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Eryk Halicki

Hey! I'm Eryk, a UBC computer science undergrad student doing research in robot learning.
I'm particularly interested in continual / online learning for robotic foundation models.
Currently applying for PhD / MSc positions starting in Fall 2027; Reach out if you'd be interested in collaborating!
Some of my hobbies are backcountry snowboarding, DJing, and triathlon.
Check out my devlog for some behind the scenes of my current projects!

Projects

Jan. 2026 - Present
LeWAM

LeWAM
Latent Space World Action Model

Designed and implemented a latent space world action model for multi-task robotic manipulation using flow matching

Joint video prediction and action generation in V-JEPA2 latent space using single a DiT backbone, inspired by DreamZero and LeWorldModel

Integrated as a LeRobot policy plugin for standardized training and real-world deployment on SO-101 arm

All datasets and models publicly available on Hugging Face

Sept. 2025 - Dec 2025
Zima

Zima
Autonomous Rover with end-to-end control

Engineered tracked rover and 5DOF robotic arm from CAD design to ROS2 control implementation

Trained and evaluated a behaviour cloning visuomotor policy (Resnet + MLP architecture) for real world navigation tasks

Sept 2023 - Sept 2025
UBCO Marine Robotics

UBCO Marine Robotics
Software Lead

Led Marine Robotics software team competing at RoboSub 2024 and 2025. Ranked 11th internationally, 2nd in Canada

Designed modular autonomy and control systems using ROS2, Eigen, PCL, and PyTorch

Developed real-time semantic 3D mapping using YOLO object detection and stereo camera pointclouds

Implemented sensor fusion (DVL + IMU) for accurate navigation using PID and hierarchical state machines

Work Experience

April 2025 - Dec 2025
Cellula Robotics

Cellula Robotics
Software Intern

Developed ROS2 C++ and Python software for long-range AUV control and navigation systems

Migrated system-critical legacy ROS code to modern ROS2, developed CI/CD pipelines in GitLab

Dec 2024 - Apr 2025
UBC Research

UBC
Research Assistant

Prototyped visualization solutions in Unity (C#) for large-scale curved displays

Integrated real-time motion capture (Motiv) and multi-system communication via Firebase

Developed mesh projection algorithms to handle geometric distortions on curved surfaces

Education

Feb 2026 - Aug 2026
ETH Zürich

ETH Zürich
Visiting Student, Exchange Program

Zürich, Switzerland

Coursework: Robot Learning, 3D Vision, Digital Humans (Motion Modeling)

Sept 2023 - April 2027
UBC

University of British Columbia
Honours BSc Computer Science

Kelowna, Canada

Coursework: Machine Learning, Applied Linear Algebra, Database Systems, Image Processing

Achievements: 4.0 GPA / 93% Average, Deans Scholar List, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Scholarship