Dr. Roland Siegwart is a Professor of Autonomous Systems at ETH Zurich and Founding Co-​Director of Wyss Zurich. From January 2010 to December 2014, he served as Vice President, Research and Corporate Relations on the ETH Executive Board. He is a member of the boards of various companies, including Komax and NZZ. He received his Diploma in Mechanical Engineering in 1983 and his Doctoral Degree in 1989, from ETH Zurich. He developed a spin-​off company, spent ten years as professor at EPFL Lausanne, and has held visiting positions at Stanford University and NASA Ames.