Welcome Tsz!
Meet Tsz, Zero Point Motion’s first software engineer, who will be working on visualising and simulating data from our inertial sensors as well as helping create our prototypes for demo.
Tsz has a master’s degree in computer science from University College London (UCL), where he explored his interest in robotics by taking options in machine vision, AI and image processing, as well as forming a team to enter robotics competitions. Tsz worked on machine vision in his final project, which was part of an effort to develop motion-tracking systems using cameras.
During the project, Tsz heard that some engineers were using inertial measurement units (IMUs) to improve motion-tracking accuracy, since cameras don’t always give the best readings, especially if they are moving quickly. “A lot of the papers I read in my final-year project were saying ‘add an IMU – it makes everything better,’” he says, “but I didn’t look into it at the time because I was focused on the vision side.”
After graduating, Tsz first worked in image processing for film production, but then the chance came up to work on inertial sensors at Zero Point Motion. “I thought ‘finally I can dig into IMUs and see what it’s all about,’” he says.
He will first be working on data visualisation – creating a visible representation of how the sensor outputs combine to track trajectory – and data simulation to test how accurately the sensors reproduce the ground truth motion. Later, Tsz will help create the embedded software within the control system of the IMUs to prepare for demonstrations.
In his free time, Tsz enjoys swimming, fishing and photography, and has recently taken up bouldering too. He finds that climbing taps into his way of thinking, because each set of holds on a wall is called a “problem”, and using them to get to the top is called “solving” it.
Tsz’s job at Zero Point Motion is his first at a start-up and he’s enjoying the greater variety of tasks he needs to tackle in a smaller team, as well as the closer mentorship and the chance to watch a company grow from its beginnings. “Start-ups are as unique as their founders,” he says, “and Lia’s vision is something I want to help create.”