birth_place fields workplaces name birth_date article_title citizenship alma_mater
lausanne mobile robotics epfl lausanne eth zurich roland siegwart 02 may 1959 roland siegwart
 swiss eth zurich
roland siegwart

roland siegwart -lrb- born in 1959 -rrb- is director of the autonomous systems lab -lrb- asl -rrb- of the institute of robotics and intelligent systems at eth zurich in switzerland and a well known robotics expert .
he was born in lausanne and grew up in the canton of schwyz .
siegwart received an ma in mechanical engineering from eth zurich in 1983 and , in 1989 , a phd degree with distinction silver medal eth for his work on `` electro-magnetically suspended milling spindle with active digital control '' .
after his time as doctoral student , siegwart was employed as research assistant at various universities -lrb- eth zurich , htl zurich -lrb- since 2001 zhaw -rrb- , stanford university california -rrb- and , in 1990 , became vice-president r&d at mecos traxler ag .
since 1996 , siegwart is associated as full professor at epfl lausanne and , in 2006 , of eth zurich .
from 2010 to 2014 , siegwart was vice president research and corporate relations of eth zurich .
roland siegwart 's research activities focus on mobile robot design and navigation - localization and mapping , planning in dynamic environments , human robot interaction , locomotion concepts for rough terrain , mobile micro-robots , space rovers , autonomous cars and unmanned aerial vehicles .
siegwart is founder and cofounder of various high-tech startups , such as shockfish communication ltd. -lrb- 1999 -rrb- , bluebotics ltd. -lrb- 2001 -rrb- , or alstom inspection robotics ltd. -lrb- 2006 -rrb- .
