Gerardo Bledt

Gerardo Bledt has worked in various roles in the engineering and software fields since 2012. Gerardo began their career as an Undergraduate Researcher at the Dynamic Systems Modeling and Control Center at Virginia Tech in 2012. In 2013, they worked as an Engineering & Software Intern at Bosch North America. In 2014, they interned at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Summer Research Program (MSRP) in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) in the Robot Locomotion Group with Dr. Russ Tedrake. Here, they implemented online, optimal trajectory optimization for collision-free safe path planning using a point cloud vision system to detect obstacles and build an octree representation of the environment for a UAV flying at high speed though a forest. In 2015, they worked as a Control Systems Engineering Intern at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, researching and implementing algorithms for Augmented Reality applications and Sensor state estimation and computer vision. From 2016 to 2020, they worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and PhD Researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Currently, they are working as a Lead Locomotion Engineer at Apptronik.

Gerardo Bledt attended Madison High School from 2007 to 2011, obtaining a High School degree. Gerardo then went on to Virginia Tech from 2011 to 2015, where they earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Mechanical Engineering with a Computer Science minor. Gerardo continued their education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 2015 to 2018, where they obtained two Master's degrees, one in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and another in Mechanical Engineering. Lastly, they completed a Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Robotics from MIT in 2020. Additionally, they obtained a Machine Learning certification from Coursera in October 2012.