Steve Macenski

Steve Macenski

Principal Robotics Architect & Technical Director

press

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Yahoo Finance - "Open Navigation and 3Laws Partner to Advance the Future of Safe, Scalable Robotics" (2025)
yahoo finance
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PR Newswire - "Qwibie Welcomes Steve Macenski as Technical Advisor & Board Observer" (2024)
prnewswire.com
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Samsung Electronics Newsroom - "Samsung Electronics Publishes Paper in Science Robotics on Robot Operating System 2" (2022)
news.samsung.com
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Samsung Research Press - "Engineering Lead at Samsung Research Wins Multiple Top Awards in Robotics Community" (2021)
research.samsung.com
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National Geographic - "What the new artificial intelligence initiative does-and doesn't-mean" (2019)
nationalgeographic.com
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NASA Goddard View - "From Midwest To Maryland: Students Take Annual Road Trip To Goddard Symposium" (2016)
nasa.gov
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professional

[2026]
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IFR/IEEE Finalist IERA Award
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Sigma Xi Full Member, Nominated
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Senior Editorial Board
IEEE RAS Robotics & Automation Practice Journal
[2022]
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Top Trending C++ Developer on GitHub
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Outstanding Recent Alumnus Award
University of Illinois Aerospace Engineering
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Top 20 Individual Leaders in Intelligent & Connected Devices
Misty West
[2021]
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ROS Awards: Best Software of the Year
Nav2
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ROS Awards: Best Developer of the Year
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Spot Award
Samsung Research, exceptional contribution to robotics
[2020]
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ROS Awards: Best Developer of the Year
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RoboCup Best Paper Award Finalist
IROS 2020
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early career

[2016]
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Best Team Paper Award
AIAA Region III Conference, "In-Situ Sample Collection Tool Design and Analysis"
[2014]
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NASA Robotic Mining Competition, 3rd Place
Systems Engineering Paper
[2013]
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State Robot Arm Competition, 1st Place
Illinois Science Olympiad
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National Battlebots Tournament, 2nd Place
[2012]
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State Helicopter Competition, 1st Place
Illinois Science Olympiad
[2011]
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State Helicopter Competition, 2nd Place
Illinois Science Olympiad
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Eagle Scout
Boy Scouts of America