Jakob Schwendner
Managing Director at Kraken Robotik GmbH
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Top SchoolJakob Schwendner is a robotics leader with 16 years of experience advancing sensor-driven autonomy and translating research prototypes into fielded systems, currently serving as Director of Sensor Research at Kraken Robotics and Managing Director at Kraken Robotik GmbH. He holds a Dr.-Ing. in Robotics from the University of Bremen and a master’s in Mechatronics, and spent nearly a decade at DFKI leading autonomy teams and research efforts. Jakob focuses on underwater applications, combining deep academic expertise with hands-on productization of sensors and robotic platforms for challenging marine environments. Colleagues describe him as a bridge between lab innovation and operational deployment, comfortable steering cross-disciplinary teams from concept through integration and sea trials. He quietly pairs technical leadership with entrepreneurial initiative, maintaining a long-term commitment to moving robotics technology out of the lab and into the field.
16 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Master’s Degree, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at University of the West of EnglandDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Robotics at Universität Bremen
English, German
Github Skills (159)
representations10
mouse10
water10
bigint10
robot10
robotics9
depth-estimation9
keyboard9
eigen9
openscenegraph9
controller9
fixed-point9
deterministic9
manipulation9
component-based9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
rock-slam/slam-envire
Jan 2010 - Apr 2014
Generic map representation and manipulation library
This library represents different type of maps and the relationships between all the frames these maps are expressed in. It also includes algorithms to manipulate these maps (for instance ICP for alignment) and convert between the available representations.
Contributions:608 commits in 4 years 3 months
manipulationmanipulation-libraryicprepresentationrepresentations
rock-perception/perception-stereo
May 2011 - Mar 2014
The stereo library contains functions to process stereo images using both dense and sparse methods. The library also contains support functions for pre-processing stereo images.
Contributions:77 commits in 2 years 10 months
stereo-imagesstructure-from-motionpre-processinghomographystereo
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