About me

Carol Martinez

I am a Roboticist, Mechatronics Eng., with an MSc and a PhD in Robotics and Automation. My research focuses on enabling robots perceive to interact with the world. My research is inspired by the remarkable ability of human perception to understand complex environments and the challenge of equipping robots with even a fraction of this intelligence.

In the last 18 years, I have led interdisciplinary research in Computer Vision (CV), classical Machine Learning (ML), and Deep Learning (DL) for process automation (industry and health) and robotics (aerial, industrial, space). I was a research visitor at the Queensland University of Technology and the University of Bristol, UK, and I have held positions as a Post-doctoral researcher at UPM; and Assistant Professor at PUJ Bogotá, Colombia (2015-2020).

Currently, I am Research Scientist and Deputy Head of the the Space Robotics Research Group SpaceR at the SnT – Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability, and Trust of the University of Luxembourg. I lead research in the area of Intelligent Robotic Manipulation (multi-modal perception and learning), Orbital Robotics (space debris removal, vision-based navigation), and On-Ground Testing of space technology. I also Teach two courses in the Master in Space Technology and Bussiness (ISTM) at UniLu: “Robotic Manipulation in Space” I (theory) and II (practice), and supervise PhD and Master students. My current research focuses on multi-modal perception and learning approaches for scalable robotic manipulation in space.

I am from Bucaramanga, Colombia, Mother of three, and a Volleyball and Cycling fan.

Curriculum

You can download a PDF copy of my CV here.