Lars Johannsmeier

Lars is a senior research scientist at the Seattle Robotics Lab. He obtained his PhD from the Technical University Munich under the supervision of Prof. Sami Haddadin. Before joining NVIDIA, he was the head of the AI department at Franka Robotics GmbH, the creator of the most popular research robot worldwide. His research at NVIDIA focuses on two main aspects: how to design intelligent robotic systems that are deployable in the real world and how to model manipulation such that robots can solve complex tasks with similar performance and robustness as humans.