Ali Tekeş

Robotics Software Engineer
LTC Innovation

Welcome to my portfolio. I work on Robotics and Autonomous Systems — ROS2, SLAM, 3D mapping, navigation, and simulation for legged and mobile robots. I currently focus on navigation and autonomy for quadruped and humanoid robots at LTC Innovation.

Ali Tekeş

Experience

Sep 2025 — Present

Robotics Software Engineer Now

Building navigation and autonomy systems for Unitree Go2 quadruped and G1 humanoid robots. Implementing Visual SLAM with a D455 depth camera and running real-time field tests for sensor fusion and algorithm robustness on legged robots.

Aug 2025 — Sep 2025

Intern

Worked with Point-LIO and LIO-SAM on the Unitree L1 LiDAR. Handled sensor data integration in ROS2 and processed ros2bag data from real-world environments for SLAM evaluation.

Jan 2025 — Aug 2025

Long Term Intern Researcher

Research under Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Uçar on a TÜBİTAK 1001 project for autonomous disaster management in GPS-denied, unstructured environments. Integrated and controlled a quadruped in ROS2/GazeboSim, evaluated LIO-SAM, RTAB-Map and D-LIO, worked on 3D path planning with the D*+ planner.