List of roboticists
This is a list of roboticists, noted for their contributions to the field of robotics.
A
[edit]- Pieter Abbeel – Belgian-American roboticist specializing in robot learning and artificial intelligence
- Alice Agogino – American engineer and roboticist
- James S. Albus (1935–2011) – American roboticist known for intelligent control systems
- Colin Angle – American roboticist and co-founder of iRobot
- Ronald C. Arkin – American roboticist specializing in autonomous robots
- Christopher G. Atkeson – American roboticist specializing in humanoid robotics
B
[edit]- Ruzena Bajcsy – Slovak-American roboticist specializing in computer vision and robotics
- Timothy D. Barfoot – Canadian roboticist specializing in autonomous navigation
- Kira Barton – American roboticist specializing in advanced manufacturing
- George A. Bekey (1928–2017) – American roboticist and researcher in autonomous systems
- Maren Bennewitz – German roboticist specializing in mobile robots
- Sarah Bergbreiter – American roboticist specializing in miniature robots
- Carlotta Berry – American roboticist and engineering educator
- Antonio Bicchi – Italian roboticist specializing in robot manipulation
- Aude Billard – Swiss roboticist specializing in robot learning
- Trevor Blackwell – Canadian-American roboticist and developer of humanoid robots
- Cynthia Breazeal – American roboticist and pioneer of social robotics
- Alberto Broggi – Italian roboticist specializing in autonomous vehicles
- Rodney Brooks – Australian roboticist and co-founder of iRobot and Rethink Robotics
- Wolfram Burgard – German roboticist specializing in autonomous mobile robots
- Jessica Burgner-Kahrs – German-Canadian roboticist specializing in continuum robots
C
[edit]- Raja Chatila – French roboticist specializing in autonomous and intelligent robots
- Marita Cheng – Australian roboticist and founder of Aubot
- Gregory S. Chirikjian – American roboticist specializing in robot motion and control
- Margarita Chli – Cypriot roboticist specializing in robot vision
- Howie Choset – American roboticist specializing in snake robots and motion planning
- Henrik I. Christensen – Danish-American roboticist specializing in autonomous systems
- Elizabeth Croft – Canadian roboticist specializing in human-robot interaction
D
[edit]- Raffaello D'Andrea – roboticist known for autonomous drones and co-founding Kiva Systems
- George Devol (1912–2011) – American inventor who developed the first programmable industrial robot
- Ernst Dickmanns – German roboticist and pioneer of autonomous vehicles
- Rüdiger Dillmann – German roboticist specializing in humanoid and service robots
E
[edit]- Magnus Egerstedt – Swedish-American roboticist specializing in multi-robot systems
- Joseph Engelberger (1925–2015) – American engineer known as the father of robotics
- Ryan M. Eustice – American roboticist specializing in autonomous vehicles
F
[edit]- Chelsea Finn – American roboticist specializing in robot learning
- Peer Fischer – German roboticist specializing in micro and nanorobotics
- Dario Floreano – Italian-Swiss roboticist specializing in evolutionary robotics
- Dieter Fox – German-American roboticist specializing in robot perception and navigation
- Masakatsu Fujie – Japanese roboticist specializing in medical robotics
G
[edit]- Elena García Armada – Spanish roboticist known for developing robotic exoskeletons
- Maria L. Gini – Italian-American roboticist specializing in multi-agent systems
- Raymond Goertz (1915–1970) – American engineer and pioneer of remotely operated robotic manipulators
- Ken Goldberg – American roboticist specializing in robot manipulation and automation
- Helen Greiner – American roboticist and co-founder of iRobot
H
[edit]- David Hanson – American roboticist and founder of Hanson Robotics
- Sabine Hauert – Swiss-British roboticist specializing in swarm robotics
- Vincent Hayward – French-Canadian roboticist specializing in haptics
- Shigeo Hirose – Japanese roboticist known for developing snake and walking robots
- Jessica Hodgins – American roboticist specializing in humanoid motion
- John M. Hollerbach – American roboticist specializing in robot control and haptics
- Dennis Hong – Korean-American roboticist specializing in humanoid and mobile robots
- Ayanna Howard – American roboticist specializing in artificial intelligence and assistive robotics
- Seth A. Hutchinson – roboticist specializing in robot planning, sensing, and control
I
[edit]- Grant Imahara (1970–2020) – American engineer and roboticist
- Takashi Ikegami – Japanese researcher specializing in artificial life and robotics
- Seiuemon Inaba (1925–2020) – Japanese roboticist and industrial automation pioneer
- Hiroshi Ishiguro – Japanese roboticist known for developing humanoid androids
J
[edit]- Wendy Ju – American roboticist specializing in human-robot interaction
K
[edit]- Leslie P. Kaelbling – American roboticist specializing in artificial intelligence and robot learning
