This is a list of roboticists, noted for their contributions to the field of robotics.
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A Pieter Abbeel – Belgian-American roboticist specializing in robot learning and artificial intelligence Alice Agogino – American engineer and roboticist James S. Albus (1935–2011) – American roboticist known for intelligent control systems Colin Angle – American roboticist and co-founder of iRobot Ronald C. Arkin – American roboticist specializing in autonomous robots Christopher G. Atkeson – American roboticist specializing in humanoid robotics
B Ruzena Bajcsy – Slovak-American roboticist specializing in computer vision and robotics Timothy D. Barfoot – Canadian roboticist specializing in autonomous navigation Kira Barton – American roboticist specializing in advanced manufacturing George A. Bekey (1928–2017) – American roboticist and researcher in autonomous systems Maren Bennewitz – German roboticist specializing in mobile robots Sarah Bergbreiter – American roboticist specializing in miniature robots Carlotta Berry – American roboticist and engineering educator Antonio Bicchi – Italian roboticist specializing in robot manipulation Aude Billard – Swiss roboticist specializing in robot learning Trevor Blackwell – Canadian-American roboticist and developer of humanoid robots Cynthia Breazeal – American roboticist and pioneer of social robotics Alberto Broggi – Italian roboticist specializing in autonomous vehicles Rodney Brooks – Australian roboticist and co-founder of iRobot and Rethink Robotics Wolfram Burgard – German roboticist specializing in autonomous mobile robots Jessica Burgner-Kahrs – German-Canadian roboticist specializing in continuum robots
C Raja Chatila – French roboticist specializing in autonomous and intelligent robots Marita Cheng – Australian roboticist and founder of Aubot Gregory S. Chirikjian – American roboticist specializing in robot motion and control Margarita Chli – Cypriot roboticist specializing in robot vision Howie Choset – American roboticist specializing in snake robots and motion planning Henrik I. Christensen – Danish-American roboticist specializing in autonomous systems Elizabeth Croft – Canadian roboticist specializing in human-robot interaction
D Raffaello D'Andrea – roboticist known for autonomous drones and co-founding Kiva Systems George Devol (1912–2011) – American inventor who developed the first programmable industrial robot Ernst Dickmanns – German roboticist and pioneer of autonomous vehicles Rüdiger Dillmann – German roboticist specializing in humanoid and service robots
E Magnus Egerstedt – Swedish-American roboticist specializing in multi-robot systems Joseph Engelberger (1925–2015) – American engineer known as the father of robotics Ryan M. Eustice – American roboticist specializing in autonomous vehicles
F Chelsea Finn – American roboticist specializing in robot learning Peer Fischer – German roboticist specializing in micro and nanorobotics Dario Floreano – Italian-Swiss roboticist specializing in evolutionary robotics Dieter Fox – German-American roboticist specializing in robot perception and navigation Masakatsu Fujie – Japanese roboticist specializing in medical robotics
G Elena García Armada – Spanish roboticist known for developing robotic exoskeletons Maria L. Gini – Italian-American roboticist specializing in multi-agent systems Raymond Goertz (1915–1970) – American engineer and pioneer of remotely operated robotic manipulators Ken Goldberg – American roboticist specializing in robot manipulation and automation Helen Greiner – American roboticist and co-founder of iRobot
H David Hanson – American roboticist and founder of Hanson Robotics Sabine Hauert – Swiss-British roboticist specializing in swarm robotics Vincent Hayward – French-Canadian roboticist specializing in haptics Shigeo Hirose – Japanese roboticist known for developing snake and walking robots Jessica Hodgins – American roboticist specializing in humanoid motion John M. Hollerbach – American roboticist specializing in robot control and haptics Dennis Hong – Korean-American roboticist specializing in humanoid and mobile robots Ayanna Howard – American roboticist specializing in artificial intelligence and assistive robotics Seth A. Hutchinson – roboticist specializing in robot planning, sensing, and control
I Grant Imahara (1970–2020) – American engineer and roboticist Takashi Ikegami – Japanese researcher specializing in artificial life and robotics Seiuemon Inaba (1925–2020) – Japanese roboticist and industrial automation pioneer Hiroshi Ishiguro – Japanese roboticist known for developing humanoid androids
J Wendy Ju – American roboticist specializing in human-robot interaction
