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Robotics, real-time systems, applied AI

Dazheng Ted Fang

I build real systems across robotics, software, and applied AI.

Engineer with experience in real-time perception and control systems, production-grade software, and AI-powered products. My work spans immersive locomotion platforms, full-stack business systems, and retrieval-augmented engineering tools.

RoboticsReal-Time SystemsApplied AIProduction Software

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Featured systems

500+

Operational SKUs supported

10+

Locations across live workflows

2023

IEEE TVCG publication year

Focus

Cross-disciplinary

Robotics

Real-Time Systems

Applied AI

Production Software

ROS2

Full-Stack

Core approach

Systems thinking, product sense, and end-to-end execution.

What I optimize for

I like projects that connect sensing, control, and software into one coherent product.

I care about execution quality, not just experimentation.

I try to make technically ambitious systems legible, usable, and trustworthy.

About

I like building complete systems that have to work in the real world.

My work sits at the intersection of software, embodied interaction, and applied AI. I care about execution, technical depth, clarity of experience, and making ambitious systems usable.

Through-line

From immersive locomotion platforms to business operations software to knowledge assistants, the common thread is building systems that are technically deep and genuinely useful.

Selected Work

Featured projects

A few projects that best represent how I work across robotics, production systems, and AI-enabled product engineering.

Robotics / XR / Real-Time Systems

Hex-Core-MK1 Omnidirectional Treadmill

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Built software for a VR omnidirectional treadmill platform integrating motion tracking, locomotion control, and immersive interaction.

Role

Cofounder and Software/Systems Engineer

Status

Completed

Core technologies

Unity, Computer Vision, Localization, Motion Tracking

Robotics / XRLocalizationControl Systems

Production Software / Full-Stack

Ted Tech Production Systems

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Built and shipped production systems for multi-location business operations, spanning scheduling, inventory, payments, and customer workflows.

Role

Full-Stack Engineer

Status

Completed

Core technologies

Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL

Production SoftwareOperationsFull-Stack

Robotics / Systems

ROS2 Treadmill-Driven Robot Teleoperation Prototype

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A ROS2 teleoperation prototype exploring how treadmill-style locomotion intent can drive real-time robot control and telemetry capture.

Role

Systems Engineer

Status

In Progress

Core technologies

ROS2, Python, Telemetry Logging, Trajectory Visualization

Robotics SystemsROS2Teleoperation

Applied AI

Website-Deployed Engineering Knowledge Assistant

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A website-integrated RAG system for grounded exploration of my projects, technical materials, and engineering work.

Role

Applied AI Engineer

Status

In Progress

Core technologies

RAG, Embeddings, Vector Retrieval, Metadata Chunking

Applied AIRAGKnowledge Systems

Experience

A concise view of the roles behind the work

I enjoy work that combines technical depth, product thinking, and responsibility for execution.

Ted Tech LLC

Full-Stack Engineer

Jan 2025 - Present

Built and shipped production software for e-commerce and appointment workflows, owning implementation across frontend, backend, database, and deployment.

Designed backend and data workflows for reservations, inventory, and payment handling.
Reduced order processing errors and manual scheduling overhead.

SYH Technology Co., Ltd.

Cofounder & Software/Systems Engineer

Jul 2022 - Dec 2022

Led software development for the Hex-Core-MK1 omnidirectional treadmill and helped integrate motion tracking, localization, and locomotion-aware interaction into an investor demo-ready prototype.

Contributed to a four-camera passive localization workflow for robust indoor tracking.
Developed gait-aware control logic to improve responsiveness and motion stability.

Research & Recognition

Technical credibility, kept intentionally lightweight

Research and recognition that reflect a deeper interest in real-time interaction, robotics systems, and applied engineering.

Publication

Strolling in Room-Scale VR: Hex-Core-MK1 Omnidirectional Treadmill

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2023

Research on an omnidirectional treadmill system for room-scale VR locomotion, connecting embodied interaction design with real-time systems implementation.

Awards

Region 10 Winner, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Student Design Competition, 2020-2021

Silver Medal, International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva, 2022

IEEE TVCG publicationIEEE CAS student competition awardGeneva silver medal

Publication

High-performance Data Management for Whole Slide Image Analysis in Digital Pathology

Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging 2024: Digital and Computational Pathology, 2024

A Vanderbilt publication on high-performance I/O and data management for whole-slide image analysis in digital pathology, with a focus on parallelized data pipelines and performance improvements for CPU and GPU workloads.

Ask My Work

A future interface for exploring projects, decisions, and technical work

Designed as the next layer of the portfolio: a grounded assistant surface for navigating engineering context instead of only reading static pages.

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Ask My Work

Explore projects, technical decisions, and engineering experience through a future interactive assistant. The full assistant is coming soon, but the product surface is already designed with grounded retrieval in mind.

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