Marlin Strub
Senior Robotics Engineer at Gravis Robotics
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolMarlin Strub is a Senior Robotics Engineer based in Zurich with a decade of experience building provably optimal motion-planning and robotic systems, and a clear preference for C++. He brings a strong research-to-product track record spanning postdoctoral and technologist roles at JPL to hands-on engineering at Gravis Robotics, plus earlier work on aerial calibration and simulation at GoPro. An active contributor to the widely used OMPL library, Marlin has implemented and refactored core planners (FMT*, AIT*, BIT*) and optimized data structures to improve performance and maintainability. His background blends a PhD from Oxford with ETH Zurich degrees in robotics and mechanical engineering, enabling him to bridge rigorous theory and production-grade software. Colleagues rely on him for provably correct solutions and pragmatic C++ implementations that scale from simulation to deployed robotic platforms.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, ENGINEERING, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, ENGINEERING at University of OxfordMaster’s Degree, Robotics, Systems and Control, Master’s Degree, Robotics, Systems and Control at ETH Zurich
German, English, French
Github Skills (9)
c-language10
robotics10
cprogramming-language10
motion-planning10
data-structure9
algorithm9
data-structures9
algorithms9
pathfinding8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ompl/ompl
Oct 2019 - Dec 2022
The Open Motion Planning Library (OMPL)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 17 commits, 24 PRs in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Marlin contributed significantly to the Open Motion Planning Library (OMPL) by implementing and refactoring core planning algorithms. Their work includes enhancing existing functionalities like the PathLengthDirectInfSampler, FMT*, and AIT* planners. The user also refactored code, renaming variables, and optimizing data structures such as the BinaryHeap to improve the library's efficiency and maintainability. Several commits focused on improving the performance and usability of the BIT* and AIT* planners.
roboticsmotionomplplanningmotion-planning
marlinstrub/dotfiles
Nov 2016 - Jan 2020
Contributions:82 pushes, 7 branches in 3 years 3 months
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