# Peter Kernohan

[@peterk05](https://hacklab.so/peterk05)

Peter Kernohan is President at Engineering and Robotics Society Maynooth and Student Representative at Dept\. of Electronic Engineering, National University of Ireland Maynooth. No AI coding activity was synced in the last 30 days.

Robotics student at Maynooth building embedded and vision systems, local AI inference, robotic arms and intelligent assistants\.

Joined: 2026-09-06

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## Links

- [GitHub](https://github.com/peterk05)
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/peter-kernohan-a4b788356)

## AI usage (All time)

Total tokens: 61,437,011

| Harness | Tokens | Share | Most-used model |
| --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| Codex | 57,501,521 | 93.6% | gpt\-5\.6\-sol |
| Claude Code | 3,935,490 | 6.4% | claude\-sonnet\-5 |

## Accomplishments

### TORC: robotic arm with local VLA inference

Robotic\-arm project using vision\-language\-action models and local inference, developed for showcasing and competing at the Region 8 IEEE Robotics Championship in Malta\.

### Standalone conversational robot

Battery\-powered conversational robot combining onboard LLM inference, realistic text\-to\-speech, and autonomous mechanical eyes\.

### Embedded robotics and control projects

Earlier projects include a PID\-controlled pick\-and\-place rover; a Raspberry Pi field\-data collection system with a bird\-categorization CNN; and a reaction\-wheel inverted pendulum controlled with LQR\.

## Experience

### President — Engineering and Robotics Society Maynooth

2026\-01 – Present

Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland

Leads development of society projects\. Organizes visits to engineering companies and talks by industry professionals, plans multiple weekly project meetings, and started monthly engineering social events\.

### Student Representative — Dept\. of Electronic Engineering, National University of Ireland Maynooth

2025\-09 – Present

Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland

Raises student concerns at faculty meetings each semester and helps the engineering and robotics department improve the learning experience for second\-year modules\.

### Assistant Coach — Maynooth Jiu Jitsu Club

2025\-02 – Present

Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland

Assists the lead coach with classes, teaches seminars and plans trips to intervarsity competitions\. Has won multiple competition medals\.

### Treasurer — IEEE

2025\-01 – Present

Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland

Helps manage the Maynooth University student branch's funds and budgets for society events\.

### Barista — Costa Coffee

2024\-10 – 2025\-09

Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland

Barista role at Costa Coffee in Letterkenny\.

## Education

### B\.Sc\. studies in Robotics and Intelligent Devices — Maynooth University

Present

Current Robotics and Intelligent Devices student, with expected B\.Sc\. completion in May 2028\. The university education section also lists 2024–2028; no start month is supplied\.