Andreu Murtra is a Barcelona-based robotics entrepreneur and software leader with a PhD in Mobile Robotics and nearly a decade of experience turning research into industrial robotics solutions. As co-founder and Business Director of Beta Robots SL, he combines company strategy, sales, and finance with hands-on robotics R&D to deliver autonomous systems in real-world settings. He previously served as CEO (2016–2023), steering high-level product direction and operations, and continues to drive technology choices as an engineering-focused executive. His robotics engineering expertise spans architecture, state estimation, localization, SLAM, calibration, and tracking, with a robust stack in C++, ROS, OpenCV, PCL, Ceres, Eigen, and hardware interfaces. He has strong academic credentials, including postdoctoral research at IRI-UPC-CSIC on outdoor localization and sensor fusion, teaching at the master’s level, and field deployments such as extensive Segway RMP200 experiments. Based in Barcelona, he excels at translating rigorous research into scalable robotics products and leading cross-disciplinary teams.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Postgraduate Degree in Mechanical Engineering Research, Toulouse (France), Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology, General, Postgraduate Degree in Mechanical Engineering Research, Toulouse (France), Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology, General at ISAE-SUPAERO
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