Jorge Peña Queralta
Researcher
jopequ@utu.fi Office: B6021 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3091-3217 |
Multi-Robot Systems; Embedded AI; Embodied Intelligence; Swarm Robotics; Aerial Robotics; Collaborative Autonomy; Distributed Perception; Edge Computing; LPWAN Technology; Edge AI; Collaborative Learning
Robotics and AI
Researcher at the Turku Intelligent Embedded and Robotic Systems | TIERS Lab (https://tiers.utu.fi). Background in Mathematics and Engineering Physics.
2016-2018: MSc in Information and Communication Technology, University of Turku, Finland
2016-2018: M. Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Fudan University, China
2011-2016: BSc in Mathematics, Technical University of Calaunya -- UPC BarcelonaTech, Spain
2011-2016: BSc in Engineering Physics, Technical University of Catalunya -- UPC BarcelonaTech, Spain
Previously worked as a Junior Multimedia Developer at Psycle, UK (2016.06 - 2016.09), Enterprise Risk Management Consultant Assistant at Deloitte, Spain (2015.09 - 2016.02) and as a Junior Software Developer at BaseTIS, Spain (2014.06 - 2014.09).
Interested in collaborative autonomy, distributed perception and embedded intelligence. Currently working on projects related to all-weather drone logistics, blockchain technologies for multi-robot systems and reconfigurable heterogeneous swarms of robots.
Part of the teaching team of the Smart Systems track, MSc in ICT. Responsible for planning and lecturing in two courses: "Perception and Navigation in Robotics" (2020, 2021) and "Robotics and Autonomous Systems Projects" (2021, 2022). Co-lecturer in "Hardware Accelerators for Robotics and AI" (2019, 2020, 2021) and "HDL Design" (2020, 2021). Project owner in the Capstone Course at the Faculty of Technology (2019, 2020 and 2022).
Previously been teaching assistant in the courses "FPGA Prototyping and Configurable Computing" (2019) and "HDL Design" (2018).
- A customizable conflict resolution and attribute-based access control framework for multi-robot systems (2025)
- Journal of Systems Architecture
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sim-to-Real Reinforcement Learning for Local Mobile Robot Navigation in Dynamic Environments (2025) 2025 European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR) Salimpour, Sahar; Peña Queralta, Jorge; Paez-Granados, Diego; Heikkonen, Jukka; Westerlund, Tomi
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Building Better Models: Benchmarking Feature Extraction and Matching for Structure from Motion at Construction Sites (2024)
- Remote Sensing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Comparison of Middlewares in Edge-to-Edge and Edge-to-Cloud Communication for Distributed ROS 2 Systems (2024)
- Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Evaluating the Performance of Multi-scan Integration for UAV LiDAR-Based Tracking (2024) New Developments and Environmental Applications of Drones: Proceedings of FinDrones 2023 Catalano, Iacopo; Peña Queralta, Jorge; Westerlund, Tomi
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Is Alice Really in Wonderland? UWB-Based Proof of Location for UAVs with Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain (2024) New Developments and Environmental Applications of Drones: Proceedings of FinDrones 2023 Fu, Lei; Torrico Morón, Paola; Peña Queralta, Jorge; Hästbacka, David; Edelman, Harry; Westerlund, Tomi
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - New Developments and Environmental Applications of Drones: Proceedings of FinDrones 2023 (2024) Westerlund, Tomi; Peña Queralta, Jorge
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - On automatic person-in-water detection for marine search and rescue operations (2024)
- IEEE Access
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Simulation Analysis of Exploration Strategies and UAV Planning for Search and Rescue (2024) New Developments and Environmental Applications of Drones: Proceedings of FinDrones 2023 Nguyen Thuan, Phuoc; Peña Queralta, Jorge; Westerlund, Tomi
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - A Benchmark for Multi-Modal LiDAR SLAM with Ground Truth in GNSS-Denied Environments (2023)
- Remote Sensing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



