The Firefly: Autonomous Greenhouse Drone
Autonomous Monitoring Drone for GPS-denied Indoor Agricultural Applications.
Hi, I'm
Ahmed M. Ali
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Software Engineer with 3 years of experience developing perception and autonomy systems for UAVs operating in GPS-denied environments. Strong background in deep learning (PyTorch), reinforcement learning, and real-time C++/Python systems deployed on embedded edge platforms. My expertise lies in translating complex research results into robust, production-ready software solutions.
Featured Projects
A selection of my recent work
Trajectory Planner for Autonomous Ground Vehicles in Unknown Environments
Master’s thesis: a Hybrid A*/JPS trajectory planner with a novel free-space-estimation recovery behavior and MPC feedback control, extending the FASTER planning framework for ground robots
Robot Navigation using Reinforcement Learning
Deep reinforcement learning for robot goal-navigation in a custom Turtlebot3-inspired environment, comparing DQN, DDPG, and TD3 in discrete and continuous action spaces
Human Iris Detection
Deep learning pipeline for accurate eye pupil localization using heterogeneous CNN models and trained on GI4E Dataset
Tech Stack
Technologies I use to build things
Languages
Python
C++
Bash
Matlab
AI
Pytorch
TensorFlow
OpenCV
Robotics
Ros 1
Ros 2
Git
Docker
Experience
Software Engineer
Avemoy
Developed and deployed perception-driven UAV autonomy modules.
Implemented and integrated multi-sensor fusion between different sensors.
Re-architected mission planner into a state-machine-based design, improving scalability and maintainability
Researcher
University of Klagenfurt
Developed a point-cloud-based altitude estimation module.
Built trajectory evaluation tools to estimate flight accuracy.
Optimized autonomy pipeline by converting critical modules from Python to C++.
Education
M.Sc. Robotics & Computer Vision
Innopolis University
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering (Major in Mechatronics)
Nile University
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