We've just demonstrated, on a global stage, that UCLA hosts the world's fastest humanoid! Yeah, RoMeLa!!!! The excitement of this achievement goes beyond words, and it's a true honor for me to be at the forefront of advancing its technology. Get ready for some incredible developments in the coming months; there are some truly interesting things in progress.

After a long wait, my application was selected by ETH RobotX and the Computational Robotics Lab to be ACCEPTED as one of the ETH Robotics Student Fellows. This has been a very competitive process with an acceptance rate of only 8.9%! This is going to be an amazing experience.

I will be teaching 'Introduction to Programming with MATLAB' at UCLA. I applied to this position at the MAE Department and I got accepted. I look forward to conveying how useful is this tool for engineering applications. Moreover, in Fall 2023, my advisor has granted me a TAship for his course 'Kinematics for Robotics Systems', super excited!

After a long wait, I am so glad to announce that I UCLA, Colorado School of Mines, UCSB, Oregon State University and University of Rhode Island have extended an offer to purse MS in their respective institutions!

REPU Oficial Publication

REPU (Research Experiences for Peruvian Undergraduates) supports the development of technological and scientific capacity in Peru by facilitating the training of the new generation of Peruvian professionals in STEM.
I received on 12/4/2021 the notification that I was selected to participate in a research internship from January to March 2022 at the University of Rhode Island, US. It was a 4-months, extremely competitive selection process.
I am going to be under the supervision of Assistant Professor Marco Alvarez researching the Optimization of Neural Networks.

Crew Fanpage, MMAARS Institute, Las Vegas News

My performance during the MMAARS Virtual training level I generated a big opportunity for me and my career in the space industry.
Officially, I win a scholarship to attend a low-fidelity analog mission at the Mohavi desert with MMAARS!. In addition to the in-person training at a real Habitat, I will bring a robotic project that seeks to monitor and collect data of grape fruits at the GreenHab of the Habitat through protocols, routines, and methodologies that analog astronauts can do in Isolated Confined Environments (ICE).
This projects uses a holonomic rover called Magrito (v1.0) and Iota Tangle protocols as Distributed Registry Technology. Our crew called 2001 was interviewed by the "8 News Now" - Las Vegas virtual channel. (I appear in the min 1:20!)

ERC Webpage

The European Rover Challenge is one of the most competitive space robotics contests for research teams. We took the challenge to present all the documentation required by the event . Thank the effort of all our team members, we classified to the finals. The finals were undertaken remotely (PumiiPeru is in the chart).
We controlled a Leo rover at a Poland MarsYard from Peru using a cool platform called Freedom Robotics. We performed with the rover a simulated exploration mission that demanded us to validate a scientific hypothesis about the presence of life in the MarsYard. It was so marvelous and epic to take part in a simulated rover mission to Mars (I really felt like a NASA engineer controlling the Curiosity!!).
As a result, I set the goal to be a key technical member in the accomplishment of a real Rover mission. I am sharing the technical documents I have been working on for this project (Check them out in the “Repository”!)

I was so thrilled to participate in the annual congress (virtual edition) of the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) called SpaceGen United (SGU). This event exposed me to inspirational talks with people, companies, and professional networks that are leading space exploration (Virgin Orbit, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, SpaceX, etc.).
Additionally, within this event, I had the opportunity to attend the NASA Exploration Workshop whose subject matters were Michelle Rucker, Patrick Chai, Clark Etsy, and Nehemiah Williams (NASA technical specialists). I met really great people that encouraged me to pursue a STEM career in the space sector. The talks from the representatives of the space companies inspired me to strive to reach my goals and surpass every challenge that destiny could put in my way to space. Did you know that Pizza Hut became the first company to deliver pizza to supply the ISS for 1 million dollars? (The remarkable fun fact from the SGU trivia night)

This hackathon was hosted by the MIT Media LAB to focus on building solutions that address the most pressing issues of the COVID-19 crisis in Latin America. This was my first time participating in a virtual Hackathon ( indeed, in a hackathon!). There were 4 tracks where different topics were addressed. I joined Track G related to ‘Education issues during pandemic’.
I committed to this track because my university suffers from a lot of technical/logistics issues regarding virtual teaching. Thus, these issues triggered me to propose solutions in this field. My team’s proposal titled ‘Teacher4Teachers’ was selected to receive funding and support to make it true. I was in charge of presenting the final pitch for the judges. Hereby, I share the airtable of all winning teams and their wonderful solutions. In the airtable you can check the Track G - 031.

Oficial Financing Resolution (in Spanish)

Due to my high academic performance and my achievements for the faculty, I decided to request to my university financial support for my research internship. After all the formal procedure was done, in the University Plenary session they approved the full financing that I requested (2212 USD)

Oficial Engie Post (in Spanish)

Our trip to the United States was made possible by our diligence in seeking financing from private companies. In our intense search for networks and face-to-face interviews, we were able to obtain financing for 7 participants in travel and per diem.