Roland Siegwart

Prof. Dr. Roland Siegwart

Position

Head of Wyss Zurich Translational Center

Relation

Full Professor

Contact Data

Tel.: +41 44 632 23 58
Fax: +41 44 632 11 81
Tel. (Sec.): +41 44 632 23 29

Other numbers

Tel: +41 44 632 81 50

Address

ETH Zürich
Roland Siegwart
Inst. f. Robotik u. Intell. Syst.
LEE  J 205
Leonhardstrasse 21
8092 Zürich
Switzerland

Other Addresses
ETH Zürich
Roland Siegwart
MSc Robotics, Systems and Control
LEE  J 205
Leonhardstrasse 21
8092 Zürich
Switzerland
Organisations Full Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering
http://www.mavt.ethz.ch/
Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Roland Siegwart (1959) is full Professor of Autonomous Systems at ETH Zurich since July 2006 and Founding Co-Director of the Wyss Zurich. From January 2010 to December 2014, he took office as Vice President Research and Corporate Relations in the ETH Executive Board. He is member of the board of directors of various companies, including Komax and NZZ.

He received his Diploma in Mechanical Engineering in 1983 and his Doctoral Degree in 1989 from ETH Zurich. He brought up a spin-off company, spent ten years as professor at EPFL Lausanne (1996 – 2006) and held visiting positions at Stanford University and NASA Ames.

He is and was the coordinator of multiple European projects and co-founder of half a dozen spin-off companies. He is IEEE Fellow, recipient of the IEEE RAS Inaba Technical Award and officer of the International Federation of Robotics Research (IFRR). He is in the editorial board of multiple journals in robotics and was a general chair of several conferences in robotics including IROS 2002, AIM 2007, FSR 2007 and ISRR 2009. 

Roland Siegwart's research interests are in the design and control of robot systems operating in complex and highly dynamical environments. His major goal is to find new ways to deal with uncertainties and enable the design of highly interactive and adaptive autonomous robots. Prominent application examples are personal and service robots, autonomous micro-aircrafts, walking and swimming robots and driver assistant systems. Furthermore, he is a strong promotor of innovation and entrepreneurship in Switzerland

Course Catalogue
151-0073-11L Propeller-less Aerial Robot
151-0854-00L Autonomous Mobile Robots
401-5860-00L Seminar in Robotics for CSE
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