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Darwin Chiu

Address:

4800 Oak Grove Drive

Pasadena, CA 91109

Member of:

358R - Robotic V&V & Operations

Darwin Chiu

Robotics Systems Engineer

Biography

Darwin is a Robotics System Engineer for the Robot Ops and V&V group. He earned a M.S. in Robotics & Autonomous Systems in 2021 and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing Concentration in 2020 from Boston University. After graduating, he spent a year implementing and overseeing operations of autonomous mobile robots in a manufacturing environment at Prodrive Technologies. At JPL, Darwin is working on the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover as a both mobility downlink engineer and a rover planner.

Education

M.S. in Robotics & Autonomous Systems, Boston University, 2021
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing Concentration, Boston University 2020

Professional Experience

2022 - Present: Robotics System Engineer, Robot Ops and V&V (347R) at JPL

2021 - 2022: Mechanical Design Engineer at Prodrive Technologies

Research Interests

Mobile Robots

Robotics Operations

Motion Planning

Robotics Manipulation

Multi-Agent Robotic Systems

Publications

2026
  1. M. Maimone, V. Verma, A. Rankin, K. Kaplan, J. Carsten, E. Schaler, E. Boroson, E. Graser, T. Srinivasan, J. Nash, D. Chiu, "Roving on the edge: Robotic Operations Power Perseverance's Ascent of Jezero Crater Rim," 48th Annual AAS Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado, USA, 04 February 2026.