Manuel Yguel
Robotics Research Engineer RL Teacher at Université de Strasbourg (Unistra)
Strasbourg, Grand Est, France
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Top SchoolManuel Yguel is a robotics research engineer and reinforcement learning instructor based in Strasbourg with 16 years of experience bridging academic research and R&D leadership. He holds a PhD in Machine Learning from Grenoble INP and a master's with honors in mathematics and computer science, and has led research and product efforts as CEO and Director of R&D at Strataggem. His technical strengths include SLAM, mapping, classification, detection, sensor fusion and calibration, with a track record of translating advanced algorithms into applied robotic systems. At Université de Strasbourg he combines teaching RL with hands-on research, reflecting a rare blend of pedagogy and production-oriented engineering. Notably, his career path ties long-term academic rigor to entrepreneurship, making him adept at moving innovations from lab prototypes to deployed robotics solutions.
16 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Mathematics and Computer Science, Master’s Degree Mathematics and Computer Science at National School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics of GrenoblePhD Machine Learning, PhD Machine Learning at Grenoble INP - UGA
English, German
Github Skills (196)
ethercat10
robot-control10
driver10
industrial-automation10
robotics9
duplicate-detection9
eigen9
dxf9
visa9
bluetooth9
ros9
hardware9
stl9
modeling9
brep9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
yguel/secured_1d_velocity_controller
Mar 2024 - Aug 2024
Contributions:99 pushes, 6 branches in 4 months
yguel/ethercat_driver_ros2
Dec 2023 - Mar 2025
Hardware Interface for EtherCAT module integration with ros2_control
Contributions:67 pushes, 18 branches in 1 year 3 months
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