Lex Roller
Robotics engineer | Hardware & autonomous systems
Corvallis, ORlexroller.com/contactLinkedInGitHub
Experience
HIRO Industries
Fall 2026 – Present
Cofounder & CEO | Corvallis, OR
- Lead development of Origin, a dual-arm robot designed for packing, kitting, and light assembly.
- Design mechanical and electrical systems, select actuators, and develop CAD assemblies, grippers, and prototype fabrication plans.
Nori Robotics (YC S26)
Summer 2026
Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA
- Developed electrical, perception, SLAM, and ROS navigation systems across NORI L2, L3, and A3.
- Built control infrastructure for dual arms, lift, and mobile base, including teleoperation, calibration, diagnostics, and camera bring-up.
Do Robotics Lab, Oregon State University
Academic year 2025–26
Undergraduate Robotics Researcher | Corvallis, OR
- Built and characterized a bi-stable tape manipulator; designed experiments to evaluate repeatability, stiffness, and extension performance.
Hampton Lumber Mills
Summer 2025
Robotics Intern | Willamina, OR
- Built an autonomous cleaning robot with a custom chassis, dual-cyclone vacuum, and Jetson Nano compute.
- Integrated ROS 2, NVBLOX mapping, RealSense visual SLAM, Nav2, hardware drivers, and coverage planning.
Hampton Lumber Mills
Summer 2024
Robotics Intern | Willamina, OR
- Converted an industrial push sweeper into an autonomous robot using ROS 2, SLAM, and Nav2; built brush-control electronics and added PS4 teleoperation.
Selected Projects & Leadership
HIRO at Oregon State | Founder & President
hiro-osu.github.io- Founded OSU’s humanoid robotics organization and led hands-on manipulation, humanoid, and actuator projects.
cadfactory.ai | Independent Developer
cadfactory.ai- Built a Next.js / FastAPI CAD product to generate, edit, preview, and export parametric OpenSCAD models.
Technical Skills
Robotics: ROS 2, Nav2, NVIDIA Isaac ROS, SLAM / visual SLAM, motion planning, teleoperation
Software & embedded: Python, C/C++, Linux, Git, Raspberry Pi, Pico / AVR / ESP32, I2C, SPI, UART
Hardware: Robot bring-up, actuator and sensor integration, PCB design (KiCad), diagnostics
Design & fabrication: Onshape, Fusion 360, OpenSCAD, 3D printing, CNC
Education
Oregon State University
MS, Robotics — Accelerated Master’s Program
Expected 2027
BS, Electrical & Computer Engineering; Minor, Computer Science
2026