Markus Fischer
Robotics Professor | The Future of Automation & AI
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Markus Fischer is a leading expert on robotics and artificial intelligence. As a Professor of Robotics at the prestigious Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, he has pioneered cutting-edge research in areas like machine learning, computer vision, and autonomous systems.
Fischer's work has been featured in top scientific journals and he is a frequent speaker at global technology conferences. His keynotes offer audiences an insider's look at how rapid advances in AI and automation will transform industries, the workforce, and society in the decades ahead.
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A robot that flies like a bird
Plenty of robots can fly -- but none can fly like a real bird. That is, until Markus Fischer and his team at Festo built SmartBird, a large, lightweight robot, modeled on a seagull, that flies by flapping its wings. A soaring demo fresh from TEDGlobal 2011.
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