Peter Soetens
CEO at Intermodalics
Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolPeter Soetens is a robotics-focused software entrepreneur and CEO with 19 years of experience building real-time, vision-guided autonomous systems from research to commercial products. He founded and leads Intermodalics and previously led Pick-it 3D, bringing machine vision into industrial robots worldwide and bridging academic rigor (PhD in real-time robotics from KU Leuven) with product-driven execution. His background spans embedded Linux, ROS/Orocos, and mechatronics, and he thrives on turning unpredictable, physical-world challenges into reliable software for autonomous systems. Passionate about AI and robotics (and a self-confessed Tesla fan), he combines hands-on engineering, research pedigree, and commercial savvy to drive the robotic revolution.
19 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
PhD in Engineering Sciences, Real-Time robotics, PhD in Engineering Sciences, Real-Time robotics at KU LeuvenMaster, Electro-mechanics & automation, Master, Electro-mechanics & automation at Katholieke Hogeschool 'Sint-Lieven', Gent
Github Skills (49)
robot10
ros10
realtime9
lists9
tla9
robotics9
javascript9
dynamics9
code-generator9
toolchain9
component-library9
react9
type-library9
c-library8
wallet8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
orocos-toolchain/ocl
Jun 2009 - Jan 2015
Orocos Component Library
Contributions:549 commits, 3 PRs, 3 pushes in 5 years 8 months
javascriptreactcomponent-library
psoetens/orocos-rtt-examples
Nov 2009 - Mar 2014
Contributions:13 commits in 4 years 5 months
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