Portfolio, 2026

Cédric Hollande

Robotics Master’s student at Penn building autonomy software for real robots: planning, controls, ROS 2, state estimation, and sim-to-real deployment. Recent work spans F1TENTH/RoboRacer MPPI on a Jetson Orin, off-road robot autonomy at GRASP ModLab, and ROS 2 / cFS rover software at NASA Goddard.

MS Robotics, Penn

F1TENTH / RoboRacer

GRASP ModLab

NASA Goddard

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Featured work

Autonomy on real robots.

Planning, controls, ROS 2, and sim-to-real, deployed on autonomous race cars, off-road mobile robots, and rover prototypes. Research, coursework, and competition.

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GRASP ModLab — Off-Road Holonomic Robot

ROS 2 Jazzy, ARA* + MPC, traversability-aware control, IROS 2026 submission

F1TENTH / RoboRacer Autonomous Racing

JAX MPPI on Jetson Orin Nano, opponent-aware racing, ICRA 2026 Vienna with Penn xLab

Software Intern @ NASA Goddard

Rocker-bogie rover mockup, ROS 2 to NASA cFS bridge, telemetry/telecommand testbed

Learning in Robotics

PPO walker, MuJoCo MPC, particle-filter SLAM, quaternion UKF, NeRF

LiBot — SICK $10K Challenge

Library service robot prototype, ROS 2 navigation, OCR shelf scanning, LLM interaction

Forest Fire Quadrotor (LPV-MPC)

LPV-MPC trajectory tracking in cluttered forests, PyDrake optimization

Additional projects

State estimation, vision, mechatronics.

Coursework and side projects that round out the stack: SLAM, ROS 2, computer vision, quadrotors and full-stack mechatronic systems.

Geometric Computer Vision

End-to-end perception pipelines in Python and PyTorch, from classical geometry to transformer-based matchers.…

Advanced ROS 2

Full ROS 2 bring-up workflows, from URDF and simulation through autonomous navigation, motion planning and lo…

Robotic Arms - Controls & Planning

Four-lab arc on the Franka Emika Panda, a 7-DOF research manipulator (MEAM 5200, Introduction to Robotics at…

Quadrotor Senior Capstone Project

eVTOL firefighting drone for rural response, built with a multidisciplinary team across mechanical, electrica…

Full-Stack Mechatronic Systems

Graduate mechatronics arc (MEAM 5100 at Penn), ending in a semi-autonomous WiFi-controlled car that detects I…

Machine Design & Manufacturing

Hands-on precision machining: I designed, manufactured and assembled a fully working tabletop Stirling heat e…

Beyond robotics

The rest of the picture.

Beyond the lab

Philanthropy chair, NGO researcher, portfolio analyst. The work outside engineering.

Skills & interests

Music production, scuba diving, calisthenics. The hobbies that keep me sharp.

Let’s talk

Looking for robotics teams hiring new graduates in 2026.

If you’re building real robots and hiring for robotics software, autonomy, planning, controls, or sim-to-real roles, I’d love to connect.

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