Benjamin A Soria Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, MA, US

Cambridge, MA

• Aiming to fine-tune language-conditioned video foundation models with robot demonstrations to develop synthetic demonstrations enabling video prediction generalization to novel objects, viewpoints, and tasks
• Trained diffusion-based video prediction model on self-collected dataset of 90 simulated expert robot videos to generate task- dependent next frame predictions conditioned on current observation used as proxy for.
• Utilized MIT SuperCloud computing cluster to perform inference on 6 state-of-the-art video-language-models (VLMS) as evaluation of performance on out-of-distribution images and to train deep reinforcement learning.

Cambridge, MA

• Developed ROS software infrastructure in Python and C++ for benchmark tests on underwater soft robotic turtle actuation.
• Utilized USB communication packets to simultaneously collect force-torque sensor data and transmit torques on 3-DOF robot arm

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Utilized FEMAP and Siemens NX software to conduct finite element and bolted joint analysis on rocket thrusters, satellites, and rocket docking components. Effectively communicated results to team members and clients.

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

I assisted in Technical Projects, Robotics, and 3D Modeling classes, as well as participated as a mentor in a three-day hackathon organized by the MIT Edgerton Center in collaboration with CIC Batxillerats. I leveraged my experiences in circuitry, mechanical design, and project management, as well as my understanding of computer science, thermo-fluid.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Lead students through the engineering design process by teaching brainstorming, testing, iteration, prototyping techniques, mechanics design, teamwork, project management, communication, and presentation skills in a toy design challenge

Manassas, Virginia, United States

• Improved efficiency of package delivery AMR by introducing scanning feature to track payload priority and determine best travel path between service locations using API calls to robots’ network, saving estimated 30-40.
• Interviewed users, prototyped software using Raspberry PI, created Bill of materials, and utilized Gantt chart to organize project.

Remote

Planned and lead weekly meetings to help students succeed in their last year of high school and beyondProvided a safe and supportive environment that builds a sense of community to a cluster of 13 students

Electrical Engineering And Computer Science, .

Education record

Completing a certificate in Autonomous Machines through the New Engineering Education Transformation Program @ MIT