Rafael Valencia
Scholar

Rafael Valencia

Google Scholar ID: raAzOHoAAAAJ
TRATON AB
Mobile robot navigationSLAMExplorationLocalization
Citations & Impact
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Citations
288
 
H-index
8
 
i10-index
7
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
34
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Research has spanned many aspects of autonomous mobile robot navigation, with a strong focus on perception challenges such as SLAM, spatial AI, state estimation, active perception, and planning under uncertainty.
Research Experience
  • Currently a Senior R&D Engineer at TRATON R&D (Scania), focusing on autonomous driving. Previously contributed to self-driving technologies at Zenseact and Zenuity.
Education
  • Earned a PhD in Robotics from the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain.
Background
  • Research interests include autonomous driving, SLAM, spatial AI, motion estimation, and perception. Previously a researcher at the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Halmstad University, and Örebro University in Sweden.