Adam Allevato
adam (at) allevato (dot) me
Amazon Frontier AI And Robotics (FAR)
2026-PresentI'm building large-scale datasets for training robot learning models.
WhyTorch
September 2025An interactive learning tool that visually explains how PyTorch functions work. The site breaks down commonly confusing operations like torch.gather with step-by-step visualizations showing how inputs map to outputs.
Cherry Live Light
2024A macOS app that syncs smart lights with your DAW to show recording status. Detects playback, arm, record, and quick punch events, and sets hue, saturation, and brightness for any number of Philips Hue bulbs. Works with Logic, Ableton, REAPER, Pro Tools, and any MIDI-capable DAW.
Autonomy for Indoor Deliveries
2018, 2021-2026I was an early engineer at Diligent Robotics, where I built out many AI and perception systems from the ground up. My work enabled the Moxi delivery robot to autonomously navigate hospitals, open doors, and ride hundreds of thousands of elevators. I led the ML team, developed AI strategy, and presented to industry, investors, and press. I also created Moxi's signature "meep" sounds along with many other systems across the robot.
Accurate Flying Inside Retail Stores
2020-2021I redesigned the core behavior state machine for Pensa's autonomous store scanning drone, Daisy, making it more robust and easier to extend. I then built on this to prove out the first fully-autonomous multi-flight schedule for the drone. I also developed a custom fiducial marker-based visual localization system for precise indoor navigation in GPS-denied retail settings. The result was improved scan consistency, reduced drift, and better shelf coverage.
Sim-to-Real Deep Learning
2016-2020My PhD research at The University of Texas at Austin trained robot task models using simulations and deep learning, with a goal of better human-robot interaction.
Right Side Up
2019A tile-flipping puzzle game for iOS and Android. Flip all the tiles on the board so they're right side up using only a few specific tile patterns. 150 free levels plus 10 new ones daily, with billions of possible variations.
Stoalert
2018-2022A notification service for the competitive speech and debate community. Monitored Stoa USA's calendars every 15 minutes and alerted subscribers to tournament updates, so they didn't have to check manually. Shut down in 2022 after Stoa consolidated their event info.
Robots in Nuclear Gloveboxes
2016-2018Working with the Nuclear and Applied Robotics Group and Los Alamos National Laboratory, we deployed robots inside nuclear gloveboxes for mixed-waste sorting and manufacturing tasks. Much of the code is available on the lab's GitHub, which I helped run.
3D Computer Vision for Robots
2014-2017In my masters' thesis work, I developed a 3D pose estimation library based on Robot Operating System (ROS). It's great for robotic sorting, remote inspection, and small part picking. We've since used the code in the 2015 Amazon Picking Challenge and other human-robot interaction studies.