Dr. Oscar Mendez Maldonado is an award-winning researcher specializing in robotics, computer vision, and machine learning. Currently serving as the Machine Vision Lead at Locus Robotics, he has significantly contributed to the fields of autonomous agents, collaborative robotics, and high-level scene understanding. Dr. Mendez earned his Ph.D. in Robotics and Computer Vision from the University of Surrey, where his thesis on "Collaborative Strategies for 3D Reconstruction, Localisation, and Pathplanning" was awarded the BMVA Sullivan Thesis Prize in 2018. Dr. Mendez has developed and taught courses on robotics and AI, has supervised numerous postgraduate and PhD students, focusing on diverse topics from autonomous vehicles to depth estimation. Dr. Mendez's research has been widely published and recognized, including an Outstanding Paper Award at IEEE ICRA 2022. He has also been involved in various professional activities, including serving on the BMVA Executive Committee and as an associate editor for IEEE ICRA.
