Fernando Cladera Embedded Roboticist

At SAIC NY, I focus on hardware architectures for event-based sensors, such as the Dynamic Vision Sensor (DVS). Our research includes network discretization, preprocessing techniques, and efficient hardware implementations.

During my Internship at Bell Labs, I focused on developing a low-latency video streaming solution for mobile robots. I achieved a glass-to-glass latency reduction of 43% compared to previous solutions at BHAG Lab.

Besides, I collaborated in the development of embedded systems for grasping applications in drones.

I presented the results of the team to the Nokia CTO, and I won the Summer Intern Best Presentation award.

TOROID is an IT consulting company focused on the development of turn-key solutions in embedded systems.

As a CTO, I took part in the following projects:

• The firmware of IoT P2P video cameras, a SIP endpoint running on custom embedded Linux.
• A low-cost acceleration data logger with real-time capabilities used to evaluate vibrations in engineering models (link).

Also, I collaborated with the following projects:

• The development of LiPo battery chargers for educational robotics and personal transportation applications.

Microcontrollers and Power Electronics is a core course of the Mechatronics Engineer's Degree at UNCuyo.

As a Graduate Teaching Assistant, I was responsible for the lecture about programmable logic devices and VHDL. Additionally, I develop PCB prototypes with microcontrollers and CPLDs.

The Automatic Control Lab (School of Engineering - UNCuyo) does applied research in process control applications for oil and wine industries.

During this internship, I built three PLC trainers using Twido 20DTK modules. Students use these trainers to learn the basics of PLC and SCADA programming.

The Cairn project-team researches new architectures, algorithms, and design methods for flexible and energy efficiency domain-specific system-on-chip (SoC).

During this internship, I developed a fixed-point energy-optimized OFDM receiver. We estimated the energy savings in two platforms (FPGA, ARM7). Preliminary results show that we can reduce up to 60% of the energy with this adaptive technique.

UNCuyo (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo) is a national public university located in Mendoza, Argentina.

I obtained this degree after 11 academic semesters, including a final project and an internship. This degree program focuses on robotics, automation, real-time systems, mechanical design, and manufacturing.

Due to my academic performance at UNCuyo, I won a scholarship to pursue a Double Degree Exchange Scholarship at ENIB (École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Brest).

UNCuyo Official website (Spanish)

ENIB Official website (French)