Paul Ruiz

I'm a Developer Relations Lead and builder based in Boulder, Colorado (with an MBA), with 10+ years of experience bridging AI research, robotics, and hardware systems. At Google DeepMind, I lead developer relations for robotics, translating complex embodied AI research and foundation models into developer-ready platforms, driving 0-to-1 ecosystem strategies, and cultivating global technical communities.

Embodied AI & VLAs LeRobot & Humanoids MuJoCo & Simulation Gemini Multimodal Live API Python & C++ Raspberry Pi, ESP32 & Jetson Motor Control & Kinematics CAD (Onshape) & 3D Printing LiteRT & MediaPipe

Sample Work

GitHub

github.com/PaulTR

Dev.to

dev.to/ptruiz

Hackster.io

hackster.io/PaulTR

Featured Robotics Projects

LeRobot Humanoid

Lead maintainer of the open-source humanoid robotics library

Robot Personality & HRI with Open Duck Mini

Human-Robot Interaction using Open Duck Mini, animations, and Gemini Live

VLA Robotic Manipulation: First Orchard

Teaching a robot to play a board game using VLAs and Gemini 3 Flash

The Software Dev's Primer on RobStride Motors

A software dev's primer on RobStride actuators, CAN bus protocols, and motor control modes

Featured IoT & Hardware Projects

Gemini-Powered Magic Mirror

Raspberry Pi magic mirror project using Gemini text and image generation, Live API, and function calling

Gemini-Powered IoT Lamp

IoT example for voice controls via Gemini and an ESP32 dev board

Augmented Reality Boardgame

Simple boardgame prototype that knows where the game piece is on a board and lets users view information about planets in augmented reality

Sphero BB-8 & Force Band

Built the Bluetooth LE communication layer for 1M+ BB-8 droids and prototyped gesture control with the Force Band

Featured Keynote: Google I/O 2026

Power the Future of Robotics with Gemini

Google I/O keynote talk covering physical AI, multimodal streaming, and integrating Gemini into live robotics systems.

Tutorials & Videos

ML on Raspberry Pi with MediaPipe

Series covering the MediaPipe machine learning library for the Raspberry Pi with custom hardware projects

Walkthrough for Android On-Device GenAI

Video as a part of the Android ML Spotlight Week exploring local on-device machine learning models

Hobbies

Gardening

Volunteer as a Master Gardener with local public gardens and manage the community apple orchard

Woodworking

I make wooden toys and other items out of my garage shop

Costumes & Props

Member of the 501st Legion charity organization, making screen-accurate costumes for fundraising and visiting the local children's hospital

Languages

Learned basic Mandarin Chinese (HSK certified) and currently learning Arabic

Book

Author

Android TV Apps Development

Book covering one of Google's newest Android form-factors back in 2016.

Contact Me

paultr@gmail.com

linkedin.com/in/paultruiz