Projects as Principal Investigator (2)


  1. System for Recording and Processing of Aerial Video and Photography with Drones and Light Planes

Computer Science Department

Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica

CONACYT-INEGI Fund. Project No. 268528

March 2017 – February, 2019 (2 years). £65,000.00 ~ 1’570,197.12 mxn


  1. RAFAGA: Robust Autonomous Flight of unmanned Aerial vehicles in Gps-denied outdoor Areas

Computer Science Department

Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica

Royal Society-Newton Advanced Fellowship Ref, NA140454, UK

Marzo, 2015 – February, 2018 (3 years). £74,000.00 ~ 1'819,678.5 mxn


Projects as Collaborator (8)


  1. Markovito: a service robot. Technical Lead. Computer Science Department. Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica. January, 2015 – [present]. Funded by various sources.


  2. PUCE-2: Precise navigation of UAVs in Complex Environments. Research Assistant/Associate. Computer Science Department. University of Bristol, UK. Funded by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL). February, 2014 - September, 2014. £94,986.


  3. Smart Boomerang: Teach, Blog and Repeat for an Inspection Flying Robot. Research Assistant/Associate. Computer Science Department. University of Bristol, UK.
    Funded by Technology and Science Board (now Innovative UK) Service Robotics call. September, 2013 - August, 2014. £132,000.


  4. PUCE: Precise navigation of UAVs in Complex Environments. Research Assistant. Computer Science Department. University of Bristol, UK. Funded by Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL). August, 2012 - August, 2013. £90,000.


  5. Real-Time Visual Mapping for the Humanoid Robot Roboray. Part-time Research Assistant. Computer Science Department. University of Bristol. Funded by SAMSUNG Advanced Institute of Technology. May, 2011 - April, 2012. 150,000 USD.


  6. Machine Vision System to Measure the Behaviour of the Mexican Fruit Fly. Lead Programmer. Computer Vision Laboratory. Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica. Funded by the UCDAVIS University of California, Davis USA and El Colegio de la Frontera Sur ECOSUR, Mexico. February - July, 2007.


  7. OptoElectronic Sight System - Garfio 2.0. Lead Programmer. Computer Vision Laboratory. Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica. Funded by the Secretariat of Navy Armed of Mexico. April, 2006 - March, 2007.


  8. VIEP Project: Design and Construction of a Mobil Robot and Computational Test available in Internet for Master and Undergraduate Students. Programmer. Faculty of Physics and Mathematics Sciences. Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. January - November, 2003.


Donations from Industry (2)

Donations I have obtained for my research work:


  1. Donation of a drone model DJI Matrice 100.

Cost of donation: 3,000 USD ~ 68,670.00 MXN.

Donor Company: Heliboss


  1. Donation of microcontroller computer boards and RGB-D RealSense mini cameras.

Cost of donation (estimated): 1,500 USD ~ 34,500.00 MXN.

Donor Company: Intel – Mexico