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ExpertiseUpdated on 20 September 2025

Agentic Physical AI | AI Agents for Robotics

Jorge Peña Queralta

Research Group Leader at ZHAW | Zürich University of Applied Sciences

Zurich, Switzerland

About

My work is focused on the design and implementation of agentic AI systems in robotics: agents that are more autonomous, that can plan, perceive, and act in physical spaces, under uncertainty, with partial information, and adapt to changing conditions. I bring expertise in:

  • Vision-Language-Action models, foundation models for robotics: integrating perception, language understanding, high level planning and low-level control.

  • Task and goal hierarchies, long-horizon planning, subgoal decomposition, embodied chain of thought.

  • Handling safety, reliability, real-world constraints (energy, latency, physical safety, human interaction).

  • Transfer from simulation to real robots; generalisation across embodiments; modular architectures for agents.

I have co-authored recent publications in embodied agent planning; explored models that generalise across environments and tasks; experience with both software stack and real robotic testbeds. Looking to engage in projects developing generalist robotic agents, interactive robot assistants, and adaptive physical agents in unstructured environments.

Field

  • Automotive, Transport and Logistics
  • ICT Industry and Services
  • Industrial Equipment and Machinery

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