Francisco Chavez
Assistant Professor at Thompson Rivers University
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolFrancisco Chavez is an Assistant Professor and robotics researcher with a decade of experience specializing in legged and humanoid robots, human-robot collaboration, and tele-existence systems. He brings a strong academic pedigree—PhD in Mechatronics and an Erasmus Master in Advanced Robotics—and a track record of postdoctoral work at the Human-Centered Robotics Lab (University of Waterloo) and Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia where he combined research with lab leadership and scrum-style project management. His work focuses on practicalizing robots for real-world socio-physical collaboration by advancing control frameworks, wearable sensing, human motion analysis, and robust base estimation. As an educator he emphasizes hands-on, applied learning that bridges theory and industry challenges, and he is noted for being adaptable, creative, and effective under pressure. Outside the lab he balances family life with soccer, board games, and outdoor adventures, reflecting a pragmatic, people-centered approach to robotics design.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at Università degli Studi di GenovaErasmus Master in Advanced Robotics, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Erasmus Master in Advanced Robotics, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at Ecole centrale de Nantes
Github Skills (94)
kinematics10
python10
floating10
build-process10
robotics10
ipc10
torque10
measurements10
dynamics10
simulation10
gazebosim10
robot10
urdf10
robotics-simulation10
yarp10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
robotology-playground/insitu-ft-analysis
Mar 2016 - Sep 2019
Data and code for analysis of FT measurements on the iCub robot.
Contributions:455 commits, 18 PRs, 229 pushes in 3 years 6 months
roboticsmeasurementsroboticubicub-robot
fjandrad/sensors-calib-inertial
Dec 2017 - Jun 2019
Contributions:6 pushes in 1 year 6 months
offsetsmeasurementsinertialcalibrationjoint
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