Pablo Palafox
Co-Founder & CEO at HappyRobot
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPablo Palafox is a PhD-trained computer vision and deep learning specialist with nine years of experience building research-driven products and teams at the intersection of 3D AI and robotics. As Co-Founder and CEO of HappyRobot in San Francisco, he now turns advanced vision models into AI voice agents and enterprise “AI workers” that automate complex tasks. His academic work at Technical University of Munich and internships at Meta/FRL focused on visual SLAM, sceneflow prediction, and 3D perception—skills he pairs with practical systems engineering from robotics projects and anti-drone systems. He brings rare cross-domain fluency, combining a conservatory-level music education (piano) with rigorous robotics and mechanical engineering training, which informs a creative, multidisciplinary approach to problem solving. Notably, he maintains a public project portfolio and demos online, emphasizing reproducible research and product-ready ML systems.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Professional Degree in Music, Piano, Professional Degree in Music, Piano at Professional Music Conservatory Sebastián DurónDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Vision & Deep Learning, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Vision & Deep Learning at Technical University of MunichThePowerMBA Future Leaders Program, Business Administration and Management, General, ThePowerMBA Future Leaders Program, Business Administration and Management, General at thePowerMaster of Science - MS, Robotics and Electronics, Master of Science - MS, Robotics and Electronics at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
English, Spanish, French, German, Italian
Github Skills (50)
depth-estimation10
pydantic-v210
validation10
python9
semantic-segmentation9
openai9
autonomous-driving9
deep-learning8
image-restoration8
gpu8
machine-learning8
super-resolution8
pytorch7
numpy7
datasets7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
pablopalafox/npms
Jun 2021 - Nov 2021
Official implementation of NPMs: Neural Parametric Models for 3D Deformable Shapes - ICCV 2021
Contributions:3 commits, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 4 months
3dimplicit-representionsparametric-models
pablopalafox/uav-autonomous-landing
May 2019 - Mar 2020
Robust Visual-Aided Autonomous Takeoff, Tracking and Landing of a small UAV on a Moving Landing Platform for Life-Long Operation
Contributions:35 commits, 39 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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