Marcus Scheunemann
Head Of Autonomy at University of Hertfordshire
Welwyn Hatfield, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMarcus Scheunemann is Head of Autonomy with 14 years of experience designing and deploying AI and control systems for humanoid and mobile robots, backed by a PhD in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. He builds robust, computation-efficient autonomy stacks—leveraging ROS 2, information-theoretic intrinsic motivation, and deep learning—for competition-winning robots and real-world warehouse applications. Marcus blends academic rigor (strong publication record and university lecturing/supervision) with product-focused engineering, having led teams that shipped ROS 2 frameworks for RoboCup and developed practical sensorimotor solutions under hardware constraints. He mentors and uplifts newcomers through tooling and curricular work, and his background ranges from drone behaviours to intrinsically motivated agents and even early-career cybersecurity and web systems. An unexpected thread through his career is field-tested resilience: years as a scuba instructor informed his fascination with embodied intelligence and shaped pragmatic, exploratory approaches to robot behaviour.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Mathematics, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Mathematics at Universität UlmDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at University of HertfordshireDipl.-Inf., Computer Science, Mathematics, Business, very good, Dipl.-Inf., Computer Science, Mathematics, Business, very good at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
German, English, Spanish, French, standard arabic (الفصحى), egyptian arabic
Github Skills (61)
plugin10
nonlinear9
lrs9
v4l29
robot9
nodes9
camera9
ros8
bluetooth-low-energy8
science8
localization8
energy8
rms8
bibtex8
robotics8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
scheunemann/pelican-bib
Dec 2018 - May 2021
Contributions:8 reviews, 31 commits, 3 PRs in 2 years 5 months
bibtexpelicanpluginreferencescience
scheunemann/latex-questionnaire
Jul 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:17 commits, 1 push in 5 months
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