Roland Siegwart

Roland Siegwart

Roland Siegwart is professor for autonomous mobile robots at ETH Zurich, founding co-director of the technology transfer center Wyss Zurich and board member of multiple companies, including Komax and NZZ. He studied mechanical engineering at ETH Zurich, spent ten years as professor at EPFL Lausanne (1996 – 2006), held visiting positions at Stanford University and NASA Ames and was Vice President of ETH Zurich (2010 -2014). He is IEEE Fellow and recipient of the IEEE RAS Pioneer Award, IEEE RAS Inaba Technical Award and the Ernst-Blickle-Preis. He is among the most cited scientist in robots world-wide, co-founder of more than half a dozen spin-off companies and a strong promoter of innovation and entrepreneurship in Switzerland.

His interests are in the design, control and navigation of flying, wheeled and walking robots operating in complex and highly dynamical environments.

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  • Organization
    ETH Zurich
  • Profession
    Full Professor of Autonomous Systems
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11 July 2025
09:30 - 09:50
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