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This is a list of roboticists, noted for their contributions to the field of robotics.

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  • Darwin Caldwell – British roboticist specializing in humanoid, haptic, and rehabilitation robotics
  • Raja Chatila – French-Syrian roboticist specializing in autonomous and intelligent robots
  • Marita Cheng – Australian roboticist and founder of Aubot
  • Christine Chevallereau – French roboticist specializing in bipedal locomotion and humanoid robots
  • 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
  • Reymond Clavel – Swiss roboticist known for inventing the Delta robot
  • Nikolaus Correll – German-American roboticist specializing in swarm robotics and robotic materials
  • Peter Corke – Australian roboticist specializing in robot vision and robotics software
  • Armin B. Cremers – German computer scientist whose research includes artificial intelligence and robotics
  • Elizabeth Croft – Canadian roboticist specializing in human-robot interaction
  • Catie Cuan – American roboticist and choreographer specializing in human-robot interaction
  • Leanne Cushing – American mechanical engineer and roboticist known for combat robotics

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  • Raffaello D'Andrea – roboticist known for autonomous drones and co-founding Kiva Systems
  • Frank Dellaert – Belgian-American roboticist specializing in robot perception, computer vision, and simultaneous localization and mapping
  • Jaydev P. Desai – Indian-American roboticist specializing in medical and surgical robotics
  • George Devol (1912–2011) – American inventor who developed the first programmable industrial robot
  • Ernst Dickmanns – German roboticist and pioneer of autonomous vehicles
  • Arsh Shah Dilbagi – Indian inventor and robotics researcher
  • Rüdiger Dillmann – German roboticist specializing in humanoid and service robots
  • Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte – Australian roboticist specializing in autonomous systems and sensor fusion

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  • 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

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  • Shane Farritor – American roboticist specializing in surgical and miniature robots
  • 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
  • Pat Fothergill (1936–2017) – British roboticist and pioneer of robot control languages
  • Dieter Fox – German-American roboticist specializing in robot perception and navigation
  • Udo Frese – German roboticist specializing in robot navigation and simultaneous localization and mapping
  • Masakatsu Fujie – Japanese roboticist specializing in medical robotics

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  • Elena García Armada – Spanish roboticist known for developing robotic exoskeletons
  • Ryan Gariepy – Canadian robotics engineer and co-founder of Clearpath Robotics
  • Simone Giertz – Swedish inventor and robotics creator known for building unconventional robots
  • 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
  • Steve Grand – British roboticist and computer scientist known for artificial life and humanoid robotics
  • Robert D. Gregg – American roboticist specializing in wearable robots and locomotion control
  • Helen Greiner – American roboticist and co-founder of iRobot
  • Roderic Grupen – American roboticist specializing in autonomous and dexterous robots
  • André Guignard – Swiss roboticist known for the development of mobile robots

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  • Ernest Lenard Hall – American robotic engineer specializing in intelligent robots and computer vision
  • 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
  • Hugh Herr – American roboticist specializing in biomechatronics and robotic prostheses
  • Gerd Hirzinger – German roboticist known for space robotics and lightweight robot arms
  • 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

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  • Takashi Ikegami – Japanese researcher specializing in artificial life and robotics
  • Grant Imahara (1970–2020) – American engineer and roboticist
  • Seiuemon Inaba (1925–2020) – Japanese roboticist and industrial automation pioneer
  • Hiroshi Ishiguro – Japanese roboticist known for developing humanoid androids
  • Serena Ivaldi – Italian roboticist specializing in humanoid robotics and human-robot interaction

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  • Ali Jadbabaie – Iranian-American systems scientist known for research on multi-robot coordination
  • Stephen Jacobsen – American engineer and roboticist known for robotic and exoskeleton systems
  • Matthew Johnson-Roberson – American roboticist specializing in autonomous systems and robot perception
  • Wendy Ju – American roboticist specializing in human-robot interaction

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  • Leslie P. Kaelbling – American roboticist specializing in artificial intelligence and robot learning
  • Takeo Kanade – Japanese roboticist specializing in computer vision and autonomous systems
  • Robert Katzschmann – German roboticist specializing in soft robotics
  • Homayoon Kazerooni – Iranian-American roboticist known for developing robotic exoskeletons
  • Oussama Khatib – Syrian-American roboticist specializing in robot control
  • Sven Koenig – German-American roboticist specializing in artificial intelligence and robot planning
  • 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
  • Hanna Kurniawati – Indonesian-Australian roboticist specializing in robot planning under uncertainty

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  • Cecilia Laschi – Italian roboticist specializing in soft robotics
  • Corinna E. Lathan – American engineer and roboticist specializing in human-machine interaction
  • Jean-Claude Latombe – French-American roboticist specializing in robot motion planning
  • Jean-Paul Laumond (1953–2021) – French roboticist specializing in robot motion planning
  • Claude Laurgeau – French roboticist specializing in intelligent vehicles and automation
  • Steven M. LaValle – American roboticist specializing in motion planning
  • Dave Lavery – American roboticist known for work on planetary and space robotics
  • Jade Le Maître – French robotics engineer and science communicator
  • John J. Leonard – American roboticist specializing in autonomous navigation
  • Angelica Lim – Canadian roboticist specializing in social robotics and artificial intelligence
  • Hod Lipson – Israeli-American roboticist specializing in self-reconfiguring and autonomous robots
  • Tomás Lozano-Pérez – Spanish-American roboticist specializing in robot motion planning

