Maximilian Wulf
Senior Perception Software Engineer at ANYbotics
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolMaximilian Wulf is a Senior Perception Software Engineer with nine years of experience building robust perception stacks for mobile robots at ANYbotics. He focuses on fast, reliable perception and mapping, contributing core C++ improvements and test automation to widely used projects like grid_map and elevation_mapping that improve performance and edge-case robustness. Trained at ETH Zurich in Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, he pairs academic rigor with practical field experience from robotics internships and research at Disney Research. Known for thoughtful engineering, he strengthens initialization, fault handling, and usability in sensor-driven systems, and maintains a curated robotics reading list that reflects a continuous appetite for learning.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Master's degree Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at ETH Zürich
German, English
Github Skills (15)
algorithm10
mappings10
data-structures10
algorithms10
c-language10
robotics10
cprogramming-language10
ros10
data-structure10
testing10
navigation-drawer9
navigationview9
navigationbar9
eigen9
cpp8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ANYbotics/elevation_mapping
Mar 2019 - Jun 2022
Robot-centric elevation mapping for rough terrain navigation
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:37 commits, 14 PRs, 12 pushes in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Maximilian primarily focused on improving the robustness and initialization of the elevation mapping node. Their work included implementing initialization procedures to handle scenarios where point clouds and poses are not immediately available, along with adding appropriate warning and informational messages to guide the user. The user also addressed comments from pull requests, resolving issues related to the processing of sensor data. Furthermore, the user contributed to adding a functionality that allows the user to load and save the elevation map.
navigationroboticspythonrobotmapping
ANYbotics/grid_map
Jan 2020 - Jun 2022
Universal grid map library for mobile robotic mapping
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:48 reviews, 29 commits, 19 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Maximilian primarily contributed to the core functionality of the `grid_map` library, focusing on bug fixes and performance improvements within the core C++ codebase. They addressed issues related to line iterators and index wrapping, optimizing critical functions. Furthermore, the user demonstrated a proficiency in testing by modifying and expanding unit tests to ensure the library's robustness and reliability, particularly related to edge cases and geometric calculations.
costmaproboticscppgrid-mapoccupancy
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