Peter Kopacek
Peter Kopacek (born October 31, 1939 in Vienna ) is an Austrian mechanical engineer. He is a professor emeritus at the Vienna University of Technology . He became known to a wider public for his success in robot soccer . He and his team were able to win several world and European championship titles.
Life
After graduating from the HTL , Kopacek studied mechanical engineering at the Vienna University of Technology (focus on control engineering ). After completing his doctorate , he initially remained a lecturer at the TU. In 1986 he was appointed professor for system technology and automation in Linz at the Johannes Kepler University . Four years later, in 1990, he followed a call back to the Vienna University of Technology, where he headed the Institute for Handling Devices and Robot Technology . From 1989 to 1995 he was scientific director of the Lower Austrian State Academy and head of the system technology department at this institution. He is currently Secretary General of the IFAC Advisory Board Austria and ÖGART (Austrian Society for Automation and Robot Technology), Austrian representative in IFAC, IFR and IARP, program director of the Engineering Management Program at Vienna University of Technology and rector of a private university. At the end of September 2008 he retired .
At the end of June 2009 Kopacek presented the concept of an affordable, human-like robot, which was introduced as "Archie, the robot with Viennese roots".
Kopacek is the author and co-author of 6 books and over 350 scientific publications.
Awards
- Engelberger Robotics Award
- three times honorary doctorate
- Corresponding member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences
- Member of the German Academy of Engineering Sciences (acatech)
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- Brief description from the press office of TU Wien (PDF file; 118 kB)
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Kopacek in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b ORF.at: Peter Kopacek: A Heart for Robots ( Memento from June 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Jacky Baltes, Ahmad Byagowi, John Anderson, Peter Kopacek: Teen Sized Humanoid Robot: Archie , in: Communications in Computer and Information Science, Progress in Robotics, Volume 44, Pages 34-41, Springer Berlin Heidelberg August 19, 2009, doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-642-03986-7 , ISSN 1865-0929
- ↑ "Archie", the robot with Viennese roots , Der Standard, June 29, 2009 ( memento of the original from August 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ TU Vienna - ARCHIE the first human-like robot "Made in Austria" . ELRA, News, Sponsoring , accessed on November 11, 2019
- ↑ Faculty Member. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .
- ^ Directory of members of the Saxon Academy of Sciences ( Memento from April 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Acatech Online Membership Directory
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kopacek, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian computer scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |