Leadership Team
The Swiss Robotics Association is led by a team of distinguished professionals dedicated to advancing robotics, all working together to drive innovation, collaboration, and excellence in the field.
Professor Aude Billard
Vice President
Professor, LASA laboratory, EPFL & President-Elect – IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
Elodie Duliscouet
Board Member
Engineer at SBB CFF FFS
Professor Agathe Koller
Board Member
Head of Institute, ILT, Ostschweizer- fachhohschule
Professor Dr. Georg Rauter
Board Member
Head of Bio-Inspired RObots for MEDicine-Lab (BIROMED-Lab) at University of Basel
Dr. Anca Rusu
Managing Director
Programme manager, EPFL and Innovation Booster Robotics
Professor Roland Siegwart
Vice President
Professor of Autonomous Systems at ETH Zürich
Dr. Nicola Tomatis
President
CEO at BlueBotics
Professor Anna Valente
Board Member
Head of ARM Automation, Robots and Machines Lab – SUPSI-DTI-ISTePS
Sebastien Perroud
Board Member
Founder and Group CEO of IAR Group
Baptiste Busch
Board Member
CEO at AICA
Advisory Board
The Advisory Board consists of distinguished experts who provide strategic insights and guidance, helping the Swiss Robotics Association drive innovation, foster collaboration, and advance excellence in robotics across Switzerland.
Professor Dr. Christian Bermes
Head of Mobile Robotics at Fachhochschule Graubünden
Max Erick Busse-Grawitz
Technology Transfer Manager at maxon
Dr. Till Cramer
Head Corporate Research & Technology, Hilti
Professor Dr. Sarah Dégalier Rochat
Professor Dr. at Bernerfachhoschule
Dr. Hans-Peter Fässler
Chairman & Co-Founder, ANYbotics
Professor Dr. Alessandro Giusti
Professor of AI for Autonomous Robotics at the Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence, USI-SUPSI, Lugano
Marc Höpflinger
Director ‘Center for Robotics’ (SCDR) of Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS)
Professor Dr. Josie Hughes
Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Computational Robot Design & Fabrication Lab, EPFL
Professor Dr. Marco Hutter
Professor at Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zürich
Professor Dr. Michel Lauria
Professor at Hepia, Geneve School of Landscape, Engineering and Architecture
Professor Dr. Jamie Paik
Associate Professor, Director of Reconfigurable Robotics Laboratory, EPFL
Dr. Waldemar Rauch
Owner and Chairman of the Board, REHA STIM MEDTEC Group
Kevin Sartori
Co-founder at Auterion
Professor Dr. Stefan Weber
Chief Executive Officer at CAScination AG Professor Chair of Image Guide Therapies, University of Bern
Organization Team
The Advisory Board consists of distinguished experts who provide strategic insights and guidance, helping the Swiss Robotics Association drive innovation, foster collaboration, and advance excellence in robotics across Switzerland.
Dr. Anca Rusu
Managing Director
Programme manager, EPFL and Innovation Booster Robotics
Alexandru Alexe
Technology and Digital Operations
Owner at TAROS Web Services, Founder at ConferOS