Matko Orsag

Matko Orsag is an associate professor at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (UNIZG-FER). He has been involved as a researcher in various projects financed by the government and industry. In 2011/2012, he worked as a visiting researcher at the Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA as a recipient of the Fulbright exchange grant.

As a researcher, he participated in national and international research projects in the field of robotics, control, and automation. Currently, he is working as the principal investigator of the Croatian Scientific Foundation project Specularia – Structured Ecological CULtivation with Autonomous Robots In Agriculture. He co-authored over 60 scientific and professional journal and conference papers, a book chapter, and a monography in the area of aerial robotics.

He serves as a reviewer in journals and conferences, and as an editor and guest editor of several journals (Automatika, JINT, etc.). He is a member of IEEE, currently serving as IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Chapter Chair of IEEE Croatia Section, and a member of the Aerial Robotics Topic Group. He is a member of Scientific and Professional Council of Innovation Centre Nikola Tesla (ICENT). In 2019 he received a Croatian Academy of Engineering young scientist award „Vera Johanides“.