About

 Hi, I’m Kashaf Noor.

I’m a robotics and machine learning engineer based in Islamabad, Pakistan. I work on autonomous robots, computer vision, reinforcement learning, and AI safety, including research on human-robot collaboration safety with the University of Calabria (published on IEEE Xplore) and hands-on work with humanoid robots such as the Unitree G1.

What this blog is about

This blog is my engineering notebook. I write about the things I actually build, break, and fix:

  • Robotics: ROS2, SLAM, Nav2, sensor fusion, and simulation (Isaac Sim, MuJoCo)
  • Reinforcement learning for robot control and sim-to-real transfer
  • Computer vision on edge devices
  • AI safety for robots that work around people
  • Practical machine learning: PyTorch, RAG pipelines, and the errors nobody documents

Every tutorial here comes from real work. If a fix is on this blog, it’s because I needed it myself.

Who it’s for

Engineers, students, and researchers who want practical, tested guidance instead of hype.

Get in touch

For questions, collaborations, or consulting work in robotics and applied ML, visit the Contact page or connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kashaf-noor-/

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