Menu

William PAGNON

ARGENTAN

En résumé

Mes compétences :
Artificial intelligence
Electronics
Information Technology
Mechanics
Physics
Robot
Technology

Entreprises

  • Freelance Robotics - Owner and founder Freelance Robotics

    2009 - maintenant
  • Hemisphere GPS - Robotics Engineer

    2007 - 2009 (formal Beeline)

    Control 400 meters wide farm irrigation machines

    working on the auto guidance of a farm irrigation
    Modelling control development of the irrigator
    Develop a simulator in Delphi
    Write the code in C++
    Use GPS technology with RTK precision
    Kalman filter development and dead reckoning application
    Develop prototype, achieving an accuracy of 2 centimetres in field condition
    Write specification of the final product
    Participate in the commercial negotiations with the customers

    Filtering and data merging

    Participate in the development of enhanced Kalman filters solution and software architecture.

    Improve algorithms accuracy

    Dead Reckoning:

    Worked on dead reckoning solution to overcome GPS shortage

    Control:

    developed diverse control solution for tractor guidance using PID and quadratic controller methods

    Emergency project management

    Worked on diverse emergency project to find adapted and optimise solution for control using the available hardware in the product

    Inetial Navigation System Development:

    Developed from scratch Inertial Navigation sensors using Accelerometers and gyroscope from Analogue Device
  • VisLab, UQ Brisbane Australia - Intern Master Thesis

    2006 - 2006 Intern-ship on Sensor Network along the Great Barrier Reef embedded in buoys
    Create software that send data by wireless, then receive and store it in Database. Manipulate the data with creation of GUI interface and website.
    Use of Linux, Python, PosgreSQL, C, PHP, JavaScript, HTML
  • U.Q. Robotics Lab - Mechatronics Master Student

    2005 - 2005 World Robot Cup of Football Humanoid League (Osaka, Japan, ref. :Dr G. Wyeth)
    Developing motion control for the limb of a humanoid robot in C++ (thesis)
    Research and implement the walk of a 1.2 meter hight humanoid robot
    Team experience and work on a complex program developed over 5 years

    applied knowledge in physics simulation environment, mechanics, electronics, C++ programming and templates, Inverse and forward kinematics as well as dynamics for limb motion.
  • UNILOGO (Milan in Italy) - Company Administration Trainee

    2004 - 2004 2 months in trading office selling packaging machines

    Management of costumers’ order
    Reorganisation of the spare parts documentation of the packaging machine
    Organisation of the pack expo 2005 to Chicago
    Improved Italian skills
  • ESIEA West robotics society - Secretary and Electronics Team Manager

    2003 - 2004 Secretary of the ESIEA West robotics society in charge of management
    Supervising the electronics team
    Creation of a location system by triangulation beacon in C
    Management of a team and help in the robot’s construction
    Second participation of the robotic French cup E=M6
    Experience in association management
  • OMAG (Gabicce in Italy) - Technician in a packaging factory

    2003 - 2003 worked as a PLC programming technician,

    Experience in programming packaging machine (PLC programming)
    Study of the packaging machines mechanisms
    Learned Italian language
  • ESIEA WEST Robotics - Society member in the electronics team

    2002 - 2003 Created a robot in 8 months for first entry in the robotic French cup E=M6
    Electronic team experience
    Canvassing sponsors to fund the cost of the robot (6000 €)
    Design the majority of the electronic boards, participating in the robot’s architecture
    CMU CAM Camera development with basic shape recognition
  • Surcouf (Paris) - IT Technician

    2002 - 2002 Repair computers with miscellaneous problems on the fly for customers
  • Surcouf - Salesman

    LILLE 2002 - 2002 Developed sales skills in Laptop, projector and other electronics devices
  • GEMIC in St Luce/Loire, Nantes - Developer

    2001 - 2001 Designed and developed the hardware/software of a network cash register
    Developed as well the software managing the peripheral parts of a cash register
    Used Assembler Language an Cygnal Micro-controller
  • ITVS in Nantes (France) - Technician internship

    1997 - 1997 2 month in a repair shop of electronic material
    Repaired TV, Radio and Hi-Fi Stereo
  • REGEAN in St Luce/Loire, Nantes - Technician Internship

    1996 - 1996 2 month in a white goods retailer
    Repairing white goods (washing machine, Fridges etc ...)

Formations

  • University Of Queensland UQ - St Lucia (St Lucia)

    St Lucia 2005 - 2005 Master in Mechatronics

    Mechatronics - credit (5.57) and thesis with distinction

    Activities and Societies: Aerospace Propulsion
    Wireless Technologies
    Computer Vision & pattern recognition
    Advanced Control & Robotics
    Thesis: Tool Point Controller for the gait of a humanoid robot
  • Ecole Supérieure D'Informatique D'Electronique Et D'Automatique

    2002 - 2005 Generalist engineer in informatics, electronics, and automatism

    with distinction
  • Lycée Saint Gabriel

    St Laurent Sur Sevre 2000 - 2002 S.T.S. Electronics, equivalent to HND with Economics and English option

    HF and antenna
    Video signal
    Signal processing
    Analogical & numerical electronics
    C/C++

    Activities and Societies: unfit mechanical pieces electronics detectors using camera and LED panel

    motion sensor alarm with Ethernet remote warning
  • Lycée Saint Jean Baptiste De La Salle STI Génie Electrotechnique

    Nantes 1998 - 2000 STI Electronics

    with Mechanics Courses

    with distinction

    Satellite antenna control
    PCB Board Design and printing
    All passive and active components circuitry
    Electronics Filters
    Mechanical courses
    Mechanical computer design
    complex mechanical design with constraints
    Electronic PID
  • Lycée Saint Jean Baptiste De La Salle

    Nantes 1996 - 1998 BEP Electronics

    Equivalent superior TAFE, Electronics/Mechanics

    Activities and Societies: Mechanical courses
    Industrial design
    Electronic' principals components physics theory and circuits
    PCB Card development manual design
  • Lycée Saint Jean Baptiste De La Salle

    Nantes 1994 - 1996 school Brevet, Low level Technian electronics/ mechanics

    Activities and Societies: Cutting metal
    Welding TIG/MIG
    Trafic light electronic circuit
    Music reactive disco Light (mechanical frame designed
    divers mechanical jobs

Réseau

Annuaire des membres :