Zvi Shiller

President, Israeli Robotics Association (IROB), Israel

Prof. Shiller is the founder and head of the Department of Mechanical Engineeringand Mechatronics at Ariel University, the director of the Paslin Laboratory for Robotics andAutonomous Vehicles, and the founding Chair and President of the Israeli Robotics Association.Before joining Ariel University, he was the director of the Laboratory for Robotics and Automationof the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCLA. Professor Shiller'sresearch activities have focused on the navigation and optimal control of off-road and intelligentroad vehicles, and on assistive robotics.