newton-physics/newton
Aug 2025 – May 2026
7 Months active
Languages Used
C++Python
Technical Skills
C++Differentiable SimulationGradient-Based OptimizationPhysics SimulationPythonSoftware Engineering
mzamoramora-nvidia
PROFILE
Mzamoramora-nvidia
Worked on the newton-physics/newton repository, delivering features and fixes across simulation, robotics, and visualization over seven months. Developed differentiable simulation suites and enhanced cloth and brick stacking demos, focusing on gradient-based optimization and physics fidelity using C++ and Python. Improved model import flexibility, stabilized multi-threaded performance, and addressed memory management for GPU state resets. Refined UI/UX by anchoring visualization windows and streamlining user interactions. Tackled concurrency and dependency management, implemented robust error handling, and expanded unit testing coverage. The work emphasized simulation stability, test reliability, and demonstration accuracy, resulting in a more maintainable and user-friendly simulation framework.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
63%Features
Repository Contributions
17Total
Bugs
6
Commits
17
Features
10
Lines of code
8,674
Activity Months7
Your Network
1732 peopleSame Organization
@nvidia.com1684
Work History
May 2026
4 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2026May 2026 highlights for newton-physics/newton: Delivered reliability, stability, and UX improvements across GPU state management, physics algorithms, and UI. Implemented configurable edge clamp for marching cubes with associated threading fixes in nut_bolt_hydro, enhanced stability under various solvers, and resolved significant memory management issues. Improved user experience and simulation fidelity with UI and physics fixes.
4 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2026May 2026 highlights for newton-physics/newton: Delivered reliability, stability, and UX improvements across GPU state management, physics algorithms, and UI. Implemented configurable edge clamp for marching cubes with associated threading fixes in nut_bolt_hydro, enhanced stability under various solvers, and resolved significant memory management issues. Improved user experience and simulation fidelity with UI and physics fixes.
May 2026
April 2026
3 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2026April 2026 (2026-04): Delivered stability-focused improvements to the Newton physics stack, emphasizing test reliability, simulation stability, and demo fidelity. Key changes include pinning the cbor2 dependency to prevent test regressions, enhancing error messaging and configuration, adding a configurable clamp for viewer picking force to prevent instability on light objects, and correcting the COM-reference Jacobian in the cloth_franka demo with adjustments to base height and gripper orientations to improve reachability and cloth interaction. These changes reduce flaky tests, increase runtime stability, and enhance demonstration quality, delivering tangible business value through more reliable releases and clearer, safer demos.
April 2026
3 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2026April 2026 (2026-04): Delivered stability-focused improvements to the Newton physics stack, emphasizing test reliability, simulation stability, and demo fidelity. Key changes include pinning the cbor2 dependency to prevent test regressions, enhancing error messaging and configuration, adding a configurable clamp for viewer picking force to prevent instability on light objects, and correcting the COM-reference Jacobian in the cloth_franka demo with adjustments to base height and gripper orientations to improve reachability and cloth interaction. These changes reduce flaky tests, increase runtime stability, and enhance demonstration quality, delivering tangible business value through more reliable releases and clearer, safer demos.
March 2026
2 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2026March 2026 — Monthly summary for the newton-physics/newton repository focusing on stabilizing 3D visualization and strengthening inertia validation to improve simulation reliability and model finalization.
2 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2026March 2026 — Monthly summary for the newton-physics/newton repository focusing on stabilizing 3D visualization and strengthening inertia validation to improve simulation reliability and model finalization.
March 2026
February 2026
4 Commits • 2 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 monthly summary for newton-physics/newton focusing on delivering flexible import capabilities, stabilizing core simulation tasks, and hardening concurrency. The work reduces model integration friction, improves simulation reliability, and lays groundwork for safer multi‑threaded performance. Business value is reflected in broader model compatibility, fewer flaky tests, and lower maintenance risk.
February 2026
4 Commits • 2 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 monthly summary for newton-physics/newton focusing on delivering flexible import capabilities, stabilizing core simulation tasks, and hardening concurrency. The work reduces model integration friction, improves simulation reliability, and lays groundwork for safer multi‑threaded performance. Business value is reflected in broader model compatibility, fewer flaky tests, and lower maintenance risk.
January 2026
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 was focused on UX simplification in the Newton physics project, delivering a feature that streamlines user interaction during cube stacking simulations. The change disables GUI picking in the cube stacking example to prevent unnecessary interactions during simulation, improving usability and reliability for demos and automated runs.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 was focused on UX simplification in the Newton physics project, delivering a feature that streamlines user interaction during cube stacking simulations. The change disables GUI picking in the cube stacking example to prevent unnecessary interactions during simulation, improving usability and reliability for demos and automated runs.
January 2026
December 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025 monthly summary focusing on key accomplishments for the Newton framework. The standout delivery was a new demonstration feature that enhances realism and testing of inverse-kinematics (IK) scenarios. The work aligns with our goals of expanding the demonstration toolkit, accelerating user onboarding, and enabling more robust IK pipelines.
December 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025 monthly summary focusing on key accomplishments for the Newton framework. The standout delivery was a new demonstration feature that enhances realism and testing of inverse-kinematics (IK) scenarios. The work aligns with our goals of expanding the demonstration toolkit, accelerating user onboarding, and enabling more robust IK pipelines.
August 2025
2 Commits • 2 Features
Aug 1, 2025In August 2025, contributed to the Newton physics library with tangible improvements in physics fidelity and differentiable simulation capabilities, validated by tests and aligned with downstream usage. Major features introduced include a configurable triangle-contact toggle in cloth simulation and a new differentiable simulation (diffsim) suite with multiple reference examples, documentation, and tests. These changes create new avenues for optimization, design iteration, and robust simulation in downstream projects.
2 Commits • 2 Features
Aug 1, 2025In August 2025, contributed to the Newton physics library with tangible improvements in physics fidelity and differentiable simulation capabilities, validated by tests and aligned with downstream usage. Major features introduced include a configurable triangle-contact toggle in cloth simulation and a new differentiable simulation (diffsim) suite with multiple reference examples, documentation, and tests. These changes create new avenues for optimization, design iteration, and robust simulation in downstream projects.
August 2025
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Quality Metrics
Correctness96.4%
Maintainability87.0%
Architecture90.6%
Performance83.6%
AI Usage30.6%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
C++Python
Technical Skills
3D graphics3D modelingC++Differentiable SimulationGPU ProgrammingGame DevelopmentGradient-Based OptimizationMemory ManagementPhysics SimulationPythonPython DevelopmentPython package developmentPython programmingSoftware DevelopmentSoftware Engineering
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