Mikael Arguedas

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Mikael Arguedas is a leading voice in robotics security and embedded systems, best known for pioneering usable cyber security tools for the Robot Operating System (ROS 2). His landmark work, "SROS2: Usable Cyber Security Tools for ROS 2" (2022), has garnered over 40 citations, addressing the critical need for secure communication in safety-critical robotic applications built on DDS middleware. Arguedas’s contributions are foundational to making ROS 2 deployments—now a standard across the robotics industry—both functional and resilient against cyber threats. Beyond security, he co-developed the Open Vision Computer (OVC), an integrated sensing and compute system designed for high-speed, vision-guided autonomous drone flight. The OVC project reflects his deep expertise in balancing size, weight, power, and computational demands for small-scale flying platforms. Arguedas’s work bridges the gap between theoretical security frameworks and practical, deployable robotics, earning him recognition as a key enabler of safe, autonomous systems. His research continues to shape how engineers build trustworthy robots, from industrial arms to agile drones.