// robotics software · madrid

Robots that map,
plan & move.

I'm Álvaro Valencia, Robotics Software Engineer at Auryn Robotics and Robotics Software Engineering graduate from URJC (Madrid). I build autonomy — SLAM, navigation, localization, perception — in simulation and on real hardware.

  • ROS 2
  • Gazebo
  • Python
  • C++
  • OpenCV
  • MoveIt
  • Arduino
  • Raspberry Pi
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/featured_projects

/service_robotics/auto_parking

Autonomous Parking

LIDAR gap detection with trigonometry, lateral stabilization and a parking state machine.
/service_robotics/rescue_drone

Search & Rescue Drone

Autonomous sweep planning, GPS-to-local frame conversion and person detection from a drone.
/service_robotics/grid_coverage

Autonomous Vacuum Coverage

Occupancy-grid coverage planning with BFS, map preparation and waypoint control.
/simulation/ros2_rover

ROS 2 Armed Rover

Rover modeled in Blender, simulated in Gazebo, controlled with ROS 2 and MoveIt.
/embedded/smartcar_followline

SmartCar Follow-Line

Arduino + ESP32 line follower with IR sensing and obstacle handling — on real hardware.
/mobile_robotics/mcl

Monte Carlo Localization

Particle-filter localization: propagation, laser-based weighting and resampling.

/course_logs

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Service Robotics

Drones, autonomous parking and warehouse robots.

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Mobile Robotics

Navigation, obstacle avoidance and Monte Carlo localization.

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Embedded Systems

Arduino, ESP32 and sensor work on real hardware.

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Modeling & Simulation

Robot modeling pipelines from Blender to Gazebo and ROS 2.

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