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WORK EXPERIENCE

from october 2013 to now: PhD Research Engineer in Mobile Robotics and Autonomous Vehicles

 

Laboratoire des Sciencies du Numerique de Nantes. Centrale Nantes, Nantes, 44321 Cedex 3, France.

Web: https://https://www.ls2n.fr/

  • Team manager of the ICARS project  in charge the following missions:

       - Define and implement a complete architecture (hardware and software) implementing localization, safe autonomous navigation,  situation awareness, driver assistance and integrity evaluation
        - Preparing autonomous vehicles, for testing self-driving navigation algorithms
        - Preparing demos with the vehicles

        -Preparing technical reports

        -Providing experimental data and support to Master and PhD students

        -Hardware and software developement

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Business or sector Research in Automation, Robotics, and Computing Technologies.

from december 1999 to 2013: Research Engineer in Mobile and Social Robotics

 

CARTIF Foundation. Parque Tecnológico de Boecillo, Parcela 205, 47151. Web: www.cartif.com

  • Research and Development of projects related to the field of Mobile Robotics and Embedded Systems (localization, navigation, hardware and software development, advanced sensors, etc.)

Business or sector Research in Automation, Robotics, and Computing Technologies.

 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

 

 

from 1990 to 1999

Industrial Engineer

 

Industrial Enginering School of Valladolid. Automatic and Systems Engineering Dept. University of Valladolid. Spain

  • Control and automation systems, electronics, power systems, robotics

from 2003 to 2007

PhD in Social Robotics

Title: “Arisco. A Social Robot with Learning and Interaction Capabilities”. University of Valladolid

  • Social Robotics, Machine Learning by Reinforcement using Neural Networks, Robotics Behaviour and Motivation

from March 2011 to Sept. 2011

 

International research intership

Fraunhofer IAIS (Sank Augustin, Germany)

  • Collaboration in the EU-funded project NiFTi (EU FP7 ICT 247870). 6D Odometry for localization of a robot using a RGBD sensor

 

LANGUAGES

 

Mother tongue(s)                          

 

Spanish

 

 

Other language(s)

UNDERSTANDING

SPEAKING

WRITING
Listening
Reading
Spoken interaction
Spoken production

 

English

B2

B2

B2

B2

B2

German
B1
B1
B1
B1
B1

French

 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2

 

Levels: A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2 Proficient user

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

SKILLS. Some examples are provided as a little sample of my experience and they been developped entirely by myself

 

  • Project manager during the last 10 years on different projects throughout my career

  • Robot localization techniques (e.g. SLAM 2D/3D, GPS)

  • Social Robots interaction with humans

  • Social Robots autonomous behaviour and learning

  • Embedded systems development and implementation (hardware and firmware).

  • System integration, robot architecture implementation

  • 3D point cloud processing, 2D/3D reconstruction

  • Good knowledge with a high practical experience on linux systems

  • C/C++, HTML+Javascript+CSS and Python programming

  • More than 10 years of experience with ROS

  • Real Time low level control systems programming with PIC/dsPIC microcontrollers

  • 2D/3D Computer vision using OpenCV and PCL libraries

  • Electronic board design using Kicad.

  • Low power electronics design. 

  • Experience with standard communication buses (e.g. UART, I2C, CAN, SPI, SENT)

  • Experience with wireless communications systems (e.g. Wifi, Wimax, Bluetooth, Radiomodem)

  • Experience in mechanical design using Solid Edge and FreeCAD.

  • Good communication skills gained through my willingness to travel

  • Satellite GPS positioning knowledge. 

  • Kalman Filter programming and tuning. 

  • Deep Learning using Tensorflow-lite + Ml5 

Some R&D projects

from 1/1/2020 till now               Project: MANITOU. Implementing Localization and Autonomous Navigation on a Manitour ML635 lift truck

from 30/11/2020 till now               Project: COLIBUS. Convertig into Drive-by-wire and Implementing Localization and Autonomous Navigation on a Colibustr truck 

from 30/09/2016 till 2019                Project: VASCO. Système de localisation par Lidar sur des Véhicules Automatisés et Supervisés pour Conteneurs

from 30/09/2015 till 2017                Project: VALET. Platooning and autonomous parking of multiple vehicles

from 01/10/2013 till 30/09/2015     Project: “ICARS project. Autonomous Intelligent Vehicles”

from 23/01/2012 till 10/03/2013.    Project: “Mobile robot for medicament transportation in a hospital”

from 01/04/2009 till 27/12/2012.    Project: “Development of an automated transportation system for a hospital using Autonomous Ground Vehicles with map-based navigation system and active beacons localization system”.

from 24/02/2009 till 16/12/2011    Project: “Development of perception techniques, interaction and learning in social robotics. Application in a hotel environment”

from 12/2007 till 06/2011            Project: “Personal digital environment platform for health and welfare”

from 03/11/2008 till 31/03/2010    Project: “Research and Development in information and communication technologies in social robotics for the hotel sector”

from 12/2007 till 12/2009            Project: “Autonomous cooperative robots”

from 11/2007 till 03/2008            Project: “Personal navigation system”

from 11/2006 till 12/2007            Project: “Advanced interface for elder people access to new technologies on information and communication”

from 02/2005 till 01/2006            Project: “Self-guided vehicle localization system development”

from 01/2005 till 04/2005            Project: “Physical training machines control and supervision system”

from 07/2003 till 06/2004            Project: “Generic microcontroller based control system for industrial use”

from 01/2003 till 01/2006            Project: “DAE” (Development of a robot for 3D scanning of buildings)

from 11/2002 till 11/2005            Project: “Tridimensional reconstruction robot for indoor environments”

from 11/2001 till 06/2004            Project: “Microcontrollers” (Development of a distributed robot architecture based on microcontrollers)

from 01/2000 till 12/2001            Project: “Development of a museum tour guide robot for Valladolid's Science Museum”