Roland Brockers

Dr. Roland Brockers is a Robotics Technologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Paderborn (Germany) in 2005, and has been conducting research in autonomous navigation of unmanned robotic systems for more than 23 years. Roland is the Surface Mobility lead on the CADRE mission. His current research interests include 3D perception systems for small mobile robotic platforms, and autonomous robotic systems with applications in earth science and planetary exploration.