Arthur Jakobsson

Robotics Researcher @ CMU

Birds, photography, and computer science.

Hi! I'm a Masters in Robotics student at Carnegie Mellon University working with Professor Jeff Ichnowski. I intend to pursue a PhD in Robotics following my masters and am specifically excited about the topics of dextrous and bimanual manipulation, high-speed manipulation, and creative sensing, all through the lens of ML integration. I hope both to expand on the depth and breadth of my research during my masters.

Last summer, I was a course instructor for Principles of Imperative Computation, a class I have been a TA and head TA for during the last three years. I am passionate about teaching. To learn more about my teaching aspirations and the work I have done please see my page on teaching.

I also love birdwatching, photography, biking, and badminton.

Skills & Expertise

Programming Experience

C, PyTorch, Python, R (+ggplot), C++, Java, Javascript, NodeJS

ML Development Experience

GNNs, CNNs, Diffusion, GANs, RL, image segmentation, one/few-shot learning

Languages

English, Swedish. Elementary: Thai, Japanese, Spanish

Interests & Awards

Interests: Photography, Biking, Badminton

Awards:

Dean's List High Honors (Spring 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
Dean's List (Fall 2022, Fall 2023)
1st Place Coolest Graphs (CMU Statistics Department for project: Manrattan - A Look into NYC's Rats) - View Project

Grants:

IEEE RAS Travel Grant 2025 (~$1.4k)
Dietrich Parent Fund '24 (~$1.9k)
Dietrich Parent Fund '25 (~$400)

Experience

Course Instructor

Principles of Imperative Computation (15-122)

May 2025 - Aug 2025

Instructor and lecturer for course of 120 students after 3 years of being TA & Head TA. Pioneered and led development of extra instruction bootcamps for over 2000 cumulative attendants.

ML & Visual Manipulation Research

Momentum Lab, CMU

Aug 2024 - Present

Studying dexterous manipulation of rope and textile with visual input for complex tasks such as knot tying, textile flattening and object wrapping. Received Honors in Computer Science for this research in this project. Developing mobile robot arm remote control software with META robotics researcher.

ML Research

Search-based Pathplanning Lab, CMU

Mar 2023 - May 2025

Created postprocessing method using existing heuristic search algorithms to significantly boost ML multi-agent pathfinding success. Used machine learning to create a foundation model for better and faster results for multi-agent pathfinding. Published & presented at ICAPS 2024 and ICRA 2025.

Computer Vision Research

Biorobotics Lab, CMU

Oct 2023 - Nov 2024

Developing methods in computer vision and machine learning to analyze and detect anomalies in few-shot scenarios. Focus on GANs, and diffusion for image segmentation and anomaly detection. Working for ARPA-E Mapping project for robot gas pipe mapping and repair.