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Gerik Kubiak

Address:

4800 Oak Grove Drive

Pasadena, CA 91101

Member of:

347T - Aerial Mobility

Gerik Kubiak

Member of Technical Staff

Biography

Gerik Kubiak is a robotics technologist in the Maritime and Aerial Perceptions Systems Group. He joined JPL after completing his Bachelors at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. His interests are in embedded systems, as well as systems programming and communications.

Education

2016 - Bachelors in Computer Engineering from California Polytechnic State University

Professional Experience

Firmware Engineer at Apple in iOS Accessories Firmware: April 2015 - September 2015, June 2016 - September 2016

Robotics Technologist at JPL in 347J: February 2017 - Present

Research Interests

Sensing
Communication
Microcontrollers
Low power systems

Publications

2024
  1. V. Verma, J. Nash, L. Saldyt, Q. Dwight, H. Wang, S. Myint, J. Biesiadecki, M. Maimone, A. Tumbar, A. Ansar, G. Kubiak, and R. Hogg, "Enabling Long & Precise Drives for the Perseverance Mars Rover via Onboard Global Localization," 2024 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, USA, 05 March 2024.
2023
  1. Joshua Anderson, Jaakko Karras, Martin Cacan, Gerik Kubiak, Guy Pyrzak, Harel Dor, Benjamin Pipenberg, "Ingenuity, One Year of Flying on Mars," IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, pp. 1-18, 04 March 2023.
  2. A. Brinkman, J. Karras, D. Zhu, N. Abcouwer, T. Brown, G. Kubiak, A. Umali, L. Tse, J. Zitkus, R. Mccormick, "Leveraging Ingenuity Software and Avionics to Enable Robotic Arm Sampling for COLDArm," 2023 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, USA, pp. 1-9, 04 March 2023.
2022
  1. T. Tzanetos, M. Aung, J. Balaram, H. Grip, J. Karras, T. Canham, G. Kubiak, J. Anderson, G. Merewether, M. Pauken, S. Cappucci, M. Chase, M. Golombek, O. Toupet, M. Smart, E. Ramirez, J. Lam, R. Stern, N. Chahat, J. Ravich, R. Hogg, B. Pipenberg, M. Keennon, K. Williford, "Ingenuity Mars Helicopter: From Technology Demonstration to Extraterrestrial Scout," 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO), Big Sky, MT, USA, pp. 01-19, 05 March 2022.
  2. T. Tzanetos, J. Bapst, G. Kubiak, L. Tosi, S. Sirlin, R. Brockers, J. Delaune, H. Grip, L. Matthies, J. B. Balaram, S. Withrow-Maser, W. Johnson, L. Young, B. Pipenberg, "Future of Mars Rotorcraft - Mars Science Helicopter," 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO), Big Sky, MT, USA, pp. 1-16, 05 March 2022.
2021
  1. R. Brockers, J. Delaune, P. Porença, P. Schoppmann, M. Domnik, G. Kubiak, T. Tzanetos, "Autonomous Safe Landing Site Detection for a Future Mars Science Helicopter," 2021 IEEE Aerospace Conference (50100), Big Sky, MT, USA, pp. 1-8, 06 March 2021.
2020
  1. Delaune, J., Brockers, R., Bayard, D.S., Dor, H., Hewitt, R., Sawoniewicz, J., Kubiak, G., Tzanetos, T., Matthies, L. and Balaram, J., "Extended Navigation Capabilities for a Future Mars Science Helicopter Concept," Accepted in IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, USA, pp. 1-10, 07 March 2020.