Friedl J Swanepoel heads Industri4, a company specialising in navigation, guidance and control of robots. He has gained experience from the aerospace and defence industries and now applies this knowledge in the development of autonomous mobile platforms that focus on the development of robots for the construction industry.
2014-2020 - Incomar/IDT4
Managing Director: Industri4 (Pty) Ltd
Project Leader: Integrated Navigation and Observation System
Project Leader: ALEC Construction Robot
2014-2016 - Incomar /iNkwazi
Project Leader: Micro Compass Project
2012-2014 - Incomar /TIA
Project Manager & Systems Engineer: Marine Compass Project and Forward Observer Project
2003-2013 - Incomar
Managing Director: Incomar
Project Manager: Inhouse FOG Improvement & Inertial Systems
1995-2003 - FSC/Incomar/CSIR
Consultant: Inertial Sensors and Systems
Project Manager: Establishment Medium Volume FOG Production Facility
Managing Director: Incomar
1979-1995 - Kentron PPG
Design Engineer
Systems Engineer
Chief Systems Engineer
Business Unit Manager: Inertial Systems
Academic Training
2001-2002 - MBA, University of Pretoria
1985-1986 - Kentron/University of Pretoria, Post Graduate Studies in Solid State Optical Sensors