Jesús Torres
Assistant Professor at Universidad Pontificia Comillas
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolJesús Torres is an assistant professor and robotics researcher with eight years of experience developing perception, control, and guidance systems across academic and space-industry environments. He completed an MS and PhD in Robotics at MIT and has held research and teaching roles there, followed by postdoctoral positions at MIT and ETH Zürich under prominent advisors in aerospace and legged robotics. His background includes hands-on GNC work at JPL and co-instructing Signals and Systems, blending rigorous theoretical foundations with practical system implementation. Now based in Cambridge and recently appointed at Universidad Pontificia Comillas, he bridges advanced control theory and real-world robotic platforms, often focusing on resilient autonomy for challenging environments. An early-career academic who moves fluidly between lab, classroom, and field deployment, he brings both deep technical expertise and proven mentorship experience.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science - MS, Robotics and Electronics, Master of Science - MS, Robotics and Electronics at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Github Skills (58)
nonlinear10
multi-agent10
matlab10
octave10
trajectory-optimization10
agent10
planning10
motion-planning10
ros10
optimization10
symbolic-manipulation9
self-contained9
imitation-learning9
python9
machine-learning9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jtorde/uav_adaptive_control
Sep 2019 - Sep 2020
Contributions:13 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
jtorde/uav_trajectory_optimizer
Feb 2019 - Jun 2020
Contributions:18 commits, 2 PRs, 16 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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