Mechatronics Engineer from Bogotá, Colombia. I design, build, and program open-source mobile robots end-to-end with ROS 2, from CAD and embedded firmware to simulation and HRI interfaces. I also care deeply about building the robotics community in Latin America.

• Currently working @ LG CNS Colombia as a Developer Engineer.
• Lighting talk speaker at ROSCon 2023 (New Orleans, Diversity Scholar), ROSCon 2024 (Odense) & ROSCon 2026 (Toronto).
• Former President of IEEE RAS Javeriana (5 semesters, 2022–2025).

Low-cost differential robot (~$300 USD) designed as an open-source academic platform for experimental robotics. Built on ROS 2 Humble, RPi 4 + Arduino Uno. Integrates ros2_control, URDF/Xacro, Gazebo Classic simulation, and SLAM impelmentation with slam_toolbox. Used as a hands-on teaching platform in community workshops.

Low-cost differential robot (~$850 USD) designed for HRI research and experimentation. Built on ROS 2 Jazzy, RPi 4/5, with micro-ROS on ESP32 for embedded control. Features a full voice pipeline (STT → LLM → TTS), SLAM with slam_toolbox and cartographer, and simulation in Gazebo Harmonic.

A continued version of the ORION Thesis focused on improvements of the control system, simulation, bringup and overall structure, with the support of Danna and David from DFD Workshop.

Led the chapter for 5 semesters as President (Jul 2022 - Jan 2025), growing it into an active community of 50+ members across multiple engineering disciplines. Built and mentored a structured ROS 2 learning path from scratch (covering Linux, Git, Python, ROS 2 fundamentals, URDF, Gazebo, and SLAM) and launched two open-source robot projects (DiffDan and ORION) as community platforms. Also, supported and participated in local community iniatives for robotics.

Projects developed by community members during this period:

• Flatboat: Ease the deployment of ROS 2 applications with Docker and Kubernetes.
• microROS-on-the-cloud: micro-ROS cloud integration.
• urfi_project: Six-wheeled simple rover simulation with ROS 2.

Co-organizer of the ROS MeetUp series in Colombia — bringing together the local ROS/ROS 2 community for talks, workshops, and demos.

Stay tuned as we are planning the next events.

• ROSCon 2023: New Orleans. Diversity Scholar. Lightning talk: building a ROS community in Bogotá.
• ROSCon 2024: Odense. Lightning talk speaker. Lightining talk: Projects developed by a ROS 2 student local community.
• ROSCon 2026: Toronto. Lightning talk speaker: Presented about ORION throuhg 3 lessons learned during the process.

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Last Updated: Thursday, October 8th, 2026, 5:34:19 AM