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Hello, I’m

Victor Massagué Respall

A Robotics Engineer from Barcelona
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About Me

Hi There! I'm Victor Massagué Respall

I'm a robotics software engineer in love with drones. My area of ​​interest lies in the intersection between artificial intelligence and robotics. I'm focused on designing path planning algorithms that improve the capabilities and safety of mobile robots.

My ambitious goal is to design software for autonomous robots that help us explore the space and beyond.

During my free time I usually play football, listen to music, cook something delicious and gather with friends.

Have any project on mind?

I would love to hear from you if you have any interesting project or idea that I can collaborate with.

Resume

Education

  • August 2018 - July 2020

    Master in Robotics with Honours

    Innopolis University

    Location: Innopolis, Russia

  • August 2017 - June 2018

    Bachelor in Computer Science

    Innopolis University

    Info: Exchange program for two semesters

    Location: Innopolis, Russia

  • September 2014 - June 2018

    Bachelor in Computer Science

    Polytechnic University of Catalonia

    Specialization: Computing

    Location: Barcelona, Spain

Experience

  • Jan. 2021 - Present

    Robotics Engineer

    Unmanned Life

    Location: Brussels, Belgium / Barcelona, Spain

    Development of algorithms and software for autonomous robotics orchestration

  • Aug. 2020 - Dec 2020

    Robotics Engineer

    Autonomous Transportation Systems Lab Innopolis University

    Location: Innopolis, Russia

    Development of algorithms and software for autonomous UAV indoor and outdoor inspections.

  • Aug. 2020 - Dec. 2020

    Teaching Assistant

    Innopolis University

    Location: Innopolis, Russia

    Course that teaches fundamentals of robotics to first year master students and forth year bachelor students.

  • June 2019 - July 2019

    Research Internship

    Autonomous Transportation Systems Lab Innopolis University

    Location: Innopolis, Russia

    During the internship, a complete algorithm based on Next-Best-View planner was developed to explore, using the drone DJI M100, a bounded unknown area equipped with Velodyne LIDAR to build a 3D map online of the environment.

Technical Skills

C++
90
%
Python
85
%
ROS/ROS2
90
%

Linguistic Skills

Native
  • Catalan, Spanish
Advanced
  • English

Awards

  • Diploma for outstanding achievements and priceless contribution to student community and campus life in Innopolis University in year of 2020 - Innopolis University, Innopolis, Russia, July 2020
  • Diploma for outstanding academic achievements in fall semester 2019 - Innopolis University, Innopolis, Russia, January 2020
  • Full scholarship for graduate studies - Innopolis University, Innopolis, Russia, August 2018

Publications

Thesis

  • Victor Massagué Respall. "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning for Exploration Mapping. " Master's Thesis, Innopolis University, 2020
  • Victor Massagué Respall. "Quoridor agent using Monte Carlo Tree Search." Bachelor's Thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018
    [pdf | Github ]

Preprint

  • Victor Massagué Respall, Dmitry Devitt, and Roman Fedorenko."Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning for Exploration Mapping.", 2020
    [pdf | video]

Conference

  • Victor Massagué Respall, Sami Sellami, and Ilya Afanasyev. "Implementation of Autonomous Visual Detection, Tracking and Landing for AR. Drone 2.0 Quadcopter." In The 12th International Conference on the Developments in eSystems Engineering, August 2019.
    [pdf | Github]
  • Victor Massagué Respall, Joseph Alexander Brown, and Hamna Aslam."Monte Carlo Tree Search for Quoridor." In 19th International Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation, GAME-ON, September 2018.
    [pdf | Github]

Selected Projects

work

The Role of Modularity and Neuro-Regulation for the Production of Multiple Behaviors

The Role of Modularity and Neuro-Regulation for the Production of Multiple Behaviors

April 2020 - May 2020 | Innopolis University, Innopolis, Russia

The project involves the implementation of regulatory networks of this type and the realization of experiments involving the production of different behaviors. The project is developed with evolutionary algorithms and PyBullet environments.
[pdf | Github]

work

Geometric and Stiffness Modeling and Design of Calibration Experiments for the 7 DOF Serial Manipulator

Geometric and Stiffness Modeling and Design of Calibration Experiments for the 7 DOF Serial Manipulator

Feb 2019 - May 2019 | Innopolis University, Innopolis, Russia

The present project deals with the elastostatic modeling and calibration experiment of industrial manipulators using an optimal selection of measurements pose for the calibration procedure.
[pdf | Github]

work

Stance Detection in Catalan and Spanish Tweets

Stance Detection in Catalan and Spanish Tweets

Nov 2017 - Dec 2017 | Innopolis University, Innopolis, Russia

A simple technique for stance detection using the independence of Catalonia tweets. The stance is given an ongoing interaction, the way speakers place themselves in it. It is used word2vec word embedding features for this detection. The system had produced the best result for Spanish tweets as compare to other participants in IberEval 2017.
[pdf | Github]

work

Robolang

Robolang

Feb 2017 - June 2017 | Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

Worked with two colleagues developing a programming language to facilitate the programming process of the Lego Mindstorms robots. Moreover, it includes predefined commands that simplifies a significant number of code lines. Finally it inlcudes a compiler that sends the code directly to the robot. The project was done with Java and ANTLR3.
[pdf | Github]

work

Document Similarity

Document Similarity

Sept 2016 – Dec 2016 | Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

This project done together with two classmates, implements Jaccard Similarity, Mihash Similarity and Locally Sensitive Hashing to detect and grade similarity between documents with C++.
[pdf | Github]

work

HeteSim

HeteSim

Feb 2016 – May 2016 | Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

HeteSim is a program to make relational (and normal/simple) searches in a database composed as a graph, using the hetesim measure for relatedness in heterogeneous graphs. The database used for the implementation is the collection of names from different items (of different types) from a computer science public library.
[Github]

work

Home Automation Model

Home Automation Model

May 2013 – Dec 2013 | INS Molí de la Vila, Capellades, Spain

This was my final high school project. It consists of a model of 80x50cm of a house, applying different automation. For instance, sensors for the lights of the garden when it is getting dark or an automated opening/closing garage door when a car gets closer. The whole project was programmed with Arduino running onboard two Arduino UNO boards.

Get In Touch

Feel free to contact me anytime by email or phone, and grab a coffee/beer if you are nearby.

Address

110 Sportivnaya Street, Innopolis, Russia, 420500