Hey there! I'm a Robotics software engineer originally from Turkey and currently living and working in Germany.

• 🤖 Passionate about robotics and autonomous driving
• 🎓 Completed both bachelors and masters at Bogazici University/Turkey
• 🔬 Master thesis on developing navigation methods combining artificial potential fields with deep reinforcement learning
• 💼 Worked 2 years at Eatron Technologies on ACC, LCC, and Sensor Fusion algorithms .
• 👨‍💻 Currently working at Node Robotics since June 2022, focusing mainly on path planning, control, and behavior tree algorithms.

Publications

• Kemal Bektaş, H. Işıl Bozma, APF-RL: Safe Mapless Navigation in Unknown Environments, ICRA 2022, link, video
• S. Batuhan Vatan, Kemal Bektaş, H. Işıl Bozma, Social APF-RL: Safe Mapless Navigation in Unknown & Human-Populated Environments, ECMR 2023, link