Francisco Yumbla
Visiting Professor at RAMEL
Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
Summary
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Top SchoolFrancisco Yumbla is a robotics and mechatronics researcher and educator with eight years of experience bridging academic research and applied engineering. As Director of RAMEL at ESPOL and a Visiting Professor at SUNY Korea, he leads work on unmanned systems, soft robotics, and machine learning–driven manipulator design, including a recent 6-DOF robotic arm used for hands-on teaching and experimentation. A Senior IEEE member with a PhD from Sungkyunkwan University, he has held multiple research professorships in South Korea and built cross-institutional collaborations that accelerate technology transfer. His background in electrical engineering and industrial automation grounds his research in practical control and embedded systems expertise. Known for combining novel mechatronic concepts with curriculum development, he cultivates student-led projects that spin academic ideas toward real-world prototypes.
7 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Engineering Ingeniería mecánica, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Engineering Ingeniería mecánica at Sungkyunkwan UniversityIngeniero Electrico especialización Electronica y Automatización Industrial Ingeniería eléctrica y electrónica, Ingeniero Electrico especialización Electronica y Automatización Industrial Ingeniería eléctrica y electrónica at Escuela Superior Politécnica del LitoralGithub contributions (5)
fryumbla/ros-quadruped-robot
May 2019 - Dec 2021
Contributions:11 commits, 59 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
fryumbla/Manipulation
Sep 2018 - Mar 2021
Contributions:142 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
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