Jan Baumgärtner
Head Of Research Industrial Robotics & Scientific Coordinator Of CRC 1574
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolJan Baumgärtner is a robotics researcher and leader with nine years of experience building autonomous manufacturing systems and applied automation solutions. Based at KIT and heading Industrial Robotics research at wbk, he coordinates the CRC 1574 collaborative research center while maintaining active hands-on research and teaching roles. His work bridges academic rigor and industry deployment—from developing ROS-based collision avoidance for chemical plants to leading multi-person projects on legged and mobile robots. A physicist-turned-computer engineer, he combines strong sensor/actuator integration skills with SLAM and AI-driven system design, and has international experience as a visiting researcher in the UK. Notably, he mentors teams and writes grant and ethics proposals, demonstrating strength in both technical delivery and research leadership.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Engineering, Master's degree Computer Engineering at Heidelberg University
Github Skills (52)
inverse10
robotics10
inverse-kinematics10
simulation-framework10
robot10
maze10
industrial-automation10
manipulator10
kinematics9
simulation9
python9
lidar9
pybullet9
urdf9
aerospace8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
WBK-Robotics/pybullet_industrial
May 2022 - Dec 2022
A simulation package extending pybullet for industrial robot applications
Contributions:6 releases, 28 reviews, 380 commits in 7 months
roboticspythonsimulation-frameworkindustrial-robotpybullet
TriPed-Robot/Matlab-Simulation
Oct 2020 - Sep 2021
Contributions:1 release, 149 commits, 7 pushes in 11 months
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