Roland Siegwart's guest appearances

Roland Siegwart

Robohub Podcast

Talking Robots - The Podcast on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

Swisspreneur Show

Soft Robotics Podcast

The Logistics Tribe

Rodney Brooks

Dario Floreano

Rolf Pfeifer

Davide Scaramuzza

Eric Diller

Hiroshi Ishiguro

Hugh Herr

Jean-Christophe Zufferey

Maja Matarić

Auke Ijspeert

Francesco Mondada

Metin Sitti

Ayanna Howard

Peter Corke

Brad Nelson

OwlTail

Timestamps: 3:43 - What makes ETH special 8:13 - Commercializing research at ETH 13:03 - Switzerland sells itself short 15:31 - Making Switzerland more startup 19:17 - Where our ecosystem is going  About Roland Siegwart Roland Siegwart is a professor of Autonomous Systems at ETH Zurich and board member for Sevensense Robotics, NZZ, Komax and Evatec. He has been a visiting scientist at both EPFL and Stanford, and holds a PhD in Mechatronics from ETH Zurich. Roland’s original ambition was to become an entrepreneur; however, he does not regret having become a professor instead, since teaching at ETH Zurich has allowed him to help and watch grow a vast number of startups. Roland attributes ETH Zurich’s prominent role in the Swiss startup scene to the very clever students that it successfully attracts, and he suggests that if we want to further motivate students to become entrepreneurs, we should first and foremost offer them role models. He also would like to see ETH Zurich collaborate more with business-focused schools like HSG, so that the expertise of tech and business leads can be brought together. Roland is not of the opinion that every Swiss startup needs to scale massively. However, if scaling massively is the goal, then two things are needed:  Founders must change their Swiss mentality and relinquish the desire of staying in control. Switzerland shouldn’t necessarily mimic Silicon Valley, but it needs to be faster to get bigger, and there is a lot of outstanding tech for us to do this. More financial support is naturally required.   Memorable Quotes: "If you want to build a perfect product, you’ll never be on the market." "In order to motivate students to become entrepreneurs, we need to give them role models.  And we have to create a stronger link between established companies and startups."  If you would like to listen to the first three episodes in our Startup Days co-production, check out our conversations with Laura Matter, Olivier Laplace and Lars Mangelsdorf. Don’t forget to give us a follow on our Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Linkedin accounts, so you can always stay up to date with our latest initiatives. That way, there’s no excuse for missing out on live shows, weekly give-aways or founders dinners!

Timestamps: 3:43 - What makes ETH special 8:13 - Commercializing research at ETH 13:03 - Switzerland sells itself short 15:31 - Making Switzerland more startup 19:17 - Where our ecosystem is going About Roland Siegwart <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/roland-siegwart-85466912/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Roland Siegwart</a> is a professor of Autonomous Systems at <a href="https://ethz.ch/en.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ETH Zurich</a> and board member for Sevensense Robotics, NZZ, Komax and Evatec. He has been a visiting scientist at both EPFL and Stanford, and holds a PhD in Mechatronics from ETH Zurich. Roland’s original ambition was to become an entrepreneur; however, he does not regret having become a professor instead, since teaching at ETH Zurich has allowed him to help and watch grow a vast number of startups. Roland attributes ETH Zurich’s prominent role in the Swiss startup scene to the very clever students that it successfully attracts, and he suggests that if we want to further motivate students to become entrepreneurs, we should first and foremost offer them role models. He also would like to see ETH Zurich collaborate more with business-focused schools like HSG, so that the expertise of tech and business leads can be brought together. Roland is not of the opinion that every Swiss startup needs to scale massively. However, if scaling massively is the goal, then two things are needed: <ul> <li>Founders must change their Swiss mentality and relinquish the desire of staying in control. Switzerland shouldn’t necessarily mimic Silicon Valley, but it needs to be faster to get bigger, and there is a lot of outstanding tech for us to do this.</li> <li>More financial support is naturally required.</li> </ul> Memorable Quotes: "If you want to build a perfect product, you’ll never be on the market." "In order to motivate students to become entrepreneurs, we need to give them role models.  And we have to create a stronger link between established companies and startups." If you would like to listen to the first three episodes in our Startup Days co-production, check out our conversations with <a href="https://www.swisspreneur.org/podcast/laura-matter-ep233" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Laura Matter</a>, <a href="https://www.swisspreneur.org/podcast/olivier-laplace-ep235" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Olivier Laplace</a> and <a href="https://www.swisspreneur.org/podcast/lars-mangelsdorf-ep237" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lars Mangelsdorf</a>. Don’t forget to give us a follow on our <a href="https://twitter.com/swisspreneur" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/swisspreneur/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/swisspreneur" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/10531767/admin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linkedin</a> accounts, so you can always stay up to date with our latest initiatives. That way, there’s no excuse for missing out on live shows, weekly give-aways or founders dinners!

EP# 239 - Roland Siegwart: A Chat With An ETH Professor

A Thoughtful conversation with Prof. Roland Siegwart, one of the world's renowned experts in robotics, director of the Autonomous Systems Lab in Switzerland at the ETH Zurich Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems. He is a strong supporter of innovation and entrepreneurialism in Switzerland. ETH Zurich Professor of Autonomous Systems since July 2006 and Wyss Zurich Founding and Co-Director. He took office as Vice President Research and Corporate Relations in the Executive Board of the ETH from January 2010 until December 2014. He is a member of the various company board of directors including Komax and NZZ.

Robotics With Roland Siegwart

In this interview we talk to Roland Siegwart who is Full Professor at the Autonomous Systems Lab at the ETH Zurich. Based on his experience with the 18 robots he's created, he shares his know-how on autonomous robotics and the research which is being done on robot navigation/localization and mapping.

Talking Robots: Roland Siegwart - Autonomous Robots