Payload Software & Electrical Lead
Developed software, embedded systems, and PCBs for CanSat and 3U CubeSat payloads; later co-led and mentored the team, achieved second place at Mach-23, and presented the project at Airbus CubeSat Day.
Degrees · Training · Experience · Skills
Education, Experience & Skills
Degrees and doctoral training, research schools, technical experience, selected projects, skills, and awards.
Education
PhD in Robotics and AI
- Thesis
- Representations of Reachable Behaviour for Planning in Long-Horizon Robotics Tasks
- Supervisor
- Dr Steve Tonneau
- Programme
- UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Dependable and Deployable Artificial Intelligence for Robotics (CDT-D2AIR) Jointly delivered by the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University
- Affiliations
- IPAB, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh · MARBLE group
Integrated Master of Informatics (MInf)
- Degree result
- First-Class HonoursOfficial MInf programme · graduated 11 July 2025
- Project Part 2
- Manipulation Planning in Convex Decompositions of the Free Configuration Space2024–2025 · supervised by Dr Steve Tonneau · First-Class mark
- Project Part 1
- Manipulation Planning with a Robotic Arm: A Tangent Configuration Space Approach2023–2024 · supervised by Dr Steve Tonneau · First-Class mark
- Coursework
- Machine Learning Practical, Computer Vision, Principles and Design of IoT Systems, Mobile Robotics, System Design Project, and Informatics Large Practical
Schools & Research Training
Rock Climbing Robots Hackathon
- Taking part in a team of six: four PhD students from CDT-D2AIR and two from LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse.
- Teams build autonomous robots that climb a vertical wall using only its holds, with separate rankings in simulation (MuJoCo) and on the real robot.
- The robots are based on Microban, an open-source small humanoid from the Rhoban team in Bordeaux.
1st IEEE RAS Summer School: Decision-Making for Cognitive Robots
- Attended this IEEE Robotics and Automation Society summer school: 20 hours of lectures and 11 hours of labs.
- Pitched my research topic: reachability-based motion and manipulation planning.
- Lectures and labs on task and motion planning, risk-bounded planning, constrained sampling, humanoid loco-manipulation, behaviour foundation models, and learned planning models, with speakers including Brian Williams (MIT), Marc Toussaint (TU Berlin), Jan Peters (TU Darmstadt), Majid Khadiv (TUM), and Hector Geffner (RWTH Aachen).
ROMANDIC Winter School on Robotic Manipulation of Deformable Objects
- Presented a poster and a short project pitch on my PhD research.
- Took part in workshops and mini-projects on learning for manipulation.
- Week-long school on robot handling of deformable objects, with a focus on textiles, covering perception, simulation, control, benchmarking, and real-world applications.
- Organised within the ROMANDIC project, an EU Horizon Europe Network of Excellence in Robot Manipulation of Deformables.
Work Experience
Makerspace Student Technician
- Learning ROS2 and creating student guides from scratch.
- Delivered workshops on Raspberry Pi and Arduino to Computer Science students.
- Maintained 3D printers, prepared electronic kits, and supported student projects.
- Received The Edinburgh Award for my contributions as a Makerspace Student Technician.
Software Engineering Summer Intern
- Contributed to agile product development using Java, Maven, SQL, and Spring Boot.
- Developed backend solutions integrating with Oracle Databases.
- Utilized React.js for frontend development in a collaborative environment.
Earlier Projects & Competitions
Electronic Laundry Folder
Designed and manufactured an assistive laundry-folding robot in a team of eight using Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Python, Fusion 360, and 3D printing; presented the result to industry professionals.
PizzaDronz
Built a Java drone-delivery simulation with RESTful data retrieval and Weighted A* route planning under no-fly-zone and battery constraints.
CanSat
Built a soda-can-sized satellite and a Yagi antenna for 868 MHz LoRa communications; reached the Spanish national final twice.
Additional earlier activities
- Summer 2022 · Student-Led Individually-Created Course (UoE): Opportunity to create your own extra 20-credit course; focused on learning C++, SQL, and Fusion 360; reported progress, challenges, and solutions in a reflective work style.
- February 2020 · Mathematic Olympiads and Barcelona Tech Math Contest: Finalist of the Spanish Mathematic Olympiads and participated in the Barcelona Tech Math Contest; competed against finalists from across the country for selection in the European Female Mathematics Olympiad.
- Spring 2020 · Canarias Masterclass: Participated in a mentoring program focused on data analysis; gained insights from a Data Analyst project manager at a local business in Tenerife.
- November 2019 · Oshwden Coruña: Presented a project of a network of meteorological stations at a technological congress in Galicia; detected levels of polluting gases in different locations across Spain; worked with my high-school robotics team.
- Fall 2019 · Jóvenes Puntales: Finalist in a regional contest focused on recognizing and supporting young talents in various fields; participated in projects related to a network of meteorological stations and an app for sharing information about endemic species; awarded on the top 15 projects with two projects, amongst 300+ participants.
- Summer 2019 · National Summer Scientific Campus: Selected at a national level to participate in this campus; worked with the robot Pepper and delved into Virtual Reality game development.
- 2017 - 2019 · Canary Islands Scientific Campus and Scientific Challenges: Participated in Scientific Summer Programs in 2017 and 2019; developed projects in Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry; won the Scientific Challenges Campus in 2019 with a group of three; developed an outreach project to identify endemic species in the Canary Islands and their properties; built an app using the MIT App Inventor; presented the project to University of La Laguna professors and students.
- 2017 - 2019 · Mathematical Kangaroo: Participated in the Mathematical Kangaroo, an international mathematical competition for school students; ranked in the top 5% of participants three consecutive years at a national level, amongst 3K+ students.
- 2016 - 2018 · EsTalMat Canarias: Selected for the EsTalMat (Estímulo del Talento Matemático) Canarias program, a national initiative aimed at nurturing young mathematical talent; EsTalMat selects 15 regional students annually to develop their skills in advanced mathematics and logic; engaged in intensive mathematical training beyond the standard curriculum; collaborated with peers on complex mathematical challenges, fostering teamwork and critical thinking abilities.
Skills
- Robotics & Planning
- Long-horizon manipulation planning, motion planning, robot kinematics, collision checking, reachability representations, and Graphs of Convex Sets.
- Optimisation & Mathematics
- Convex and nonlinear optimisation, numerical linear algebra, multivariable calculus, differential equations, and nonlinear sampling.
- Machine Learning & Vision
- PyTorch, deep neural networks, reinforcement learning, computer vision, image segmentation, and visual odometry.
- Programming
- Python, C/C++, Java, Haskell, and SQL.
- Research Tools
- Drake, Linux, Git, NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, and OpenCV.
Awards
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The Edinburgh Award: Makerspace Student Technician (UoE)
Recognized for technical expertise, mentoring, and delivering workshops in the Makerspace.
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The Edinburgh Award: Leadership in Student Opportunities (UoE)
Awarded for leadership, communication, and digital literacy skills as an Informatics Representative.
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1st Prize Overall · AdaHack Hackathon
Twitter Solves Rubik’s Cube won best overall project, using Twitter's API to gather moves and update a live 3D visualization.
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Award of Academic Excellence (University of La Laguna)
Recognized as one of the top 10 academic performances in the S/C de Tenerife EBAU district among more than 5,000 students, based on results across the final two years of high school and the EBAU.