Hi, I'm Alejandro Ojeda Olarte,

About Me

I'm a young entrepreneur, mechatronics engineer working in Robotics and Aerospace Technologies. I'm eager to work in teams, and I am committed to use engineering as a tool to improve people's living conditions.

Skills

Python
Java
C++
MATLAB
Arduino
Assembly
C
VHDL
Autodesk Inventor
Autodesk Fusion 360
TinkerCAD
NX
FreeCAD
Ansys
CURA
Universal G-Code Sender
Git
Bash
Scrum
VS Code
ROS
ROS2
Home Automation
SBC (BeagleBone, Raspberry Pi)
OpenCV
Gazebo
NodeRED
Microcontrollers (ESP, Atmel, Microchip)

Education & Experience

For more information, have a look at my curriculum vitae .

  • Graduate Student Assistant at New York University September 2024 - Present
    Graduate Student Employment and Training (GSET) at Graduate Admissions
  • New York University (NYU) August 2024 - Present
    Mechatronics and Robotics MS
    Mechanical Design Electronic Design Mechatronics Robotics
  • Researcher Contractor at DIMA UNAL April 2023 - October 2024
    Researcher Contractor in Experimental Fabrication Laboratory (ExFabLab) at Grupo de Investigación en nuevas tecnologías en diseño manufactura y automatización (DIMA)
    Navigation Algorithm and Speed Control Tuning of Hykabaï Robot Stratasys Additive Manufacturing Machine Setup Vibrational analysis of CNC Gantry Machine AMCL navigation and HectorSLAM mapping implemented in custom differential robot Speaker at Congreso Internacional de Ingenieria Mecánica, Mecatrónica y Automatización (CIMM) 2023 at Cartagena, Colombia Recieved IEEE EDS R9 Summer School scolarship at Puebla, México
  • Junior IoT Engineer at The Coffee Hub June 2023 - August 2024
    Junior IoT Engineer and Software developer at The Coffee Hub, a part of the Green Hub companies.
    Process Oriented Analysis (POA) of the wet benefit production stage. Multiple Regression analyisis of the production variables towards SCA.
  • Student Researcher at DIMA UNAL June 2022 - March 2023
    Student Researcher in Laboratorio Fabrica Experimental (LabFabEx) at Grupo de Investigación en nuevas tecnologías en diseño manufactura y automatización (DIMA)
    Networking Arquitecture Analysis in Plataforma Robotizada Integrada Automatizada (PRIA) MicroSDV mobile robot integration in PRIA Dockerized image of PRIA modules for Raspberry Pi Servers Speaker at Congreso Internacional de Mecatrónica, Control e Inteligencia Artificial at UNAM Cautitlán, México Speaker at Transportáte al futuro con robótica disruptiva seminar at UNAL, Colombia
  • Intern at Mechatronics Engineering Lab at UNAL August 2021 - March 2022
    Assistant in Mobile Robotics Fundamentals
    Ultrasensor distance estimation RPLIDAR use guides for ROS and MATLAB SLAM and Autonomous Navigation on a Kobuki Robot
  • Student Assistant at Universidad Nacional de Colombia Oct 2020 - Mar 2021
    Additive Manufacturing characterization in the Colombian Industry
    Additive manufacturing technologies classification Academy - Industry networking Technology gap analyzing
  • IEEE UN Student Branch 2020 - 2021
    Student Branch Chair
    Facultys First Engineering Week Awarded IEEE R9 Success Case Second Place Awarded 2020 Second Best Student Branch
  • IEEE AESS Student Chapter 2020 - 2021
    Chapter Chair
    Rocketry fundamentals Autonomous Rover Design Awarded 2020 Best Student Chapter CHair
  • IEEE TEMS Student Chapter June 2020 - December 2020
    Vice chair
    Pitch Practice Session Organized Feria Latinoamericana Estudiantil de Bioemprendimiento (FELB) with IEEE EMB UN Student Chapter
  • CEIMTUN-RAS 2019 - 2020
    General Coordinator
    Competitive Robotics Project Manager Speaker at I Smart Manufacturing Seminar in Unal.
  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia Feb 2016 - April 2023
    Mechatronics Engineer
    Mechanical Design Electronic Design Control Engineering Robotics

Projects

XWings FPV

Founded the University Drone Racing Team, we compete with FPV systems and build and modidfy them according to our needs. The team currently competes in the International University Dron Racing Organization (IUDRO) and the Colombian FPV League, where I won first place in the 2021 Simulated Racing Cateogry

Demo
Drone FPV Quadcopter Racing

Elder Care Assistant Robot - Ebarisbot

Designed a transport robot for elder users. It is operated trough a remote control and has the capacity to transport up to an 18 kg payload.

Demo
Python Arduino CAD Mechanical Design Electronic Design

Robotized Microfactory for PWB

This project follows the design of a robotized microfactory to produce CNC milled Printed Wiring Boards by trnasporting them with a microSDV robot, connected using a MES called PRIA on ROS systems.

Demo
Python ROS Firebase Differential Robot CNC Arduino Raspberry Pi

Open Source Projects

AdvancedMechatronics

Repository for the GY 6103 Advanced Mechatronics course at NYU

Github

GGESensor

Design and Code of a multiple greenhouse effect gas sensing device for project 58848 at UNAL

Github

hykabai_mapping

ROS Mapping nodes for Hyakabaï robot

Github

hykabai_navigation

ROS navigation packages for robot hykabai

Github

hykabai_simulations

ROS sim packages for hykabai robot

Github

APM20221-MicroRobot

Development of a small sized SDV for PCB manufacturing microfactory. It uses ROS in two different Single Board computers.

Github
autonomous differential-robot microfactory pcb robotics sdv slam unal

PCBMillQualityControl

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Final project for the Artifical Intelligence Techniques course at UNAL. Printed Wiring Boards milling quality is evaluated using morphology techniques in Python with OpenCV libraries.

Github
cnc opencv pcb python

Ebarisbot

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Repository for PAI class at UNAL. Following the Autodesk Make:able challenge, we built a user operated groceries tranposrt robot, to support elder care when the user can't lift heavy weights.

Github

ceimtun-minisumo

2 2

Repository for the Minisumo robot of CEIMTUN - RAS UN. It is Arduino Code for the competition as it was used in Mexcio Robot Rumble

Github
arduino competitive-robotics minisumo object-oriented-programming robotics

rycsv

1 2

This repository contains the class workshops for the class. Each workshop has a folder as well as the final project. This repo contains mobile robots geometric models development, its digital model and construction in ROS and Gazebo, machine vision algorithms, trajectory control and a vision-based user following robot.

Github
gazebo machine-vision orb-slam2 python robotics ros servo-control slam unal

DUMEE

First approach to ROS and Robotics modelling for the first Smart Manufacturing Seminar

Github
machine-learning motoman robotics smart-manufacturing unal

RM-01

Development of the Educational Lunar Rover for the ActInSpace 2020 Challenge. Includes the CAD and ROS model and control.

Github
actinspace aerospace lunar robotics ros rover

3DPrintingCalculator

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A 3D Print cost calculator based on paramters, used to charge 3D printing services.

Github

Contact

To contact me use the following links, I'm happy to help.