Albert Vila
Software Engineer at IQUA ROBOTICS
Banyoles, Catalonia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolAlbert Vila is a software engineer and underwater robotics specialist with a Ph.D. in Underwater Robotics from the University of Girona and nine years of hands-on experience developing perception and navigation systems for AUVs. Since 2019 he has been building production software at IQUA Robotics, translating academic research in underwater 3D perception and bathymetry-based SLAM into real-world robotic systems. His background includes repeated field deployments as a navigator aboard the E/V Nautilus and international research stints at Heriot-Watt and the University of Rhode Island, giving him rare operational experience in deep-sea missions. He led the University of Girona team to top prizes in the multi-domain Eurathlon competition, demonstrating leadership in multi-robot coordination and autonomy. Based in Banyoles, Catalonia, he combines rigorous research publications with practical engineering to solve challenging sensing and navigation problems beneath the surface.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh CampusDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Underwater Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Underwater Robotics at Universitat de Girona
English, Catalan, Spanish
Github Skills (19)
pcl9
point-cloud9
cpp8
computer-vision8
ply8
vtk6
point-cloud-library6
computer-graphics5
ros-control5
driver4
3d-graphics4
robotics4
visualization4
scientific-visualization4
ros4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
apalomer/ceres-qt
Jan 2018 - May 2022
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
apalomer/plane_fitter
Jun 2017 - Oct 2018
Contributions:4 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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