Karl Pauwels

Karl Pauwels is a highly experienced roboticist specializing in perception and machine learning, currently serving as a Staff Roboticist at Boston Dynamics since January 2019. Previously, Karl co-founded Kinema Systems Inc. and led perception efforts from January 2016 to January 2019. With a solid academic foundation, Karl completed postdoctoral research focused on real-time robot and computer vision for object manipulation at institutions such as KTH Royal Institute of Technology and the University of Granada, as well as autonomous navigation at KU Leuven. Karl holds a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences, a Master’s Degree in Artificial Intelligence, and a Master’s Degree in Commercial Engineering in Information Systems, all from KU Leuven.