Christian Gehring
Senior Director Of Robotics at ANYbotics
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolChristian Gehring is a robotics technology leader with 11 years of experience advancing legged mobile robots from lab prototypes to commercial autonomous platforms at ANYbotics. Holding a PhD-level research background from ETH Zürich, he has progressed through hands-on roles — from research and engineering to CTO and now Head of Advanced Technology — blending deep academic expertise with product-focused delivery. He specializes in autonomy for unstructured environments, driving the engineering roadmap for four-legged robots that operate outside factory settings. Known for bridging rigorous research and practical deployment, he oversees systems that meet demanding mobility requirements while scaling for real-world inspections and services. Based in Zurich, he combines mechanical engineering roots with systems-level software and control insight, a mix that is uncommon among industry executives.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Mechanical Engineering at ETH Zürich
German, English, French
Github Skills (35)
gazebosim10
kinematics10
dynamics10
urdf10
robotics9
robot9
gazebo-simulator9
robotics-simulation8
eigen8
solver8
occupancy-grid-map7
architecture7
ignition7
rviz7
slam-algorithms7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ethz-asl/hri-safe-remote-control-system
Apr 2015 - Dec 2016
Contributions:3 PRs, 4 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 8 months
driversremote-controlhricontrol-systemsafe
ethz-asl/libcanplusplus
Oct 2015 - Apr 2017
Contributions:5 PRs, 10 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 6 months
emslaboratoryindependentsimulationpci
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