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Michael Johnson

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Founder at Locus Robotics

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

FoundedLocus Robotics

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About

Michael Johnson is a Principal Software Engineer specializing in Rust, robotics, backend systems, and data infrastructure, with experience spanning individual ground, underwater, and aerial robots as well as large-scale robot fleets. At Locus Robotics, he led development of a real-time robotics simulator in Rust supporting over a thousand concurrent software-in-the-loop robots on AWS and designed time-series observability infrastructure for metrics collection and visualization. At SeeByte, he led development of autonomous underwater systems from architecture through field trials on physical platforms.

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Locus Robotics's investors · 9

BONDSan FranciscoDefined VCVancouverG2 Venture PartnersPortola Valley · $15M – $25M checks · since 2022Goldman SachsNew York · since 2022Hercules Capital, Inc.San Mateo · $5M – $500M checksNext47Palo AltoScale Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $5M – $25M checks · since 2026Stack CapitalTorontoStafford Capital PartnersAustin

Co-founders at Locus Robotics

BWBruce Welty
Bruce WeltyExecutive Officer, Director
ADAl Dekin
Al DekinFounder
MJMike Johnson
Mike JohnsonFounder
JWJason Walker
Jason WalkerFounder

Experience

  1. AugereAIFoundercurrent2025 — presentEdinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
  2. Locus RoboticsPrincipal Software Engineer, Simulation & Testing Lead2023 — 2025Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
  3. Locus RoboticsStaff Robotics Software Engineer, Simulation and Testing Lead2021 — 2023Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
  4. Locus RoboticsSenior Roboticist2019 — 2021Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
  5. SeeByteSenior Project Lead2018 — 2019Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
  6. SeeByteSenior Development Engineer2017 — 2018Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
  7. SeeByteDevelopment Engineer2014 — 2017Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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RoboticsRust (Programming Language)

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Who is Michael Johnson?
Michael Johnson is a Principal Software Engineer specializing in Rust, robotics, backend systems, and data infrastructure, with experience spanning individual ground, underwater, and aerial robots as well as large-scale robot fleets. At Locus Robotics, he led development of a real-time robotics simulator in Rust supporting over a thousand concurrent software-in-the-loop robots on AWS and designed time-series observability infrastructure for metrics collection and visualization. At SeeByte, he led development of autonomous underwater systems from architecture through field trials on physical platforms.
Where does Michael Johnson work?
Michael Johnson is Founder of Locus Robotics.
What companies did Michael Johnson found?
Michael Johnson founded Locus Robotics.
Where did Michael Johnson go to school?
Michael Johnson studied at The University of Edinburgh (Bachelor of Science (BSc), Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science); Prestwick Academy.

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