Adrian Esser

Adrian Esser was born in 1993 in Toronto, Canada. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Science from the University of Toronto in 2017 where he specialized in aerospace engineering. His Bachelor's Thesis was with Prof. Angela Schoellig of the Dynamic Systems Lab where he developed control systems for the autonomous navigation and surveying of nuclear reactors with quadcopters.

Adrian moved to Zürich in 2017 to pursue a Masters in Robotics, Systems, and Control at ETH. For his Master's Thesis he worked with the SMS lab developing a controller for an exoskeleton such that motion of the upper arm would be co-ordinated with the shoulder joint in a physiologically meaningful way. Adrian graduated from ETH in August of 2020.

In April of 2021 he joined the SMS lab as a PhD student. Adrian's research focuses on upper extremity biomechanics and textile-based assistive robotic devices.

When not working Adrian can almost certainly be found either tinkering with something or outdoors. He enjoys fixing things, gardening, cycling, rock climbing, and trail running.