Jorge Nicho
Robotics Engineer at Blue River Technology
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarJorge Nicho is a Senior Robotics Engineer with 13 years of experience based in Sunnyvale, California, specializing in ROS and industrial robot integration. He has a strong track record of backend and systems architecture work on high-profile open-source projects like MoveIt and ROS-Industrial, where he improved IKFast kinematics, redundancy sampling, and catkinized integrations for ABB and Motoman platforms. Jorge excels at refactoring controller logic, socket and connection handling, and improving collision avoidance and obstacle handling for real-world pick-and-place workflows. He blends deep hands-on coding with system-level thinking, often migrating legacy robot plugins to modern ROS ecosystems. Quietly, he also focuses on making tooling more testable and maintainable—adding launch files, nodes, and better discretization strategies that pay off in both simulation and production deployments.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (15)
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kinematics10
motion-planning10
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socket9
pcl9
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ros-industrial/industrial_training
Jan 2014 - Oct 2021
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 134 commits, 72 PRs in 7 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Jorge contributed to the `ros-industrial/industrial_training` repository, which focuses on ROS-Industrial training material. The user's commits primarily involved modifying existing code related to pick and place manipulation and point cloud generation. The changes include improvements to collision avoidance, adding nodes and launch files to support tests, and merging changes from other branches. Additionally, the user implemented code to support improved obstacle handling.
infinibandtraining-materialindustrialros-industrialtraining
ros-industrial/abb
May 2013 - Mar 2019
ROS-Industrial ABB support (http://wiki.ros.org/abb)
Role in this project:Software Architect / System Architect
Software Architect / System ArchitectContributions:17 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 5 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Jorge primarily focused on refactoring and updating the MoveIt plugin for the ABB robot. This involved ensuring the correct implementation of virtual methods within the IKFast plugin and adapting the plugin to the evolving interface requirements. They were also responsible for incorporating updates from the main branch and migrating to a catkinized build system. The contributions highlight a focus on improving the core functionality and integration of robot kinematics within the ROS environment.
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