Karol Pieniący

Karol Pieniący is a PhD student at the University of Warsaw’s Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics and a Research Team Leader at IDEAS NCBR. An expert in unmanned aerial systems, dedicating all of his academic work to designing, building and programming drones and ground elements of autonomous systems. Has worked in commercial projects both hands-on and in a consulting role on all types of robots including wheeled, walking, swimming and underwater robots, production lines, manipulators, multirotors, VTOLs and fixed-wings with electric, combustion, and hybrid drives. Specializes in system architecture, system integration, project management, and team management. Karol is a proven leader and great driving force in academic competition teams. Programming challenges are his second nature with 15 years of continuous competing experience, most of which on management roles. After helping University of Warsaw Rover Team getting to URC 2017 and URC 2018 he assembled and led Warsaw MIMotaurs all the way to the world’s top 3 final run in the AlphaPilot challenge organized in 2019 by Lockheed Martin. His most recent endeavor involved leading the Warsaw MIMotaurs to a top five global finish at the MBZIRC23 competition held in Abu Dhabi.