CV
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Short bio
My research interests lie at the intersection of model-based and learning-based control, with a focus on how optimization-based methods can be integrated with learned models and perception pipelines to develop safe and capable controllers for autonomous robotic systems.
Education
B.S. in Mechatronics Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), Lima, Peru. Since 2021.
Internship
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow (SURF), California Institute of Technology (Caltech), AMBER Lab. Pasadena, CA. Jun 2026 to Aug 2026.
Designed and integrated a 2-DOF active vision module (pan-tilt camera head) into the Unitree G1 humanoid, extending its observable workspace through dynamic gaze control during locomotion. Built a control stack combining MPC-CBF for safe navigation, RL-based locomotion policies, and a YOLO11n + ByteTrack perception pipeline, validated in MuJoCo ahead of hardware integration.
Teaching Assistant
Dynamic Systems and Control, PUCP. Mar 2026 to Jul 2026.
Optimization and Control, PUCP. Jan 2026 to Mar 2026.
Robotics, PUCP. Mar 2025 to Jul 2025.
Digital Design, PUCP. Aug 2024 to Dec 2025.
Tools
Programming: MATLAB, Simulink, C++, C, Python, MicroPython, VHDL, Verilog
Robotics Frameworks: ROS2, MuJoCo, Pinocchio
Machine Learning: PyTorch, Ultralytics YOLO, FastSAM, ByteTrack
Optimization & Control: CasADi, IPOPT, OSQP, Eigen
Software: Autodesk Inventor, Eagle, Siemens PLCSIM, VS Code, Thonny
Embedded Platforms: NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano, Arduino, STM32, Raspberry Pi, FPGA DE10-Lite