Ignacio Vizzo
Senior State Estimation Engineer
Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolIgnacio Vizzo is a Senior State Estimation and Perception Engineer with nine years of experience building robust mobile-robot mapping and 3D LiDAR systems, including a 2023 PhD from the University of Bonn on “Robot Mapping with 3D LiDARs.” He is the main author and contributor behind influential open-source projects like KISS-ICP and VDBFusion and has extended widely used libraries such as Open3D with ISS keypoint detection and generalized/robust ICP modules. Ignacio has shipped navigation and docking features at iRobot and led perception work in industry roles including Dexory and Outrider, bridging research-grade algorithms to production systems. Comfortable across C++, ROS, and full-stack robotics pipelines, he also teaches modern C++ and publishes practical tools that accelerate reproducible research. An engineer who moves seamlessly between field integration and algorithmic innovation, he favors efficient, elegant solutions that scale from datasets to deployed fleets.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Electronic Engineer Ingeniería Electrónica, Electronic Engineer Ingeniería Electrónica at Universidad Nacional de RosarioDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering at The University of Bonn
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Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
PRBonn/kiss-icp
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
A LiDAR odometry pipeline that just works
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:27 releases, 168 reviews, 30 commits in 4 months
Contributions summary:Ignacio contributed significantly to the `kiss-icp` project, focusing on expanding its functionality and improving its structure. Their work included implementing a custom dataloader for the Newer College dataset using ROS bag files, facilitating experiments, and refactoring the project for ROS development. Moreover, the user open-sourced the entire implementation, enhancing its accessibility, and made further small fixes to the python API.
bonnicppdfodometryregistration
isl-org/Open3D
Aug 2020 - Jul 2021
Open3D: A Modern Library for 3D Data Processing
Role in this project:ML Engineer
ML EngineerContributions:8 reviews, 111 commits, 19 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Ignacio contributed to the development and improvement of 3D data processing functionalities within the Open3D library. They focused on implementing and refining keypoint detection modules, specifically the ISS (Intrinsic Shape Signature) keypoint detector. The user also worked on integrating robust kernels within the colored ICP registration algorithm to handle outliers more effectively. Furthermore, the user added generalized ICP capabilities to the library and updated examples to demonstrate and explain these new features.
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