About Me

Hi there! 👋 I’m Kevin Eppacher, a Robotics Software Engineer specializing in autonomous mobile robot navigation, motion planning, control, and ROS 2 system architecture. 🤖

I hold an M.Sc. in Robotics and a B.Sc. in Mechatronics & Robotics from UAS Technikum Vienna, with a focus on probabilistic robotics, nonlinear optimization, computer vision, and autonomous systems.

My professional work spans autonomous mobile robots and industrial robotics, with hands-on experience in C++, Python, ROS 2, navigation, manipulation, simulation, automated testing, and physical robot integration.

At Baubot, I was responsible for building a ROS 2 software stack from scratch, developing C++ APIs for navigation and motion planning, automated simulation-based integration testing, and deploying the stack on industrial PC hardware, for robotic applications in construction and industrial environments.

At Blue Danube Robotics (AIRSKIN), I worked as an Industrial Robotics Software Engineer, focusing on collaborative robot programming and safety-critical systems, developing software for industrial robot applications involving motion planning, manipulation, automated testing, and sensor-based robotic systems.

My Master’s thesis, SAGE: Semantic-Aware Guided Exploration with Persistent Memory, explores autonomous robot exploration by combining navigation, 3D semantic mapping, visual-language models (VLMs), and persistent spatial memory.

What I Do

I design and implement algorithms that make robots understand and interact with their environments more intelligently, combining classical control, optimization, and machine learning.

Key areas I work in:

• Semantic Perception: Developing systems that map and interpret 3D environments using detection, segmentation, and visual-language reasoning.
• Autonomous Decision-Making: Using reinforcement learning and behavior trees to enable adaptable and explainable robot actions.
• Optimization & Control: Designing nonlinear MPC and planning frameworks for safe, smooth, and constraint-aware motion.
• Applied Robotics Engineering: Delivering end-to-end robotic software from simulation to deployment, integrating sensors, hardware, and real-time systems.

I’m a strong advocate of open-source robotics, and most of my work, including my research code, is available on GitHub.

Outside the Lab

When I’m not developing or optimizing robot software, I enjoy walking with my dog, street skateboarding and surfing.

Feel free to explore my Portfolio to see the projects I’m working on, from industrial automation to semantic 3D exploration.
I’m always open to new collaborations, creative research ideas, or just a conversation about robotics and AI. 🚀