Gale L. Paulsen is a Systems Engineer at Honeybee Robotics. Prior to joining Honeybee in 2005, he worked with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a graduate student for two years to develop a multi robot cliff climbing system. At Honeybee, he has performed field tests of robotic drilling systems in the Canadian High Arctic and Antarctic. Paulsen has also assisted in the development of detailed mechanical, electrical, and software designs and analyses for multiple projects such as Sample Manipulation System for the 2011 Mars Science Lab, Icy Soil Acquisition Device on the 2007 Mars Phoenix Lander, Rock Abrasion Tool on the Mars Exploration Rovers. He also lead mechanical, electrical, and software designs for a high precision rock grinding instrument for producing thin sections and an automated sample acquisition and analysis system for the mining industry. Gale holds a B.S and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nebraska.