K Leslie P. Kaelbling – American roboticist specializing in artificial intelligence and robot learning Takeo Kanade – Japanese roboticist specializing in computer vision and autonomous systems Homayoon Kazerooni – Iranian-American roboticist known for developing robotic exoskeletons Oussama Khatib – Syrian-American roboticist specializing in robot control Danica Kragic – Swedish roboticist specializing in computer vision and robot manipulation Katherine Kuchenbecker – American roboticist specializing in haptics James J. Kuffner Jr. – American roboticist known for motion planning and autonomous vehicles Vijay Kumar – roboticist specializing in multi-robot systems and autonomous vehicles
L Cecilia Laschi – Italian roboticist specializing in soft robotics Jean-Claude Latombe – French-American roboticist specializing in robot motion planning Jean-Paul Laumond (1953–2021) – French roboticist specializing in robot motion planning Steven M. LaValle – American roboticist specializing in motion planning John J. Leonard – American roboticist specializing in autonomous navigation Hod Lipson – Israeli-American roboticist specializing in self-reconfiguring and autonomous robots Tomás Lozano-Pérez – Spanish-American roboticist specializing in robot motion planning
M Matthew T. Mason – American roboticist specializing in robot manipulation Maja Matarić – Serbian-American roboticist specializing in socially assistive robotics Yoky Matsuoka – Japanese-American roboticist specializing in neurobotics James McLurkin – American roboticist specializing in swarm robotics Catherine Mohr – American roboticist specializing in surgical robotics Hans Moravec – Canadian roboticist and artificial intelligence researcher Masahiro Mori – Japanese roboticist known for proposing the uncanny valley Robin Murphy – American roboticist specializing in disaster robotics
N Radhika Nagpal – Indian-American roboticist specializing in swarm robotics Bradley Nelson – American-Swiss roboticist specializing in micro- and nanorobotics Stefano Nolfi – Italian roboticist specializing in evolutionary robotics
O Mark Overmars – Dutch roboticist and computer scientist
P Jamie Paik – Canadian-Swiss roboticist specializing in reconfigurable and soft robots Nancy Pollard – American roboticist specializing in robot manipulation Domenico Prattichizzo – Italian roboticist specializing in haptics and robotic manipulation
R Marc Raibert – American roboticist and founder of Boston Dynamics Alexander Reben – American roboticist and artist Raj Reddy – Indian-American computer scientist and robotics researcher Carol E. Reiley – American roboticist specializing in medical and autonomous robotics Daniela Rus – Romanian-American roboticist specializing in distributed and autonomous robots
S Davide Scaramuzza – Italian-Swiss roboticist specializing in autonomous drones Stefan Schaal – German-American roboticist specializing in robot learning Victor Scheinman (1942–2016) – American roboticist who developed the Stanford arm Angela Schoellig – German-Canadian roboticist specializing in autonomous systems Metin Sitti – Turkish roboticist specializing in miniature and bio-inspired robots Mark W. Spong – American roboticist specializing in robot control Maarten Steinbuch – Dutch roboticist and control engineer Cynthia Sung – American roboticist specializing in computational robot design Katia Sycara – Greek-American roboticist specializing in multi-agent and autonomous systems
T Leila Takayama – American roboticist specializing in human-robot interaction Tomotaka Takahashi – Japanese roboticist known for designing humanoid robots Xiaobo Tan – Chinese-American roboticist specializing in bio-inspired robotics Andrea L. Thomaz – American roboticist specializing in human-robot interaction Mark Tilden – Canadian roboticist known for developing biomorphic robots Rajko Tomović (1919–2001) – Serbian roboticist known for developing robotic hands Sebastian Thrun – German-American roboticist and pioneer of autonomous vehicles
V Manuela M. Veloso – Portuguese-American roboticist specializing in autonomous and multi-robot systems
W William Grey Walter (1910–1977) – American-British roboticist who developed early autonomous robots Barbara Webb – British roboticist specializing in biologically inspired robotics Red Whittaker – American roboticist known for autonomous vehicles and field robotics Robert Wood – American roboticist specializing in miniature and bio-inspired robots
Y Holly Yanco – American roboticist specializing in human-robot interaction
See also American roboticists Physical artificial intelligence Lists of engineers List of robots List of robotic dogs List of robotics companies List of robotics laboratories List of robotics occupations List of emerging technologies List of robotics software