Mikkel Hansen
Tech Lead at Mobile Industrial Robots
Odense, Region of Southern Denmark
Summary
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Top SchoolMikkel Hansen is a tech lead specializing in making industrial robotics easier to deploy and use, with 11 years of experience spanning hardware design, computer vision, robot control, and software. Holding a PhD in Industrial Robotics and a background in mechanical and manufacturing engineering, he builds flexible robotic subsystems that enable agile, low-volume production to keep manufacturing local. He has led mobile cobot initiatives at Universal Robots, Teradyne, and Mobile Industrial Robots, translating research-grade robot skills into product-ready solutions. Mikkel combines an inventor’s curiosity with a pragmatic engineering mindset, often focusing on end-user usability rather than pure technical novelty. He is comfortable across the stack—from hands-on tool design to system-level architecture—and has a track record of turning academic concepts into industrial practice. Based in Odense, he thrives on applying new technologies in unexpected ways to simplify complex automation challenges.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc., Industrial engineering, B.Sc., Industrial engineering at Aalborg UniversitySTX, Mathematical line, STX, Mathematical line at Frederikshavn GymnasiumDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Industrial Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Industrial Robotics at Aalborg Universitet
English, Danish
Github Skills (49)
patreon8
robot8
asset-pipeline8
gazebosim7
sensor7
robotics7
volume-rendering7
android7
data-structure7
collada7
stl7
temperature-sensor7
ros7
python7
fbx7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mrath/mobile_robot_simulator
Oct 2015 - Dec 2015
A simple ROS simulator for mobile robots. Simply subscribes to incoming velocity commands, and updates odometry based on this.
Contributions:3 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
roboticsmobile-robotsros2odometryincoming
mrath/dk_finanser
Sep 2017 - Apr 2018
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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