Nicolas Rojas

Nicolas Rojas is a highly experienced Research Scientist currently affiliated with RAI Institute since April 2024. Prior to this role, Rojas served as the Director of the REDS Lab and a Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London from January 2017 to March 2024. Rojas has also held positions as an Amazon Visiting Academic in Amazon Robotics (August 2022 - August 2023), a Lecturer in Mechatronics at the University of Sussex (January 2016 - January 2017), and a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale University focused on dexterous manipulation (2014 - 2015). Rojas's early roles include postdoctoral research at Singapore University of Technology and Design, doctoral studies at IRI - Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial, and various engineering and management positions in robotics and automation. Rojas holds a PhD in Robotics from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, an MSc in Industrial Engineering from Universidad de Los Andes, and a BSc in Electronics Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, complemented by a Postgraduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching from Imperial College London.