industrial push sweeper into a fully autonomous mobile robot using ROS 2 Humble, SLAM, and Nav2.
Built custom hardware control for the motorized brushes using relays + a microcontroller, and enabled PS4 controller teleop alongside autonomous point-to-point navigation.

Education

MS in Robotics

Accelerated Master’s Program

Oregon State University

Expected Jun 2027

Part of the Do Robotics Lab, advised by Professor Brian Do.

Knowledge areas

Robot modeling + kinematics
Dynamics + control
Autonomy + learning-based methods

BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Minor: Computer Science

Oregon State University

Expected Jun 2026

Knowledge areas

Circuits + electronics
Signals + systems
Digital logic + basic computer architecture
Probability/statistics for engineering
Math/physics foundations (calculus, linear algebra, differential equations)
CS minor: programming, data structures, discrete math, and upper-division CS electives