Work History
Locus Robotics, Boston, MA — 2018–Present
I designed and built the fleet management and monitoring system for over 15,000 warehouse robots deployed worldwide.
- Principal Software Engineer, Tools Team Lead (2023–Present)
- Staff Software Engineer, Tools Team Lead (2018–2023)
Clearpath Robotics, Kitchener, Ontario — 2013–2018
Built systems and processes for hydrographic robotic data collection, robotic fleet management, and monitoring.
- Staff Software Developer — fleet monitoring (2017–2018)
- Software Developer / Senior Software Developer (2015–2017)
- GIS Developer (2013–2015)
Education
- MSc, Geography — University of Waterloo (2010–2013)
- BES, Geography — University of Waterloo (2005–2010)
- Diploma of Excellence in Geographical Information Systems
Publications, Patents, Awards
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Stand-alone self-driving material-transport vehicle (Patent, 2025)
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System, apparatus and method for automatic environmental data collection and analysis (Patent, 2023)
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Systems and methods for WiFi mapping in an industrial facility (Patent, 2022)
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Method, system and apparatus for handling operational constraints for control of unmanned vehicles (Patent, 2019)
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A Field Comparison of Methods and Data Results Between A Manual and Robotic Remote Sensed Survey of A Storm Water Management Pond in Kitchener, Ontario (Geomatica, 2014)
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SunSpot: A Spatial Decision Support Web-Application for Exploring Urban Solar Energy Potential (Master's Thesis, 2013)
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ESRI Young Scholar for Canada (2013)
Contact
Andrew Blakey (LinkedIn)