Bradley Nelson

Brad Nelson (born 16 May 1962) is a roboticist and entrepreneur. He has been the Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems^[1] at ETH Zurich since 2002 and is known for his research in micro robotics, nano robotics, and medical robotics. He is a co-founder of Femtotools AG, Aeon Scientific AG, OphthoRobotics AG, Magnes AG, and MagnebotiX AG.

Education

• Ph.D. in Robotics (Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science), Carnegie Mellon University, 1995
• M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1987
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University Honors/Bronze Tablet, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1984

Honors and awards

Professor Nelson has over thirty years of experience in the field of robotics and has received a number of awards for his work in robotics, nanotechnology and biomedicine. His research group has won more than a dozen best paper awards at various international conferences and in international journals.

• 2016 European Research Council Advanced Grant
• 2015 T-ASE Best New Application Paper Award, IEEE CASE
• 2014 First Place: Mobile Robot Challenge Award, ICRA
• 2014 Best Medical Robotics Paper Award, ICRA
• 2013 Journal of Laboratory Automation Ten Award, JALA Ten
• 2012 Guinness Book of World Records for "Most Advanced Mini Robot for Medical Use."
• 2011 European Research Council Advanced Grant
• 2011 IEEE Fellow
• 2010 ASME Fellow
• 2009 First Place: RoboCup Nanogram Soccer
• 2007 First Place: RoboCup Nanogram Soccer
• 2005 Named to the "Scientific American 50" Scientific American

See also

• Raffaello D'Andrea
• Roland Siegwart
• Vijay Kumar (roboticist)

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