Life in the Robotics Lab

Hi! I’m Francesco, I’m the manager of the software department in our lab!

I would like to congratulate three students of our lab with the completion of their internships! Alex, Vincent and Mario have just finished their work-experiences at PAL Robotics. Here a brief update on them!

Vision TeamAlex has returned from Barcelona to Toulouse where he finished his course with an excellent score of 15/20! PAL Robotics is grateful for his work and we hope to hear from him again very soon. Visual place recognition is a topic that still needs lots of research, but thanks to Alex now we can integrate the best progress in this field in our robots.

Vincent was always last to leave the lab, sometimes we had to beg him to go! ;) But thanks to his tremendous work he graduated with the outstanding score of 18,5/20! Without a doubt, improving the visual odometry will never be the same without him. He wanted to share a few words of thanks on the blog: “I’m very grateful to the company of PAL Robotics for giving me the opportunity to work on their premises and being able to complete my internship in such a great way. The experience I gained will surely become an asset in my future, thanks to them.”

Mario has just finished his mini project at PAL and went back home to Italy (nice country!).While improving the graphical Scilab, Mario realized for the first time what the "demo effect" means. ;-) We thank him for his contribution hoping that the experience here will be useful for him. We wish him all the best in his further studies and researches.

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And here the other three interns!

Alexandre Izaute comes from Toulouse in France, where he’s doing a M2 IUP Intelligent Systems at the University Paul Sabatier. He’s working on a project about Visual Place Recognition. ‘Working at PAL Robotics is a real chance to work with humanoid robots and to enjoy the Barcelona way of life at the same time.’

Vincent Deliencourt is a native of Toulouse, a city in the South of France known by the name of The pink city, where he’s about to finish his university years. He worked for PAL Robotics for five months now and he is part of the project of Visual Odometry. ‘I really enjoyed my stay at PAL Robotics, it’s a pleasure to discover a new company life-style. I believe this company represents the right state of mind: it sees itself as one team looking to achieve their goals together.’

Mario Emanuele Lagadari was born in Rombiolo (VV) in Italy. He’s currently studying at the University of Calabria. At PAL Robotics he’s working on the development of a graphical interface for the purpose of controlling a variety of engines using Scilab. Mario enjoys his internship at the lab and says that ‘Working at PAL Robotics is a fantastic experience!’

Mario, Alexandre and Vincent

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At the beginning of this year we offered students from several universities the opportunity to do their internship at our lab, and as a result we now have seven interns at our premises making a great contribution to our research and development activities! Time to introduce to you our Class of 2010!

Pablo Garcia is from Albacete, a small city close to Madrid. He decided to come to Barcelona to do the Masters Automation and Robotics at the UPC (Universidad Politecnica de Calatuña). In the morning he works at our lab and in the afternoon he works on his final master’s project: "Automatic Calibration of the Odometry and Laser Sensor Parameters in Mobile Robots". ‘At PAL Robotics there is an exceptional atmosphere. Everybody works really hard but people are always in a good mood! I think this is one of the most important things about working in a group!'

Victor López is from Barcelona, he studied at UPC in the Barcelona School of Informatics (FIB). He’s working on a Supervisor Agent for a Humanoid Robot framework and has been working at PAL Robotics since 5 months. During his time at the company he has learned a lot about robotics, software design and specially C++ programming. ‘This internship has been a great opportunity because I believe I've been very lucky to work with and learn from such brilliant people that work here.’

Jordan Palacios is from Argentina and has been living in Spain for six and a half years now. He recently started working at the lab and still doesn't have a clear project in mind. Though he would like to start something very soon! ‘So far PAL seems great, the environment is relaxed and cheerful, combined with the perfect amount of hard work and dedication.’

Michael Delgado is a Barcelona native and studies at FIB (Facultat d'Informàtica de Barcelona). At the moment he’s finishing the last subjects of this year.  His work at PAL Robotics is focused on programming interfaces. Michael enjoys working in a multilingual team. ‘Working at PAL Robotics is awesome! I’m learning a lot about programming and at the same time I’m improving my language skills.’

From left to right: Pablo, Victor, Jordan and Michael

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