Summary
Anwar Quraishi is a sensor fusion engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building reliable robots for challenging outdoor and GPS-denied environments, currently applying his expertise at Fixposition AG in Lausanne. He holds a PhD from EPFL focused on mechatronics, robotics and distributed multi-robot systems, and his research bridges advanced underwater robotics, localization, mapping, vision and machine learning. Comfortable across hardware and software, he has a track record of turning academic research into robust embedded and field-ready systems. Previously he contributed to robotics simulation and immersive HRI at Cyberbotics and improved commercial video-conferencing products at Polycom, showing a rare mix of research depth and product-focused engineering. Anwar’s background in both mechanical engineering and computer science enables him to design solutions that are as practical in the lab as they are resilient in the field.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange Master Student, Robotics, Exchange Master Student, Robotics at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering with Minor in Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering with Minor in Computer Science at Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
Master’s Degree, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Master’s Degree, Robotics and Autonomous Systems at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
English, Hindi, Urdu, French