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Julio A. Placed

jplaced@ita.es
Zaragoza, Aragón, ES

Summary

Industrial engineer specialized in Robotics and Automation. Interests include active perception, modelling and simulation, and Deep Learning in Robotics.

Education

  • Robotics
    2024-03-31
    Universidad de Zaragoza
  • Industrial Engineering
    2019-01-01
    Universidad de Zaragoza
  • Erasmus+ Programme (1 semester)
    2018-01-01
    Chalmers University of Technology
  • Industrial Engineering
    2016-01-01
    Universidad de Zaragoza

Work Experience

  • Robotics Researcher
    2023-06-01 -
    ITA · Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón
    Robotics research at ITA, Zaragoza, Spain.
  • Adjunct Professor
    2024-01-01 -
    Universidad de Zaragoza
    Teaching at Universidad de Zaragoza.
  • Visiting Student
    2023-01-01 - 2023-05-31
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Research visit to MIT.
  • PhD Student in Robotics
    2019-10-01 - 2023-05-31
    Universidad de Zaragoza
    Research on Active SLAM under supervision of Dr. J. A. Castellanos. Keywords: deep reinforcement learning, neural networks, active SLAM, uncertainty, optimality criteria.
  • Robotics Researcher
    2019-03-01 - 2019-12-31
    Universidad de Zaragoza
    Studied deep learning approaches to solve the decision making problem in active SLAM.
  • Robotics Engineer
    2018-07-01 - 2019-01-31
    ITA · Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón
    Worked in national and European robotics projects developing ROS-based applications: Gazebo modelling, drones, SIL/HIL simulation, visual localization, 3D reconstruction.
  • Intern Student
    2018-03-01 - 2018-06-30
    Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería de Aragón
    Evaluated visual-inertial SLAM systems and studied uncertainty in Active SLAM (representation, propagation and properties).
  • Engineering Summer Intern
    2016-07-01 - 2016-09-30
    ITA · Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón
    ROS implementation of trajectory tracking algorithms based on differential flatness. Experimental validation on a real robot.
  • Intern Student
    2015-12-01 - 2016-07-31
    ITA · Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón
    BSc thesis: Modeling and Characterization of SAAPIN Robot.

Skills

Programming

  • Python
  • C++
  • MATLAB

Robotics & Simulation

  • ROS
  • ROS2
  • Gazebo
  • SIL/HIL simulation

Research Areas

  • Active SLAM
  • Deep Reinforcement Learning
  • Neural Networks
  • Visual Localization
  • 3D Reconstruction

Languages

  • Spanish
    Native
  • English
    Full Professional
  • French
    Limited Working