Carlos Orduno
Irvine, California, United States
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RockstarCarlos Orduno is an engineer with 7 years of hands-on experience designing and integrating intelligent mechanical systems, from mobile robots and autonomous vehicles to microfabrication and automated optical inspection machines. He blends software and hardware expertise across perception, motion planning, control, and data processing, with practical skills in C++14/17, Python, MATLAB and ML techniques like RL and CNNs. Carlos contributes to open-source robotics (notably improving robustness and test coverage in the ROS 2 Navigation2 stack, including fixes to AMCL and motion primitive tests), reflecting a focus on reliability and quality. His background spans mechatronics, nanofabrication, CAD/CAM and NVH analysis, enabling rapid prototyping from concept to CNC- and laser-machined hardware. Based in Irvine, CA, he enjoys solving cross-disciplinary automation challenges that require both algorithmic depth and hands-on fabrication experience.
7 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (9)
debug10
navigationbar10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
ros10
navigation-drawer10
navigationview10
testing10
yaml5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ros-navigation/navigation2
Oct 2018 - Dec 2019
ROS 2 Navigation Framework and System
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer/Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer/Test Automation EngineerContributions:72 commits, 160 PRs, 79 pushes in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Carlos primarily focused on fixing bugs and improving the robustness of the navigation framework. Contributions included bug fixes within the AMCL (Adaptive Monte Carlo Localization) module, addressing issues related to laser message handling and long code lines. The user also made changes to support building the navigation stack with the "tip of master" and added several unit tests for motion primitives, demonstrating a focus on code quality and functionality. Further contributions involved testing and ensuring navigation goal preemption works as intended.
roboticsros2autonomous-robotsrosnavigation
orduno/navigation2
Jul 2018 - Dec 2019
ROS2 Navigation
Contributions:4 PRs, 391 pushes, 204 branches in 1 year 5 months
roboticsrosros2navigation
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