Computer Vision Research Engineer |
January 2024 – April 2025 |
Beam (formerly Rovco/Vaarst)
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- Evaluated and benchmarked advanced machine learning and computer vision technologies, ensuring
robustness of products in uncertain real-world conditions and its integration to the company systems.
- Developed tools to visualize and validate calibration accuracy, improving system reliability and
reducing deployment errors.
- Benchmarked and optimized loop closure detection algorithms for Beam’s SLAM system, strengthening
localization performance in challenging environments.
- Proposed and validated a novel camera focus verification method, increasing precision in the camera
assembly process and reducing hardware rework.
Key Skills: Critical Analysis, Statistical Frameworks, Loop Closure Detection, Camera Calibration,
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Robotics, C++, Python
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Teaching Assistant (part-time) |
October 2020 - February 2024 |
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Supported delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate courses (e.g., Image Processing, Computer Vision,
C/C++ Programming), helping students strengthen core technical and problem-solving skills.
- Delivered practical classes during the pandemic, ensuring continuity of learning through effective
online teaching methods and tools.
- Evaluated and provided detailed feedback on student projects, improving their technical understanding
and ability to apply concepts in practice.
- Assisted course instructors in curriculum delivery and student engagement, contributing to an
interactive learning environment that boosted student participation and outcomes.
Key Skills: Teaching, Computer Science, Computer Vision , Curriculum Support, Communication Skills,
Programming, OpenCV, Python, C++
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Pacheco-Ortega, A., & Mayol-Cuevas, W. (2023). AROS: Affordance recognition with one-shot human
stances. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 10, 1076780. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2023.1076780
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Sarmiento, C., Savage, J., Juarez, A., Contreras, L., Pacheco, A., & Matamoros, M. (2019, April). Feature
detection using Hidden Markov Models for 3D-visual recognition. In 2019 IEEE International
Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC) (pp. 1–6). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICARSC.2019.8733651
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Pacheco, A., Estrada, H., Vázquez, E., Martell, R., Hernández, J., Cruz, J., Silva, E., Savage, J., &
Contreras, L. (2018). Intelligent flat-and-textureless object manipulation in service robots. In
IROS 2018 Workshop: Towards Robots that Exhibit Manipulation Intelligence, IEEE/RSJ
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Madrid, Spain. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1809.03210
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Savage, J., Contreras, L., Figueroa, I., Pacheco, A., Bermudez, A., Negrete, M., & Rivera, C. (2016).
Construction of roadmaps for mobile robots’ navigation using RGB-D cameras. In Intelligent
Autonomous Systems 13: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference IAS-13 (pp. 217–229).
Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08338-4_17
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Contreras, L. A., Pacheco-Ortega, A., Figueroa, J. I., Mayol-Cuevas, W. W., & Savage, J. (2013, November).
Object detection via receptive field co-occurrence and spatial cloud-point data. In 2013 16th
International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR) (pp. 1–8). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICAR.2013.6766575
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Figueroa, J., Contreras, L., Pacheco, A., & Savage, J. (2012). Development of an object recognition and
location system using the Microsoft Kinect™ sensor. In T. Röfer, N. M. Mayer, J. Savage, & U. Saranlı
(Eds.), RoboCup 2011: Robot Soccer World Cup XV (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 7416,
pp. 321–328). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32060-6_37
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