Nikita Cherniadev

Senior simulation engineer at NVIDIA GEAR, building simulation infrastructure for embodied AI and robot foundation models. Working across robotics and VR/AR since 2016, when I started experimenting with the Oculus DK2 and Leap Motion for VR gaming projects.

Recent work includes simulation infrastructure for GR00T and sim-and-real robot learning. Before NVIDIA, developed simulation platforms for robot learning at Dyson using MuJoCo and Unity, like the BiGym.

Before that, developed VR training simulators for bank security personnel, and earlier, worked on making industrial robot programming easier at the Native Robotics start-up.

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Experience

Working with the GEAR group on simulation infrastructure for embodied agents in virtual and physical environments. Recent work includes data-generation and evaluation pipelines for GR00T and simulation infrastructure for sim-and-real co-training.

Developed simulation platforms for robot learning at Dyson's Robot Learning Lab. Worked on BiGym, and other projects based on MuJoCo and Unity for robot learning.

Led development of a VR training simulator for cash-in-transit security personnel using Unity for HTC Vive Pro with custom controllers.

Co-founded and developed key tech at Native Robotics, a startup specializing in online programming and control for industrial robots. Worked on the Omni Kit, a versatile robot control framework using Unity and Python, supporting both simulation (Omni Fit) and real-time execution (Omni Pack).

Led technical development of multiplayer VR escape rooms using Unity.

Publications

2025

2024

Education

M.S in Information Systems and Technologies

B.A in Robotics and Mechatronics

Design and source code from Jon Barron's website