Summary
Klas Kronander is a roboticist and co-founder with a decade of experience building control systems and applied machine learning for compliant manipulation. After earning a PhD from EPFL on control and learning of compliant manipulation skills, he led robotic research and real-time control development at EPFL and progressed to senior and staff roles at X (the moonshot factory) and Vicarious before co-founding Enodo Robotics. He excels at turning “impossible” research problems into working solutions, with hands-on expertise in impedance control, force control, online trajectory generation and C++ real-time interfaces. Known as a self-starter and finisher, he also has practical experience delivering industrial human-friendly robotics applications like machine tending and force-controlled polishing. Based in Uppsala, Sweden, he blends deep academic rigor with product-focused execution across research and startup environments.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Robotics at EPFL
Master of Science (MSc) Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, Master of Science (MSc) Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering at Linköping University
English, French, Swedish, German