Stefan Leutenegger
Associate Professor
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolStefan Leutenegger is an experienced robotics researcher and entrepreneur with 13 years at the intersection of academic leadership and product-focused SLAM technology. Currently Associate Professor of Mobile Robotics at ETH Zurich and co-founder of SLAMcore, he blends deep academic credentials (PhD from ETH Zürich) with real-world commercialization of mapping and localization systems. His career includes senior academic roles at Imperial College London and TUM, plus early research stints at Willow Garage and NASA Ames that seeded practical, system-level insights. Known for translating theoretical SLAM advances into deployable solutions, he bridges lab rigor and engineering pragmatism to drive robotics closer to reliable real-world autonomy.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Matura, Matura at Kantonsschule Rychenberg WinterthurDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering at ETH Zürich
English, German, French, Italian
Github Skills (21)
keyframe10
deep-learning10
computer-vision10
robotics9
brisk9
ros8
kotlin7
android6
java6
robot5
sourceforge5
simulator2
simulation2
low-level1
sac1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ethz-asl/okvis
Feb 2016 - Aug 2021
OKVIS: Open Keyframe-based Visual-Inertial SLAM.
Contributions:20 commits, 5 PRs, 9 pushes in 5 years 7 months
deep-learningkeyframevisual-inertialcomputer-visioninertial
sleutenegger/ardronelib
Dec 2018 - Oct 2023
Modified ARDroneLib
Contributions:2 PRs, 10 pushes in 4 years 10 months
pythonazerothcoreaspectstclmodified
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