Jose Hernandez
Co-Founder CTO at Stealth Startup
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolJose Hernandez is a robotics and AI leader and co-founder leveraging a PhD in machine learning and robot control to drive product-focused innovation. Based in Munich, he has guided research-to-product efforts at Franka Emika and Neatleaf, and is currently Co-Founder of a stealth startup focused on robotics and AI. He combines hands-on robotics engineering with cross-disciplinary leadership, translating complex ML and control algorithms into robust software and scalable strategies. On GitHub, his work on Franka Emika's ROS ecosystem and libfranka demonstrates practical experience with Cartesian impedance control, force feedback, and safe joint interfaces. He holds a summa cum laude PhD from Technische Universität München and an engineering degree from Universidad de Sevilla, plus a violin performance degree, reflecting a rare blend of rigor and creativity.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
University of SevilleDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Summa cum laude, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Summa cum laude at Technical University MunichBachelor’s Degree, Music Performance (Violin), Bachelor’s Degree, Music Performance (Violin) at CSM Manuel Castillo (Seville)
English, French, German, Spanish
Github Skills (8)
robotics10
rate-limiting10
c-language10
robot-control10
ros10
c-programming-language10
motion-planning9
dynamic8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
frankaemika/franka_ros
Aug 2017 - Dec 2018
ROS integration for Franka research robots
Role in this project:
Robotics Engineer
Robotics EngineerContributions:69 commits, 1 comment in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Jose primarily contributed to the development and improvement of Franka Emika robot controllers within a ROS environment. Their work involved implementing and modifying Cartesian impedance controllers, force feedback mechanisms, and interactive markers for pose manipulation. Furthermore, the user addressed naming warnings, corrected minor code style, and added the joint state publisher to visualize desired joint positions.
roboticsfrankaros2rosfranka-emika
frankaemika/libfranka
Sep 2017 - Dec 2018
C++ library for Franka research robots
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:85 commits, 4 comments, 1 issue in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Jose's commits focused on enhancing the functionality and robustness of example code within the `libfranka` library. Their work included the addition of rate saturation mechanisms to the joint position and velocity interfaces, aiming to prevent discontinuities. The user also corrected bugs in the for loop and improved the quality of comments within the example code, focusing on the application of velocity and acceleration limits for robot control.
roboticscppfrankac-libraryfranka-emika
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