Luca Ebner

As a visiting researcher at the Australian Centre for Field Robotics, University of Sydney, I've conducted my Master's Thesis on the topic "Metrically Scaled Monocular Depth Estimation through Sparse Priors for Underwater Robots" (see Projects section). The work was then continued and submitted to ICRA 2024 (currently in review).

As an incubator team at ABB AG, Munich it was our job to develop a demonstration system for mobile manipulation robotics. Using autonomous navigation, object detection, depth sensing and behavior tree techniques I have worked on the whole software stack of the system.

At Tinamu Labs I gained great insight into the workflows of agile startup environments. Working on the core components of the system, I co-developed the autonomous navigation method and behavior logic. Furthermore, I designed several prototypes for experimental configurations to cope with delivery shortages during the Covid-19 pandemic.

As a Research Assistant at the Robotic Systems Lab (RSL), I collaborated with PhD candidates in their research.

Teaching weekly courses on the principles of mechanics and thermodynamics.

To share my hobby as a drone pilot with others, I've initiated a workshop in collaboration with the Student Project House at ETH Zürich. In the workshops I taught a group of students how they can build, program and fly their own drone.

Together with a team of 13 people we've set out to develop a partially autonomous construction robot in collaboration with the Swiss Space Center and the European Space Agency at the Robotics Systems Lab, ETH Zürich. As one of the leading roles I was involved in large parts of the highlevel software stack and was responsible for the design of three out of six joints in the system's main component - a lightweight hydraulic arm with interchangeable toolset.