Davide Scaramuzza

Davide Scaramuzza (born 2 April 1980) is an Italian roboticist and computer vision researcher. He is a professor of robotics and perception at the University of Zurich and the founding director of the university’s Robotics and Perception Group (RPG). His work is primarily focused on vision-based perception and control for autonomous aerial vehicles, event-based cameras, and agile robotic navigation. He is also a co-founder of Zurich Eye (later acquired by Meta Platforms), which contributed to the inside-out tracking technology used in the Oculus Quest virtual reality headset. In 2025, he became a Distinguished Visiting Scientist at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, working on vision-based navigation for lunar and Mars missions. Provided by Wikipedia