Profile

I have over a decade of experience developing robotic solutions for the agricultural, medical, mobility, and navigation sectors. My enthusiasm, openness, and resilience have enabled me to successfully complete numerous projects. In addition to these qualities, my superiors value my quick-thinking and structured problem-solving, even under high pressure. My colleagues appreciate my open communication and that I always have their backs to enable them to work effectively. With me, you gain a conscientious, and collegial employee who is willing to take responsibility and to continuously improve himself and your company.

Experiences

Head of Robotics

Sep. 2025 - May 2026
AI.Land (Landhouz GmbH)
  • Leading development of embodied-AI, simulation, and teleop stack (ROS2, Isaac-Sim, LeRobot).
  • Realization of a high-precision and -speed weed targeting system (full-stack architecture, Isaac-ROS). Implemented custom Kalman filtering, calibration procedures, and Web UIs.
  • Supporting project acquisition.
  • Mentoring the team via knowledge transfer of current robotics trends.

Group Manager

Mar. 2023 - Jul. 2025
Institute of Automatic Control, RWTH Aachen University
  • Mobility and Navigation; Biomedical Systems
  • Project acquisition, management, and communication with industry / research partners
  • Employing and leading up to eight team members
  • Financial planning and administration

Postdoc, Research Assistant: Perception, Robotics, Drones

Nov. 2018 - Jul. 2025
Institute of Automatic Control, RWTH Aachen University
  • 3D camera-based, GPU-accelerated pose estimation of …
    • surgical instruments; planning and control for robotic pick-and-place
    • bones for augmented reality-based osteotomy templates
    • Particle filter, Bayesian inference, C++, OpenGL, CUDA, ROS, OpenCV, Julia
  • Kalman filter-based sensor fusion for …
    • IMU-based displacement detection of vertebrae (Matlab)
    • LiDAR- and GNSS-based state estimation of an aerial drone and wind turbine (ROS, Python)
  • Force- and impedance-control of a KUKA LBR Med robot for …
    • rehabilitation of stroke patients via assist-as-needed control (Java)
    • physical support of nurses moving patients (ROS, Python)
  • Industrial projects: System modeeling, parameter optimization, stability analysis
  • Digital twin simulation of robotic systems (Gazebo, PyBullet)
  • Teaching
    • Concepting and holding lectures and exercises
    • Supervision of student theses

Student Assistant Heart Pump Control

May 2015 - Oct. 2018
Institute of Automatic Control, RWTH Aachen University
  • C++ real-time backend for simulating medical models
  • Communication-interface for hardware in the loop simulations
  • C# .NET GUI for the online visualization of experiments

Internship in Software Development

Oct. 2016 - Dec. 2016
Siemens
  • Planing, execution and evaluation of the communication between a PC and a Sinumerik unit
  • Development of a test tool in C#
  • Construction and 3D printing of parts for test racks

Employee in System Gastronomics

Apr. 2011 - Apr. 2015
Marché Restaurant DUS Airport
  • Guest Service
  • Assistance in work and process optimization
  • Organization of daily routine

Education

Dr.-Ing. in Automatic Control (Ph.D. Engineering)

2018 - 2024
RWTH Aachen University

Magna cum Laude (very good); Thesis: “Bayesian Inference for CAD-Based Pose Estimation on Depth Images for Robotic Manipulation”

M.Sc. in Automation Engineering

2017 - 2018
RWTH Aachen University

1.1 (1.0 very good, 4.0 passed); Thesis: “Pose tracking of hip bones with a robot mounted RGB-D camera”

  • Particle filters for depth images, augmented reality in cadaver experiments
  • C++, ROS, OpenGL

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering

2013 - 2017
RWTH Aachen University

2.1 (1.0 very good, 4.0 passed); Thesis: “Cooperative robot force regulation for the assembly of large aircraft components”

  • Optimal control, commissioning test bench, interfaces
  • C++, Matlab, PLC

General Qualification for University Entrance

2005 - 2013
Andreas Vesalius Gymnasium Wesel

1.3 (1.0 very good, 4.0 passed)

Elementary school

2001 - 2005
Gemeinschaftsgrundschule Borth-Wallach

OSS Contributions

During my time at the Institute of Automatic Control, I have advocated for more open source to improve the reproducibility of our research. I specifically consider (development) containers useful for simplified reproducibility. Please look at my GitHub profile for the most recent contributions.

BayesianPoseEstimation.jl - 6D pose estimation using sampling-based Bayesian inference algorithms in Julia; reproduces the results of my dissertation
KUKA LBR Med stack - ROS1 support for the KUKA LBR Med: FRI-based hardware interface, MoveIt, kinematic simulation
FLIRT - Filter Library Institut für RegelungsTechnik; filter library for 3D camera-based object pose tracking in ROS
FmiWrapper - Simplified C-Interface for fmi2 models; includes .net wrapper

Skills and Proficiency

Full-stack robotics, simulation, control theory, modeling, optimization

C++, Isaac-ROS, Git, Julia, Docker, Linux

SiL/HiL, Python, CI/CD (GitHub, GitLab),

CAD, OpenGL, CUDA, Isaac-Sim, Gazebo, Matlab

PyTorch, C#, Java

Certifications & Awards

  • development of my leadership skills and goals
  • learned about my strengths and potential for my leadership role
  • self-confidence for future challenges

Exceptional master’s thesis

RWTH Aachen University

Top 5% of the faculty

Publications

Towards an AI-driven open-core farm management system with economic, ecological, and social impact

Pleines M, Dahl L, Zimmer F, Weber B, Maike S, Redick T, Franko J

46. GIL-Jahrestagung

IMU-based displacement detection of spinal vertebrae during image-based surgeries.

Redick T, Kohler C, Voß KL, Blume C, Delev D, Clusmann HR, Abel D, Vallery H

Abstracts of the 57th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Biomedical, Duisburg, Sep. 2023

Comparison of augmented reality and cutting guide technology in assisted harvesting of iliac crest grafts – A cadaver study

Ali M, Nassim A, Redick T, Gesenhues J, Kniha K, Möhlhenrich SC, Raith S, Abel D, Hölzle F, Winnand P

Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger, Jan. 2022

Navigation of iliac crest graft harvest using markerless augmented reality and cutting guide technology: A pilot study.

Winnand P, Ayoub N, Redick T, Gesenhues J, Heitzer M, Peters F, Raith S, Abel D, Hölzle F, Modabber A

The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, Aug. 2021

Efficient Reject Options for Particle Filter Object Tracking in Medical Applications

Kummert J, Schulz A, Redick T, Ayoub N, Modabber A, Abel D, Hammer B

Sensors, 21(6):2114, Jan. 2021

3D camera-based markerless navigation system for robotic osteotomies

Übelhör (Redick) T, Gesenhues J, Ayoub N, Modabber A, Abel D

at - Automatisierungstechnik, vol. 68, no. 10, pp. 863-879, Sep. 2020

Depth Camera Based Particle Filter for Robotic Osteotomy Navigation

Übelhör (Redick) T, Gesenhues J, Ayoub N, Modabber A, Abel D

arXiv:1910.11116 [cs], Oct. 2019

Cooperating Robot Force Control for Positioning and Untwisting of Thin Walled Components

Bertelsmeier F, Detert T, Übelhör (Redick) T, Schmitt R, Corves B

Advances in Robotics and Automation 2017, 6:3, Nov. 2017