Alejo Restrepo
Electrical Engineering undergraduate at ETH Zürich. I work on robot learning and mechatronics: training VLAs and world models on robot setups I build myself, with parallel grippers and humanoid hands.
Projects
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RELIC, a simulator for robot armsSep 2026 → nowMotor torques, printed-part flex and bolt loads over recorded motions, checked against MuJoCo and real motor current. -
Leader-follower rig for imitation learning, 85% success on short-horizon tasks.
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Board orientation mapped directly into joint commands. ETH PBL. -
6-axis servo armDec 2024Hobby servos, 3D-printed body, kinematics on the Arduino.
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4-DOF arm with IK from scratchJan 2024Inverse kinematics derived from first principles. High school thesis, 6/6.
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Geometric IK for a 2-DOF linkageJul 2021Closed-form solver. My first robot kinematics.
Experience
- Hardware and electronics engineer, MicroAGI2026 →Egocentric data-collection devices. PCB design and safety standards for hardware worn on the body.
- Lead, Robot Learning, ETH Robotics Club2025 →Largest student robotics club in Europe. Raised 1M+ CHF; lead a division of 25 students.
- Robotics intern, Ascento RoboticsSummer 2025Wheeled-legged security robots: fleet operations, remote debugging and assembly. Signed the 100th robot.
- Teaching assistant, Digitaltechnik, ETH ZürichFall 2025
- Teaching assistant, Netzwerke und Schaltungen II, ETH ZürichSpring 2025
Education
- B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, ETH Zürich2024 → 2027
- Matura, MNG Rämibühl2024Thesis 6/6, amongst the best in the Canton of Zürich.
Awards
- Outstanding high school thesis, MNG Rämibühl2024
- 1st place, National Mathematics Olympiad, Colombia2019, 2018
- 3rd place, National Mathematics Olympiad, Colombia2017
Library
- Notes on Sunday robotics2026-08-22
- Things I'm doing and why I'm doing them2026-08-21
- more