She doesn’t just want to talk about problems, she wants to build solutions – literally: Nicola Kolb is co-founder of the construction robotics start-up Aiina Robotics (now Sitegeist GmbH). Aiina Robotics, a spin-off from the Technical University of Munich, develops intelligent construction robots that automate heavy tasks on construction sites.

During her bachelor’s degree in aviation and vehicle informatics, Nicola completed the BMW Group’s Speed Up scholarship programme. She has a master’s degree in robotics and AI from the Technical University of Munich and worked as an IT specialist at the BMW Group for three years before going to the Technical University of Munich. There, as part of her doctoral studies at the Chair of Software and Systems Engineering at the Technical University of Munich, she spent four years researching the validation of intelligent, autonomous systems.

She has complemented her technical expertise with management and entrepreneurial skills acquired as a scholarship holder at the Bavarian Elite Academy, Manage&More and the Leadership Talent Academy at UnternehmerTUM.