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Bradley Nelson

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Bradley J. Nelson
Born (1962-05-16) 16 May 1962 (age 62)
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipSwitzerland, United States of America
Alma materCarnegie Mellon University
Scientific career
FieldsRobotics
InstitutionsETH Zurich
Websitemsrl.ethz.ch

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

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

References

  1. ^ "Prof. Dr. Bradley J. Nelson". Multi-Scale Robotics Lab.

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