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  • 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
  • Peter Nordin – Swedish computer scientist and roboticist known for evolutionary robotics

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  • Reza Olfati-Saber – Iranian-American engineer specializing in multi-agent and robotic systems
  • Edwin Olson – American roboticist specializing in autonomous vehicles and robot perception
  • Mark Overmars – Dutch roboticist and computer scientist

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  • Jamie Paik – Canadian-Swiss roboticist specializing in reconfigurable and soft robots
  • Maja Pantić – Serbian computer scientist whose research includes human-robot interaction
  • Rolf Pfeifer – Swiss roboticist and cognitive scientist known for embodied intelligence
  • Donald L. Pieper – American roboticist known for research on robot manipulator kinematics
  • François Pierrot – French roboticist known for developing parallel robots
  • Nancy Pollard – American roboticist specializing in robot manipulation
  • Robin Popplestone (1938–2004) – British computer scientist and pioneer of robot programming
  • Domenico Prattichizzo – Italian roboticist specializing in haptics and robotic manipulation

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  • Nic Radford – American roboticist known for humanoid and space robotics
  • Marc Raibert – American roboticist and founder of Boston Dynamics
  • Ragunathan Rajkumar – Indian-American engineer specializing in autonomous and cyber-physical systems
  • 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
  • Isabel Ribeiro – Portuguese roboticist specializing in mobile robotics and control
  • Jacob Rubinovitz – Israeli engineer specializing in industrial robotics and automation
  • Elliott J. Rouse – American roboticist specializing in wearable robotics and prostheses
  • Daniela Rus – Romanian-American roboticist specializing in distributed and autonomous robots

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  • John Kenneth Salisbury Jr. – American roboticist specializing in robot manipulation, teleoperation, and haptics
  • Shankar Sastry – Indian-American engineer specializing in robotics and control
  • Ashutosh Saxena – roboticist specializing in robot learning and perception
  • 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
  • Homayoun Seraji (1947–2007) – Iranian-American roboticist specializing in robot control and space robotics
  • Noel Sharkey – British computer scientist and roboticist known for robotics and robot ethics
  • Thomas B. Sheridan – American engineer known for research in telerobotics and human-machine systems
  • Roland Siegwart – Swiss roboticist specializing in autonomous mobile robots
  • David Silver – American roboticist specializing in autonomous mobile robots
  • 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
  • Hartmut Surmann – German roboticist specializing in mobile and rescue robots
  • Katia Sycara – Greek-American roboticist specializing in multi-agent and autonomous systems

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  • Tomotaka Takahashi – Japanese roboticist known for designing humanoid robots
  • Leila Takayama – American roboticist specializing in human-robot interaction
  • Seth Teller (1964–2014) – American computer scientist whose research included robotics, computer vision, and sensor networks
  • Andrea L. Thomaz – American roboticist specializing in human-robot interaction
  • Sebastian Thrun – German-American roboticist and pioneer of autonomous vehicles
  • Mark Tilden – Canadian roboticist known for developing biomorphic robots
  • Rajko Tomović (1919–2001) – Serbian roboticist known for developing robotic hands
  • Jocelyne Troccaz – French roboticist specializing in medical robotics and image-guided surgery

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  • Galip Ulsoy – Turkish-American engineer whose research includes robot and mechanical-system control
  • Umeda Mikio – Japanese roboticist specializing in agricultural and field robotics

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  • Hendrik Van Brussel – Belgian engineer specializing in robotics, mechatronics, and manufacturing automation
  • Manuela M. Veloso – Portuguese-American roboticist specializing in autonomous and multi-robot systems
  • Miomir Vukobratović (1931–2012) – Serbian roboticist and pioneer of humanoid locomotion

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  • William Grey Walter (1910–1977) – American-British roboticist who developed early autonomous robots
  • Wang Xingxing – Chinese roboticist and founder of Unitree Robotics
  • Kevin Warwick – British engineer and roboticist known for cybernetics and robotics
  • Barbara Webb – British roboticist specializing in biologically inspired robotics
  • Gil Weinberg – Israeli-American roboticist known for developing robotic musicians
  • Red Whittaker – American roboticist known for autonomous vehicles and field robotics
  • Mary-Anne Williams – Australian roboticist and artificial intelligence researcher specializing in cognitive robotics
  • Lisa Winter – American engineer and roboticist known for combat robotics
  • Helen Chan Wolf – American roboticist and computer scientist known for early artificial intelligence and robotics research
  • Robert Wood – American roboticist specializing in miniature and bio-inspired robots

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  • Yangsheng Xu – Chinese roboticist specializing in space robotics, service robotics, and intelligent systems

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  • Holly Yanco – American roboticist specializing in human-robot interaction

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  • Alex Zelinsky – Australian roboticist specializing in mobile robotics and computer vision
  • Zhang Libin – Chinese roboticist specializing in agricultural and industrial robotics

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