Andreas Ziegler

Andreas Ziegler

PhD Candidate in Robotics & Computer Vision

Cognitive Systems Group @ University of Tübingen

Sony AI

Biography

I’m currently doing a PhD internship at Prophesee, supervised by Amos Sironi.

I am a PhD candidate at the Cognitive Systems Group at the University of Tübingen in collaboration with Sony AI Zürich.

I am passioned about a mix of robotics and computer vision research and industrial/commercial applications. My vision is to develop novel algorithms and make them work on real robots.

Before I started my PhD studies, I worked as a Robotics Engineer for a few years. Previously, I was a Research Assistant at the Robotics and Perception Group continuing the project of my Master thesis. Before that, I was a Research Associate Intern at Disney Research Zurich. I have done my Master thesis at the Robotics and Perception Group, was a Computer Vision & Robotics intern at Pix4D while I was a master student at D-ITET at ETH Zurich focusing on Computer Vision, Robotics and Machine Learning. Before my master studies, I worked at the Research in Orthopedic Computer Science (ROCS) and at the Institute of Biomechanics after I completed my BSc in Electrical Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland (FHO).

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Interests
  • Robotics
  • (Event-based) Computer Vision
  • Machine/Deep Learning
Education
  • PhD in Robotics & Computer Vision, 2021-present

    University of Tübingen & Sony AI

  • MSc in Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, 2018

    ETH Zürich

  • BSc in Electrical Engineering, 2013

    University of Applied Science Eastern Switzerland

Teaching

If you have other project ideas for a BSc or MSc thesis in the area of my research interests, please drop me an email. I’m more than happy to discuss such topics with you and supervise interesting projects. You can get the unique opportunity to work with a real robot system and event-based cameras which are still quite scarce among research groups.

Recent Posts

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
University of Tübingen
PhD candidate in Robotics and Computer Vision
Jun 2021 – Present Tübingen, Germany
Working on Event-based computer vision for fast robot control in collaboration with Sony AI Zürich
 
 
 
 
 
MT Robot AG
Robotics Engineer
MT Robot AG
Sep 2018 – May 2021 Zwingen, Switzerland
  • Development of a computer vision based safety field intrusion detection system
  • Improvement of a multi robot collision avoidance system
  • Development and maintenance of software for automated guided vehicle (AGVs), including topics such as multi sensor fusion, mapping, path planning, (multi robot) obstacle avoidance, etc.
  • Deputy Scrum Master
 
 
 
 
 
Robotics and Perception Group, University of Zurich
Research Assistant
Jun 2018 – Aug 2020 Zurich
Research on mapping for exploration
 
 
 
 
 
Disney Research Zurich
Research Associate Intern
Apr 2018 – May 2018 Zurich
Worked on localization and sensor fusion for a UAV
 
 
 
 
 
Pix4D SA
Computer Vision & Robotics Research Intern
Mar 2017 – Aug 2017 Lausanne
  • Worked on indoor navigation for UAVs
  • Implementation of a filtering method for a robust target detection
  • Participation on an indoor mapping project with an industrial partner
  • Investigation of barcode localization and detection algorithms for automatic inventory
  • Participation on a development of a target detection library for radiometric corrections
  • Worked on various computer vision applications (Barcode localization/detection, 3D reconstruction, Camera calibration)
 
 
 
 
 
Accelerom AG
Software Engineer & System Administrator
Aug 2015 – Jun 2018 Zurich
  • Extended and modified a Web-Tool
  • Administration of the Linux Server Architecture
 
 
 
 
 
Research Assistant
Jan 2014 – Aug 2015 Zurich
  • Developed and implemented a new stretcher system
  • Extended and adapted a microscope control software
 
 
 
 
 
Research Assistant (Civil service)
Nov 2013 – Feb 2014 Zurich
  • Implementation of segmentation algorithms
  • Implementation of new features in existing software
 
 
 
 
 
Research Assistant (Civil service)
Aug 2013 – Oct 2013 Zurich
  • Extended and adapted a microscope control software
  • Developed and implemented a stretcher control software
 
 
 
 
 
Computer Scince Interen
ERPSourcing AG
Aug 2008 – Feb 2009 Wallisellen
  • Install and maintain new hardware
  • Install, repair and maintain Notebooks, Windows Workstations and Server
  • First and second level support for Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Vista and Microsoft Office
  • Install and maintain printer and print server
  • Customer support
 
 
 
 
 
Hch. Kündig & Cie. AG
Electronics Engineer Apprentice
Aug 2004 – Aug 2008 Rüti ZH
  • Creating Schema and Layout for PCB’s
  • Programming Software in C for Micro Controller with RS and CAN Systems
  • Repair of PCB’s
  • Creating documentations for the production

Accomplish­ments

The first robotics and AI MOOC with scale-model self-driving cars. Learn state-of-the-art autonomy with your own real robot (Duckiebot).
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Become a Machine Learning expert. Master the fundamentals of deep learning and break into AI.
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Basic concepts and algorithms for locomotion, perception, and intelligent navigation.
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