Aitor Blanco
Software Engineer at Unicontrol
La Pola Siero, Asturias, Spain
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Top SchoolAitor Blanco is a software engineer with a decade of experience specializing in robotics and systems engineering, currently working at Unicontrol from Asturias, Spain. He holds an MS in Robot Systems from the University of Southern Denmark and has blended academic research roles in social robotics at Macquarie University with industry experience in test and product engineering at Leica Geosystems. Aitor contributes to the prominent ROS 2 navigation2 project, improving core navigation, thread synchronization, and collision handling—work that highlights his skill in robust, real-time backend systems. His background spans hands-on development, research programming, and independent consulting, giving him a pragmatic approach to turning robotic algorithms into production-ready code. Colleagues would note his knack for finding subtle performance and safety improvements, such as handling zero-velocity edge cases and lifecycle state integrations in visualization tools.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Industrial Electronics and Automatics Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Industrial Electronics and Automatics Engineering at Universidad de OviedoMaster of Science - MS, Engineering – Robot Systems (Advanced Robotics Technology), Master of Science - MS, Engineering – Robot Systems (Advanced Robotics Technology) at Faculty of Engineering, University of Southern Denmark
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Github Skills (9)
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robotics10
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ros10
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navigation-drawer10
behavior-tree9
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ros-navigation/navigation2
Mar 2020 - Jul 2020
ROS 2 Navigation Framework and System
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 9 commits, 15 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Aitor primarily contributed to the `navigation2` framework by implementing and modifying core functionalities. Their work included integrating lifecycle node status displays into the RVIZ plugin, enhancing the state machine, and correcting collision detection within the costmap. They also focused on thread synchronization within the `dwb_controller`, added a goal updated condition node, and optimized the code for improved performance, particularly in handling zero velocity scenarios.
roboticsros2autonomous-robotsrosnavigation
SocialBrainInActionLab/readingtorobot_app
Feb 2021 - Jun 2023
WebApp used in the execution of the ReadingToRobot project
Contributions:4 PRs, 94 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 4 months
webappexecution
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