From Vietnam soccer kid to Dyna robotics scientist after a breakout training feature
JasonMa2020 · x · 2026-10-28
Dyna Robotics research scientist anhquanpham shares his journey: a kid playing soccer along the Mekong river who never reached the pro level, he got his first robot at Penn, spent nearly all his time on reinforcement learning and robotics research, and joined Dyna.
He likens research to the athlete's pursuit of mastery, and reveals he recently shipped one training feature that sharply improved model precision and capabilities—teammates' reactions ("why all of sudden this is so much better," "this is huge") are shown in screenshots, though technical details are not disclosed.
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