- Takeo Kanade – Japanese roboticist specializing in computer vision and autonomous systems
- Homayoon Kazerooni – Iranian-American roboticist known for developing robotic exoskeletons
- Oussama Khatib – Syrian-American roboticist specializing in robot control
- Danica Kragic – Swedish roboticist specializing in computer vision and robot manipulation
- Katherine Kuchenbecker – American roboticist specializing in haptics
- James J. Kuffner Jr. – American roboticist known for motion planning and autonomous vehicles
- Vijay Kumar – roboticist specializing in multi-robot systems and autonomous vehicles
L
[edit]- Cecilia Laschi – Italian roboticist specializing in soft robotics
- Jean-Claude Latombe – French-American roboticist specializing in robot motion planning
- Jean-Paul Laumond (1953–2021) – French roboticist specializing in robot motion planning
- Steven M. LaValle – American roboticist specializing in motion planning
- John J. Leonard – American roboticist specializing in autonomous navigation
- Hod Lipson – Israeli-American roboticist specializing in self-reconfiguring and autonomous robots
- Tomás Lozano-Pérez – Spanish-American roboticist specializing in robot motion planning
M
[edit]- Matthew T. Mason – American roboticist specializing in robot manipulation
- Maja Matarić – Serbian-American roboticist specializing in socially assistive robotics
- Yoky Matsuoka – Japanese-American roboticist specializing in neurobotics
- James McLurkin – American roboticist specializing in swarm robotics
- Catherine Mohr – American roboticist specializing in surgical robotics
- Hans Moravec – Canadian roboticist and artificial intelligence researcher
- Masahiro Mori – Japanese roboticist known for proposing the uncanny valley
- Robin Murphy – American roboticist specializing in disaster robotics
N
[edit]- Radhika Nagpal – Indian-American roboticist specializing in swarm robotics
- Bradley Nelson – American-Swiss roboticist specializing in micro- and nanorobotics
- Stefano Nolfi – Italian roboticist specializing in evolutionary robotics
O
[edit]- Mark Overmars – Dutch roboticist and computer scientist
P
[edit]- Jamie Paik – Canadian-Swiss roboticist specializing in reconfigurable and soft robots
- Nancy Pollard – American roboticist specializing in robot manipulation
- Domenico Prattichizzo – Italian roboticist specializing in haptics and robotic manipulation
R
[edit]- Marc Raibert – American roboticist and founder of Boston Dynamics
- Alexander Reben – American roboticist and artist
- Raj Reddy – Indian-American computer scientist and robotics researcher
- Carol E. Reiley – American roboticist specializing in medical and autonomous robotics
- Daniela Rus – Romanian-American roboticist specializing in distributed and autonomous robots
S
[edit]- Davide Scaramuzza – Italian-Swiss roboticist specializing in autonomous drones
- Stefan Schaal – German-American roboticist specializing in robot learning
- Victor Scheinman (1942–2016) – American roboticist who developed the Stanford arm
- Angela Schoellig – German-Canadian roboticist specializing in autonomous systems
- Metin Sitti – Turkish roboticist specializing in miniature and bio-inspired robots
- Mark W. Spong – American roboticist specializing in robot control
- Maarten Steinbuch – Dutch roboticist and control engineer
- Cynthia Sung – American roboticist specializing in computational robot design
- Katia Sycara – Greek-American roboticist specializing in multi-agent and autonomous systems
T
[edit]- Leila Takayama – American roboticist specializing in human-robot interaction
- Tomotaka Takahashi – Japanese roboticist known for designing humanoid robots
- Xiaobo Tan – Chinese-American roboticist specializing in bio-inspired robotics
- Andrea L. Thomaz – American roboticist specializing in human-robot interaction
- Mark Tilden – Canadian roboticist known for developing biomorphic robots
- Rajko Tomović (1919–2001) – Serbian roboticist known for developing robotic hands
- Sebastian Thrun – German-American roboticist and pioneer of autonomous vehicles
V
[edit]- Manuela M. Veloso – Portuguese-American roboticist specializing in autonomous and multi-robot systems
W
[edit]- William Grey Walter (1910–1977) – American-British roboticist who developed early autonomous robots
- Barbara Webb – British roboticist specializing in biologically inspired robotics
- Red Whittaker – American roboticist known for autonomous vehicles and field robotics
- Robert Wood – American roboticist specializing in miniature and bio-inspired robots
Y
[edit]- Holly Yanco – American roboticist specializing in human-robot interaction
See also
[edit]- American roboticists
- Physical artificial intelligence
- Lists of engineers
- List of robots
- List of robotic dogs
- List of robotics companies
- List of robotics laboratories
- List of emerging technologies
- List of robotics software
