Background
He was born in Lausanne and grew up in the Canton of Schwyz.
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Roland Siegwart
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After his time as doctoral student, Siegwart was employed as research assistant at various universities (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich, HTL Zurich (since 2001 ZHAW), Stanford University California) and, in 1990, became Vice-President R&Doctorate at MECOS Traxler AG. Since 1996, Siegwart is associated as full professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Lausanne and, in 2006, of Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich. From 2010 to 2014, Siegwart was Vice President Research and Corporate Relations of Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule 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.
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Siegwart received an Master of Arts in mechanical engineering from Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich in 1983 and, in 1989, a Doctor of Philosophy degree with distinction Silver Medal Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule for his work on Electro-magnetically Suspended Milling Spindle with Active Digital Control. Siegwart is founder and cofounder of various high-tech startups, such as Shockfish Communication Limited. (1999), BlueBotics Limited. (2001), or ALSTOM Inspection Robotics Limited.
