Sebastian Scherer
Research Professor at The AirLab at Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolSebastian Scherer is a robotics leader with over a decade of experience advancing safe embodied AI for autonomous aerial systems, currently directing Safe Embodied AI at Field AI while holding research faculty roles at Carnegie Mellon University and The AIR Lab. He specializes in intelligent UAVs, obstacle avoidance, landing zone selection, and planning, translating deep academic research into deployable UAS capabilities. His career blends sustained university research—from a CMU Robotics PhD through faculty ranks—with industry senior scientist roles, giving him a rare mix of long-term scientific depth and practical product delivery. Known for navigating the safety and systems challenges of real-world flight, he focuses on making autonomy robust in complex, unstructured environments. Colleagues value his ability to connect rigorous planning and perception algorithms to operational constraints, reducing gaps between prototypes and fielded systems.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (42)
robotics9
recover9
compression8
ntrip8
ai8
backup8
hardware8
archiving7
encrypt7
security7
disaster-recovery7
python7
ceph6
bag6
operating-system6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
smash0190/Adv360-Pro-ZMK
Aug 2023 - May 2024
Production repository for the all-new Advantage360 Professional using ZMK engine
Contributions:3 pushes in 9 months
strapsai/bluetooth-remoteid
Mar 2026 - Mar 2026
Contributions:8 pushes, 2 branches in 1 day
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