about roboloon
Our vision is to
create an aerial robotic ecosystem
that is sustainable and peaceful
and which anyone can call for help
- instantly, at the touch of a button.
Roboloon is a so called Transfer- and Founding Venture (German: Transfer- und Gründerunternehmung - TGU) at the TTI – Technologie-Transfer-Initiative GmbH of the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Being funded by the EXIST Business Startup Grant, we are also part of the Institute of Flight Mechanics and Flight Control (iFR) at the University of Stuttgart.
Our goal is to take ancient lighter-than-air technology to create autonomous aerial robots that can overcome the biggest hurdles of todays civil drone technology: flight-time and safety, without compromising for maneuverability.
Creating airship drones today means deep tech and a strong focus on software for us.
Founders
Mercedes Barkmeyer
Co-Founder | Business
Mechanical engineer in product development with 7 years experience in sustainability management. Passionate, purpose driven entrepreneur.
Pala Ahmed
Co-Founder | Software
As a mechanical engineer with knowledge in multibody dynamics and machine learning, Pala focuses on the software side of robotics and is working on the brain of oblX.
Jajnabalkya Guhathakurta
Co-Founder
Software engineer with 8 years experience in R&D of real time image processing and also a vetted entrepreneur.
Sven Buchfelner
Co-Founder | Hardware
Aerospace Engineer with focus on physical modeling and drone design. Experienced with hybrid rocket and space projects as well as helping to take a product from CAD to market launch as a freelancer.
Dr. Daniel Wibbing
Co-Founder | LTA & Automation
Working at Festo for 14 years, Daniel is an expert in automation technology and also brings in many years of experience in the domain of lighter-than-air technology.
Advisors
Wolfgang von Zeppelin
Manned Airship Expert
Relative of the famous Count von Zeppelin he has been the technical director of Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH and still has many ground breaking ideas for airships.
Prof. Walter Fichter
Flight Mechanics & Control
Professor at the Institute of Flight Mechanics & Control (iFR) at the University of Stuttgart. He is supporting unmanned aircraft and airship projects.
Voluntary Supporters
Mark Summers
Special Projects | Materials
Having built RC airships for over a decade, Mark has become an expert on 3D printing, hull materials, glues and ultra light weight structures.
Javier Rodríguez Fernández
Mechanics | Aerodynamics
Aeronautical engineer with experience and accreditations in the full life cycle of aerospace programs and a great passion for unmanned aircraft.
Max Holzer
Business Development
Max already enjoyed communicating with his customers before he could even read or write and studying aeronautical engineering today, he really knows what he is talking about.
Arkadiusz Smyla
Electronic System
Studying electrical engineering at the Esslingen University, Arkadiusz is electrifying oblX including the solar energy supply.
Martin Zobel
Airship Drone Racer
Aeronautical engineer and race winner, who has taught many generations of students at TU Berlin how to make racing airships.
Jan Beck
Mechanics | Prototyping
Studying aerospace engineering at the University of Stuttgart, Jan is helping us to make oblX fly.
Nathalie Bergmann
Business Development
Studying aerospace engineering and dedicating a lot of her time to project-oriented voluntary work, Nathalie combines technical competence with a lot of enthusiasm for communicating with her partners and customers.
Partners
