Author: Pete Lommel

Pete Lommel is the Hivemind Edge Technical Architect at Shield AI. He has over two decades of experience in planning, navigation and mapping. Including designing efficient algorithms for state-representation and mapping, to enable the creation of common world models by multi-agent systems with network bandwidth, and computing constraints. He has also designed and fielded high performance, real-time vision-aided navigation algorithms including approaches using visual inertial odometry and geo-referenced image correlation. Prior to joining Shield AI, Pete worked as a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Honeywell and Draper Laboratory. He holds his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics from University of Minnesota and his M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT.