Gilbert Tanner
Gilbert Tanner (2021)

Gilbert Tanner is a robotics researcher and currently is doing his Master in Robotics, Systems and Control at ETH Zürich. For his Bachelor he studied Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Klagenfurt where he also worked on multi-agent drone research. In high-school he studied Electronics and Computer Science at HTL Mössingerstraße. For his diploma project, he worked on ‘HASCY – HTLs Asfinag Safety Cat’, a rail-bound sledge for tunnel security created in cooperation with the ASFINAG and HTL Lastenstraße, which was turned into an industrial project after graduation.

Scientific awards include Jugend Innovative 2020/21 Category “Engineering I”, Innovation@School 2020/21, Bosch Technik fürs Leben-Preis 2021 Category “Mobility Solutions”, TÜV Austria Wissenschaftspreis 2021 Category “HTL-Abschlussarbeiten”, KFV Forschungspreis 2022 Category “Höhere berufsbildende Schulen” among others for project HASCY.

KFV Forschungspreis 2022 (Image Attribution: KFV/APA-Fotoservice/Schedl)
KFV Forschungspreis 2022 (Image Attribution: KFV/APA-Fotoservice/Schedl)

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Education

MSc Robotics, Systems and Control — ETH Zürich

Sep 2025 – Sep 2027 · Zürich, Switzerland

BSc Robotics and Artificial Intelligence — University of Klagenfurt

Oct 2022 – Sep 2025 · Klagenfurt, Austria

Experience

Student Employee — University of Klagenfurt, CNS

Feb 2024 – Aug 2025 · Klagenfurt, Austria

Working on the SAPIENCE (Sense & Avoid) project, supported by NATO's Science for Peace and Security Program, advancing autonomous drone systems for search and rescue in GPS-denied environments. Developing 3D LiDAR-based SLAM, drone simulations, and collaborative SLAM (CSLAM) for multi-drone mapping.

Software Engineer — Dynatrace

Aug 2021 – Oct 2024 · Klagenfurt, Austria

Developing cloud-native lifecycle orchestration tooling and Dynatrace 3rd gen ecosystem integrations. Worked on Keptn (automated remediation and continuous delivery) and Site Reliability Guardian (automated reliability checks and compliance).

Electrical Engineer — Asfinag

May 2022 – Dec 2022 · Klagenfurt, Austria

Designed and implemented embedded control electronics and firmware for the HASCY tunnel inspection sled. Built a web-based control interface for remote operation with live video streams from thermal and PTZ cameras.

Research Interests

  • State estimation and quadrotor autonomy
  • Multi-agent drone systems
  • Reinforcement learning
  • Drone simulation
  • Human-robot interaction

Contact

Feel free to reach out via GitHub, LinkedIn, or X/Twitter.