Tommy Madsen

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & Co-founder @ AgriRobot

About

Innovative and experienced roboticist and technical lead with a strong track record of innovative computer vision solutions. My work is focused on mobile robotics and highly automated agricultural vehicles. I am passionate about bringing research to market with a high impact on productivity and environmental sustainability.

Country

Denmark

City

Virum

Industry

Industrial Automation

Skill

R&D, Product Development, Robotics, Computer Vision, Business Strategy, Engineering, Project Management, Manufacturing, Design for Manufacturing, Electronics, Simulations, Automation, Software Development, Product Management, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Agile Project Management, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Product Innovation, Algorithms

Experience

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & Co-founder

AgriRobot

2021-6 - Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

Chief Technology Officer

AGROINTELLI

2019-11 - 2021-6 · 1 yr 8 mos

Århus Area, Denmark

Principal Engineer

AGROINTELLI

2019-6 - 2019-11 · 6 mos

Århus Area, Denmark

Principal Engineer, Systems

AgJunction

2017-10 - 2019-5 · 1 yr 8 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Technical lead on perception solutions for autonomous / highly automated vehicles. Focus on localization, obstacle detection and detection/classification of field structures. ROS (Robotic Operating System), c++, OpenCV, PCL (Point Cloud Library) and SLAM.

Senior Vision Engineer

AgJunction

2016-7 - 2017-10 · 1 yr 4 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

R&D Manager

CLAAS

2007-1 - 2016-7 · 9 yrs 7 mos

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Development of innovative computer vision based solutions for automatic steering of agricultural vehicles (CAM PILOT), control of overloading from harvester to trailer (AUTO FILL) and evaluation of grain quality (GRAIN QUALITY CAMERA). Participated in the research project SAFE - Safer Autonomous Farming Equipment Development of safe autonomous agricultural machinery. Research on standards e.g. ISO 26262 and systems for safety based on e.g. lidar, stereo cameras etc.

R&D Manager

ECO-DAN A/S

2003-12 - 2006-12 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Development of the worlds first commercial stereo camera solution for auto-steering of agricultural vehicles. Participated in several research projects as industrial partner e.g. Hortibot.

R&D Engineer

ECO-DAN A/S

2001-2 - 2003-11 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Joined the startup ECO-DAN. Development of camera system and steering system for auto-steering of crop row cultivators. An innovation that is leading to significant less need for spraying in row crops.

Research Assistant

Danish Agricultural Research center Bygholm

2001-2 - 2002-5 · 1 yr 4 mos

Horsens

Continue the research from my master project Mobile Robot for Weeding in the research project API (Autonomous Platform and Information system)

Education

DTU - Technical University of Denmark

Automation and product development

1994 - 2001 · 7 yrs

Master of Science in Engineering with the profile Product Design and Development. Focus on the product development process, innovation, mechatronics and automation. Master thesis “Mobile Robot for Weeding” RTK GPS controlled four wheel steered vehicle.