About

Desert Mango does AI integration for robotics companies: modern AI brought into the robots and fleets that already exist, not new robots built from scratch.

Desert Mango is Kyle Nelson, a UC Berkeley mechanical engineer who works across software, embedded systems, hardware, and AI.

Kyle Nelson

Mechanical Engineering @ UC Berkeley | coursework toward a minor in EECS. Embedded systems and robotics engineer.

• Hippocampus Robotics, TUHH Research on the HippoCampus micro-AUV: RL controller trained in simulation, IMU based localization, and temperature based path planning in ROS 2 and Gazebo. Assisted creating two brand new Hippocampus micro-AUV's from scratch.94 scattered repositories became 15 clear projects with one docs site you can ask questions of.
• SCALUP, WHOI Machine Lab, under Dr. Matt Long A solar-powered water-quality sensor, about 90% cheaper than commercial equivalent. July 2026, firmware was handed off to WHOI engineers who continue development today.Docs: fully documented GitHub page, CAD design documentation, electronics schematics, user guides.
• Ocean drone swarm, TAF Lab, UC Berkeley The XBee / DigiMesh radio network that passed data between drones and shore with no WiFi or satellite.Docs: 90 pages of manuals, build documentation, debugging guides. 11 feature-specific YouTube guides. 15 slide presentations.
• C-Zero Thirteen high-temperature control boxes for pilot-scale hydrogen systems. Ceramic Adhesive research for pilot reactors.In charge of lab organization and engineering file management systems.

Contact

Email hello@desert-mango.com, or find Kyle on LinkedIn and his portfolio.