About Me
Hi, I’m Klaus - Vienna-based dog-lover & aspiring PhD student in fundamental research.
I was supposed to do scientif work in the field of computer vision, sensor fusion & artificial intelligence, but lack of funding had me spend most of my time doing engineering for some API work while locked down in system integration hell, barely working on some image processing tasks. During my studies in mechanical engineering & robotics I realized that applied research/work is not my cup of tea - and I’m much more interested in fundamental or basic reasearch.
My research interests thus moved on to the general area of biomimetics. More specifically, I’m interested in perception, any non-industrial type robots, navigation/path planning and artificial intelligence. So besides SLAM, working on soft/humanoid robots and legged locomotion as well as in computer vision and basic AI/ML/DL research are all possibilities I’d prefer to pursuie instead of withering away doing some mundane engineers work and code-monkeying.
Projects
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Learning more about probabilistic robotics, SLAM and disaster / rescue robotics in general.
Experience
Around two million people, 230,000 commercial and industrial customers, and 4,500 agricultural businesses rely on Wien Energie.
As Austria’s largest regional energy provider, we supply homes and businesses in and around Vienna with energy and a wide range of related services.
As part of the Robotics Software Development team in the department Smart Inspection, I’m wrapping up my work from University for Continuing Education Krems on the subject of air leak detection.
The IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems (Austrian German: IMC Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Krems) is a private Austrian university.
IMC Krems gave me the unique opportunity to realize my dream of giving back some of the knowledge I have come to acquire so far by teaching 1st year bachelor students of the degree program “Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology” in the course Applied Physics - Theory (APT1VO)
The University for Continuing Education Krems (German: Universität für Weiterbildung Krems) is an Austrian university specializing in further education for working professionals.
At the department of integrated sensor systems I worked on the FFG-funded industrial “research”-project “AI-RoboSens” to detect air leaks using a Spot robot from Boston Dynamics equipped with an acoustic imager and a thermal camera.
Rosenbauer is the world’s leading manufacturer of systems for firefighting and disaster protection. For more than 150 years, the name has stood for significant innovations and ground-breaking technology in the manufacture of firefighting vehicles and extinguishing systems in accordance with European and US standards..
At the department of research & innovation I work on sensor integration and environmental detection for mission support systems. Using Linux as my daily driver, I’m working with ROS all day, writing code in mostly Python & C++. Further, I get hands-on experiences in motor control using CAN bus and network sockets.
Knorr-Bremse has pursued a single mission for over 110 years: to make mobility on roads and railways safe, sustainable and environmentally friendly. Today the Knorr-Bremse Group, based in Munich, is the world’s leading manufacturer of braking systems and a leading supplier of safety-critical sub-systems for rail and commercial vehicles..
As a working student I was responsible for the documentation of testing equipment.
There I have mainly created manuals and pneumatic plans, but also created a few machine vision applications for automated testing operations using industrial cameras.
Education
University West
MSc Robotics and Automation
09/2020 - 09/2023
Established in 1990, University West is a modern university in Sweden and is widely regarded in terms of its intensive research at the Production Technology Center together with companies such as ABB, Volvo and GKN Aerospace.
During my time at University West I learnt most of my key skills such as software development fundamentals of image processing, as well as working to tight deadlines. I thouroughly enjoyed my time as university and learnt a lot about a healthy work life balance.
I spent a lot of my free time supporting lecturers throughout their courses online and taking on roles such as Teaching Assistant and Seminar Leader where I led discussions on courses and student talks.
A Little More About Me
When I’m not working, I serve as VP for the great science festival Pint of Science Austria, where I also organize and occasionally host tech-related scientists to present their work, or manage analogue research projects at the Austrian Space Forum.
The little time I have left spend on a mixture of:
- What “little” time is left, you dummy?
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Photography -
3D printing (Elegoo Mars Pro) -
3D-Modelling in my favorite modeller BLENDER -
Image editing in Affinity Suite and Adobe Lightroom as well as -
Video editing in Vegas and Final Cut