Pedro Roque
Postdoctoral Researcher at PX4 Autopilot
United States
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Top SchoolPedro Roque is a postdoctoral researcher and control systems engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in aerial and spacecraft control, fast dynamic systems, and online residual learning. He has transitioned from hands-on robotics and UAV autonomy work at ISR‑Lisboa and KTH to research roles at MIT, JPL, and Caltech, blending optimal control, computer vision, and safety‑critical system design. At PX4 Autopilot he now maintains spacecraft support, reflecting a rare bridge between open-source flight software and academic research. His PhD and project work emphasize practical integration—developing guidance, navigation and control stacks for collaborative human-robot and multi-agent missions. Known for tackling thruster-failure and collision-avoidance problems in formation control, he focuses on robust, deployable algorithms rather than purely theoretical solutions. Based in the United States, he combines research rigor with field-tested engineering across space and aerial platforms.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Engenharia Elétrica e Eletrônica, Master's degree Engenharia Elétrica e Eletrônica at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyInstituto Superior Técnico
English, Spanish, Portuguese
Github Skills (66)
px410
proxy10
octave10
cpp10
ros10
ros-node10
nonlinear10
robotics10
autopilot10
mavlink10
rendering10
matlab10
drones10
physics10
simulation10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
lidiamcfreitas/freyr
Jul 2019 - Apr 2023
Automatic plant watering system
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 2 comments in 3 years 9 months
plantpythonwatering-systemwateringplant-watering
DISCOWER/astrobee
Oct 2022 - Jun 2024
NASA Astrobee Robot Software
Contributions:2 reviews, 6 PRs, 113 pushes in 1 year 7 months
roboticsrobotrobot-softwarenasa
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