Niclas Scheuer

Master's student in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics & Control)
MIT   ·   ETH Zürich
Niclas Scheuer

I build autonomous robotic and control systems at the intersection of mechatronics, software, and space technology. My goal is to engineer the machines and technologies that will help take humanity beyond Earth.

Open-Source Projects

Generalized ADCS

Python-based satellite ADCS for all

SALTRO

Flight-Ready Attitude Trajectory Planning
Publications

A Modular Open-Source Python Framework for Small Satellite Attitude Determination and Control

Patrick McKeen, Niclas Scheuer, Kerri Cahoy

SmallSat Europe 2026

A Feasibility-Aware Attitude Trajectory Planner for Underactuated and Unconventionally Actuated Small Satellites

Patrick McKeen, Niclas Scheuer, Kerri Cahoy

SmallSat US 2026

Generalized Attitude Control Allocation for Small Spacecraft

Patrick McKeen, Niclas Scheuer, Kerri Cahoy

SmallSat US 2026

One Wheel Is Enough: Control Strategies for the 3+1 Actuator Architecture Across Small Satellite Mission Profiles

Patrick McKeen, Niclas Scheuer, Kerri Cahoy

Accepted, 77th International Astronautical Congress

Projects
Local Assistant and Compute project image

Infrastructure

Local Assistant and Compute

Kubernetes server for OpenClaw, compute, and website hosting.
Minimal on Wheels project image

Robotics

Minimal on Wheels

Building wheeled-legged quadruped (Bachelor's thesis).
Bottleneck Simulations project image

Control Theory

Bottleneck Simulations

Analysis and stabilization of traffic models using control theory.