Carlos Mastalli
Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolCarlos Mastalli is an assistant professor and research scientist based in Edinburgh with a decade of hands-on experience advancing legged robotics, motion planning, and real-world motor intelligence. He combines academic leadership at Heriot-Watt and The Alan Turing Institute with applied research roles at IHMC and The National Robotarium, focusing on multi-contact dynamics, optimal control, and robust locomotion over challenging terrain. His PhD work on highly dynamic full-body motions and subsequent postdoctoral research produced practical algorithms for quadruped and humanoid robots, including real-time differential dynamic programming for contact-rich behaviors. Comfortable bridging software, control, and perception, he has maintained research software stacks and simulations that enable field-ready robot behaviors. Notably, Carlos blends deep theoretical rigor with practical system engineering—developing GUIs, control toolboxes, and IO/communication layers that translate lab advances into deployed robotic capabilities.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Mechanical Engineering at Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica 'Antonio José de Sucre'Master of Science (MSc), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Outstanding Mention, Master of Science (MSc), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Outstanding Mention at Universidad Simón BolívarPhD in Bioengineering and Robotics, Robotics, Motion Planning and Legged Locomotion, PhD in Bioengineering and Robotics, Robotics, Motion Planning and Legged Locomotion at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
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Github Skills (110)
fcl10
kinematics10
python10
toolbox10
solver10
code-generation10
pinocchio10
cpp10
ros10
robotics10
eigen10
casadi10
boost-python10
boost10
dynamic-programming10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
loco-3d/crocoddyl
Jun 2018 - Jan 2023
Crocoddyl is an optimal control library for robot control under contact sequence. Its solver is based on various efficient Differential Dynamic Programming (DDP)-like algorithms
Contributions:520 reviews, 1396 commits, 604 PRs in 4 years 7 months
sequencecode-generationmodel-predictive-controloptimal-controllegged-robotics
loco-3d/whole_body_state_rviz_plugin
Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
Rviz plugins to display whole-body states and trajectories
Contributions:20 reviews, 39 commits, 59 PRs in 2 months
bodylegged-roboticsrosrviz-pluginsrviz
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