HELLO,
I'M LUCAS NIEWOHNER
ROBOTICIST
DATA SCIENTIST
PERCEPTION ENGINEER
I'm Lucas Niewohner - an experienced roboticist, data scientist, communicator, experimenter, and applied developer with extensive startup
experience. I’m passionate about forming relationships, focusing on the big picture, testing in the field, and helping people via
technology. I’m looking to help an innovative team do Robotic Intelligence once I finish my Masters in December 2025
Skills
EXPERIENCE
2019-2024
BIRDSEYE AND HOGWASH ROBOTICS
ROS and CV System Prototyper
I designed, prototyped, tested in-field, and co-patented a poultry mortality collection and broiler barn maintenance platform. My ROS and Intel NUC-based computer vision platform successfully performed SLAM localization and Behavior Tree-based action sequencing to secure over $1m in investor funding.
2021-2025
COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
Data Science and Robotics Student
While in Academia, I learned Optimization, Controls, Kinematics, Computer Vision, Philosophy, and Machine Learning from world-class professors, studied abroad in New Zealand and France, and assisted with teaching Data Science.
2022-2022
Mines Environmental Engineering
IoT Embedded Development Researcher
I collaborated with the Environmental Engineering department at Mines to develop a power-efficient array of ESP32-based, Ad Hoc-Networked environmental sensors for a prototype irrigation system. I increased uptime from 20% to near-100% with fault-resistant C++ control logic while reducing power consumption by 98%.
2023-2023
Stratom Autonomy
Robotic Mapping Intern
I lead a team of 4 to plan, present, develop, and test a ROS2 obstacle detection system which surpassed all objectives.
2024-2025
Greenline Autonomy
Robotic Intelligence Developer
I built a real-time LIDAR-based panel and post detection system for specialized Solar Field navigation and Obstacle Avoidance. My semi-automated computer vision training platform annotated over 100k images for use in a deep visual network.
2025-2025
Scythe Robotics
Field Engineering Intern
Reworked Robot Data infrastructure in Rust to facilitate "Log Queries" to extract data for Data Science and debugging at 90-90% smaller data sizes. I used this to democratize access to video and GPS data with a new UI, allowing the support team to diagnose problems more easily.
CONTACT
Feel free to reach out to me for employment opportunities, or to discuss any innovative projects related to robotic perception, 3d reconstruction and SLAM, and data science.
Email: contact@lucasniewohner.com
