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Vladimir Ivan

Critic · DISC type C
Staff Roboticist at Touchlab Limited
📍 United Kingdom

Vladimir Ivan serves as the VP of Robotics at Touchlab Limited, leveraging a deep expertise in motion planning and synthesis for robots in dynamic environments. His career progressed from a PhD and Senior Researcher at The University of Edinburgh to his current leadership role, translating complex research into industrial applications.

He is a key figure in Edinburghs robotics community, actively organizing the Edinburgh Robotics Meetup and helping to establish the first ROSCon UK. This demonstrates his passion for fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing among fellow roboticists, creating spaces for professionals and enthusiasts to connect and grow.

Vladimir is a core organizer of the Tartan Robotics Collective, a charity promoting scientific research and educational opportunities in robotics.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Staff Roboticist
Location
United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Vladimir shows up

ROI Driven
Information Seeker
Critic

They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions. They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms. They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data.

Priorities

Topics Vladimir cares about

Robotics Community
Actively organizes the Edinburgh Robotics Meetup and was an organizer for the inaugural ROSCon UK, showing a commitment to building the local and national robotics ecosystem.
Motion Planning
His PhD, publications, and professional focus are centered on motion planning and synthesis, particularly using topology-based representations for robots in dynamic, interactive environments.
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Career

Work history

6-2022
Staff Roboticist
Touchlab Limited
10-2015 - 6-2022
Senior Researcher
The University of Edinburgh
9-2010 - 10-2015
Phd candidate
The University of Edinburgh
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Education
2009 - 2013
Master of Science (MSc)
The University of Edinburgh
2006 - 2009
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
University of Bedfordshire
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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