I've been coding since I was 12 and have picked up a wide range of software skills along the way. These days, I'm focused on developing AI agents, independently researching robotics perception and control, and doing multi-modal research at University of Washington.
Trained in My Gym
Humanoid robots trained to mimic a range of human animations with deep reinforcement learning. Code is available here.
Publications
Projects
A modern logging SDK for multi-modal data built for humans and AI agents
Humanoid robots trained to mimic a range of human animations with deep reinforcement learning using the Unitree G1.
Developed a large diffusion-based try-on model allowing users to virtually try on clothing from any store with this app on iOS, Android, and Chrome.
Open-source observability and DAG-execution framework for building highly parallelized AI-driven data processing pipelines.
Work
AI Engineer
Apron Health
Apr 2026 - present
Apr 2026 - present
AI for medical clinics
Technical Founder; ML Engineer
Heddle AI, Inc.
Aug 2023 - Aug 2025
Aug 2023 - Aug 2025
Founded an AI startup focused on building a large virtual try-on model. From research papers to product, I curated a large dataset and developed the model to support Wear, a virtual try-on app that allows users to see how clothes will look on them before buying.
Software Development Engineer
Maxar Technologies
Jan 2020 - Sep 2022
Jan 2020 - Sep 2022
Worked on distributed systems to ingest, archive, and process satellite imagery, contributing to geospatial intelligence solutions. Designed deepfake detection pipelines and developed internal tools to optimize data processing workflows, improving efficiency and accuracy in satellite image analysis.
Software Engineer Intern
Ultimate Software, Inc.
Jun 2018 - Sep 2018
Jun 2018 - Sep 2018
Interned at Ultimate Software, where I contributed to the development of HR software and automated testing tools.
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Feel free to contact me at rsamfranklin@gmail.com
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyse a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”