Experience

Education

~ 2012-2015 Ph.D. in Automation, Embedded Systems and Robotics

HEUDIASYC Lab 7253 CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, Université de Technologie Compiègne, France.

Ph.D. thesis: Autonomous Navigation and Teleoperation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles using Monocular Vision.

~ 2010-2012 M.Sc. Electric Engineering option Mechatronics

Research Center CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City (top score).

~ 2005-2010 B.S. Mechatronics Engineering + Specialty in Robotics

Universidad Panamericana, Aguascalientes, Mexico (graduated with honors).

Experience

~ 13 years (2010-present) Research in autonomous systems.

Conception and development of state-of-the-art techniques for robotics, with real-time embedded applications for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).

Reseach areas.

~ 1.5 years (2016-2017) Post-Doctoral Fellow. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University, NJ, USA.

Autonomous navigation and control of an aerial/underwater vehicle, the first of its kind. "Naviator Project", supported by Office of Naval Research (ONR).

~ 1 year  (2018) Post-Doctoral Fellow. French-Mexican Laboratory on Computer Science and Control LAFMIA-UMI 3175, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City. 

Teaching

Graduate:

• "Modeling and Control of Robotics Systems". Ph.D. in Computer Science and Masters in Science in Robotics MCR. CIMAT, Mexico, 2021, 2022.

• "Control II: Visual Servoing". Masters in Science in Robotics MCR. CIMAT-Zacatecas, Mexico, 2022-2024

• "Computer Vision". Masters in Software Engineering. CIMAT-Zacatecas, Mexico, 2019.

• "Introduction to Deep Learning". Masters in Software Engineering. CIMAT-Zacatecas, Mexico, 2020.

• "Robotics". Masters and Specialty in Robotics . Universidad Panamericana, Aguascalientes, Mexico, 2019-2022.

• "Mobile Robotics". Masters and Specialty in Robotics . Universidad Panamericana, Aguascalientes, Mexico, 2019-2022.

•  "Autonomous navigation using computer vision''. Ph.D. and M.Sc. in autonomous navigation systems, LAFMIA-UMI 3175, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City, 2018.

Computer Skills

• OS: Linux, Windows

• programming: C/C++, Python, Java, asm, Git, Qt, ArduPilot

• ROS

• scientific: Matlab, Simulink

• vision: OpenCV, PTAM

• CAD: SolidWorks, Catia

• typography: LaTeX, Office

Languages

• Spanish (native)          English (proficient)              French (proficient)              Portuguese (intermediate)            German (beginner) Italian (beginner)

Scientific Publications

•  Journals (JCR): 17                   International Conferences: 14                Book chapters: 1          Citations (Scopus): >690

Directed Thesis

Graduated:

1. M.Sc. Marichelo García Venegas, “On the safety of vulnerable road users by cyclists detection and tracking using deep learning”, Masters in Software Engineering, CIMAT-Zacatecas. 2018-2020.

2. M.Sc. Luis Angel Pinedo Sánchez, “Vibrations analysis for rolling bearings wearing detection using deep learning”, Masters in Software Engineering, CIMAT-Zacatecas. 2018-2020.

3. M.Sc. Javier Antonio González-Trejo. "Crowd analysis with Deep Learning". Masters in Software Engineering, CIMAT-Zacatecas. 2019-2021.

Ongoing:

1. Ph. D. Hector Tovanche Picón, "Semantic Segmentation for UAVs Autonomous Landing", Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez UACJ, 2021-2023.

2. Ph. D. Miguel Angel García Sánchez, "Pose estimation by magnetic field measurements in nanosatelites", Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas UAZ.

3. M.Sc. Jesús Alejandro Loera Ponce, "Autonomous landing in populated environments", Master in Science with orientation in Robotics MCR, CIMAT-Zacatecas. 2023-present.

4. M.Sc. Julio de la Torre Vanegas. "Reinforcement learning in robotics", Master in Science with orientation in Robotics MCR, CIMAT-Zacatecas. 2023-present.

Awards

• National Research System level I (Sistema Nacional de Investigadores SNI-I), Mexico, 2018-present

• Ph.D. grant given by the Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche (MESR), France, 2012-2015

• M.Sc.  grant given by the national council of science and technology  CONACYT, Mexico, 2010-2012

• Silver Medal in Mexican Mathematics Olympiad, 2004

• Winner in the Mexican Children's Knowledge Olympiad, 1999

• 1st place,  Mexican Robotics Tournament, autonomous drones challenge, 2023.

Projects

Current:

• Autonomous landing in populated environments, a crucial aspect for urban deployment of drones. Founded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR),  Principal Investigator, 2024-2026.

• Robotics and Virtual Reality, Cátedras CONACyT, Mexico, 2018-present

Finished:

• NAVIATOR: Development of the first aerial/underwater multi-rotor drone. ONR, USA, 2015-2017

• Detection and Monitoring of Crowds to avoid Massive COVID-19 Contagions using Deep Learning", Project leader. Technological Projects AIA, México, 2020-2021

• ROBOTEX: French National Robotics Platform, France, 2012-2015

•  LABEX: Laboratory of Excellence MS2T, France, 2012-2015

•  SEARCH: Aerial Exploration System for Search and Cartography in Hostile Environments, France, 2012-2015

Conference Presentations

• IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Prague, 2021

• IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Canada, 2019.

• International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), Miami, 2017

• IFAC World Congress, South Africa, 2014

• Research, Education and Development of Unmanned Aerial Systems (RED-UAS), France, 2013.

• European Control Conference (ECC), Switzerland, 2013.

• Latin American Control Conference (CLCA), Peru, 2012

Session Chair

• IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Prague, 2021. Co-chair

• European Control Conference (ECC), Switzerland, 2013. Co-chair

• Research, Education and Development of Unmanned Aerial Systems (RED-UAS), France, 2013. Co-chair

Peer-Reviews

Journals:

• IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO)

• Automatica

• Expert Systems with Applications (ESWA)

• IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (TASE)

• IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)  

• Aerospace Science and Technology

• Control Engineering Practice

• Ocean Engineering

• International Journal of Intelligent Robotic Systems (JINT)

• Machine Vision Applications

• Bionic, Journal of Bionic Engineering

Conferences:

• ICRA, International Conference on Robotics and Automation

• CDC, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

• IROS, International Conference on Intelligent Robots and systems

• ACC, American Control Conference

• RSS, Robotics, Science and Systems

• ECC, European Control Conference

• MED Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation 

• ICUAS, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems

• RED-UAS, Workshop on Research, Education and Development of Unmanned Aerial Systems