Dieter Fox
German roboticist
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Dieter Fox is a German-American roboticist and a Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle. He received his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Bonn in 1998 on mobile robot localization and navigation.[1] He is most notable for his contributions to several fields including robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and ubiquitous computing. Together with Wolfram Burgard and Sebastian Thrun he is a co-author of the book Probabilistic Robotics.[2] He was elected an AAAI Fellow in 2011.[3] He was previously the Senior Director of Robotics Research at Nvidia.[4] In July 2025, he joined the Allen Institute for AI, where he leads a new robotics effort aimed at advancing real-world robots using foundation models and simulation.[5]
Dieter Fox | |
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Fox in 2012 | |
| Born | 1966 (age 59–60) |
| Alma mater | University of Bonn |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Robotics |
| Institutions | University of Washington, Seattle |
| Doctoral advisor | Armin B. Cremers |
| Doctoral students | Donald J. Patterson |