Paloma De La Puente
Associate Professor
Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area Spain
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Top SchoolPaloma De La Puente is an Associate Professor of Robotics and Automatic Control at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid with 14 years of academic and industry experience grounded in an engineering degree, MSc in Automation and Robotics, and a PhD in Robotics. Her career spans roles from researcher and postdoc (including a visiting stint at Caltech and a postdoc in Vienna) to senior robotics engineer in industry and editorial service for IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, reflecting a blend of hands-on development and scholarly leadership. She has progressed through the academic ranks at UPM to a tenured position, teaching control systems and mentoring students across multiple engineering majors. Known for bridging applied robotics research with industrial applications, she brings a pragmatic focus on control and automation informed by international collaborations. An understated strength is her continuity within UPM since 2006, showing deep institutional knowledge alongside global research exposure.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Robotics at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Github Skills (14)
freeglut7
particle-filter6
robotics5
robot5
simulation4
computer-vision4
robot-programming4
simulator4
zap3
autonomous-driving3
ros3
slam3
maps2
cpp1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
drodri/MRDev
Mar 2012 - Jan 2013
Contributions:47 commits in 10 months
teleopfreeglutsimulationsimulatormrcore
drodri/MRCore
Mar 2012 - May 2012
Contributions:17 commits in 1 month
roboticscpprobotics-developmentrosmobile-robotics
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