Paul Newman
Founder at Robocap
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPaul Newman is a founder and engineering entrepreneur who has spent over two decades translating world-class robotics and AI research into commercial industrial autonomy, currently leading Oxa after serving as CTO and President. As BP Professor of Information Engineering at the University of Oxford and founding director of the Oxford Robotics Institute, he has published extensively (240+ papers), holds multiple patents, and built a research-to-market pipeline that earned the Oxford Robotics Institute the Queen's Award for Robotics Technology. He combines deep technical expertise in mobile robotics, autonomy and navigation with strategic public service—advising the UK government and transport bodies on automation and AI policy. His career spans academia, industry and government, from early navigation engineering roles and MIT research to founding Oxbotica and advising cutting-edge startups. Notably, he bridges inventiveness and commercialization: his work has produced both high-impact citations and tangible industrial deployments in Industrial Mobile Autonomy.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Master of Engineering - MEng at University of OxfordThe University of Sydney
Github Skills (9)
middleware10
realms10
pulse10
communications9
python-bindings9
user-interface6
matlab6
python6
geodesy2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
themoos/core-moos
Aug 2011 - Apr 2020
A very light weight, easy to use middleware. You will need core-moos above all other components
Contributions:3 releases, 526 commits, 41 PRs in 8 years 9 months
middlewarelight-weightneedlight
themoos/matlab-moos
Sep 2011 - Nov 2012
Contributions:19 commits in 1 year 2 months
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