Moritz Bächer

I’m the Associate Lab Director of Disney’s Zurich-based robotics team, where I lead a strategic program focusing on the development of novel model- and learning-based tools for the design and control of believable robotic characters.

My core expertise is the optimal design and control of both soft and rigid systems, using a combination of differentiable simulation and reinforcement learning.

Prior to joining Disney, I received a Ph.D. from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and a master’s degree from ETH Zurich.