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Noah Rothenberger

Address:

4800 Oak Grove Drive

Pasadena, CA 91109

Member of:

347R - Robot Ops and V&V

Noah Zegna Rothenberger

Robotics Systems Engineer

Biography

Noah Rothenberger is a Robotics Systems Engineer in the Robot Ops and V&V group (347R). She joined JPL in April 2022, shortly after earning her Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Robotics and Control at ETH Zurich.

At JPL, Noah is working on the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover as a Sampling and Caching Operator, and on the Mars 2020 Ingenuity Helicopter as a Helicopter Operator.

Education

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with Robotics from ETH Zurich (Feb 2022)

Thesis: “A Novel Mobile Robotic System and Algorithm for 3D Reconstruction of a Texture-less Smooth Surface of Unknown Generic Reflectance” at the Computer Vision Lab, ETH Zurich

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with Robotics from ETH Zurich (Aug 2019)

Thesis: “Embolization of Wide-Necked Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms Using Iron Emboli” at the Multi-Scale Robotics Lab of the Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zurich

Research Interests

Robotic Operation

Robotics Autonomy

Computer Vision

Mobile Robots

Robotic Intelligence

Robotics Testing and V&V

Flight Project and Research Task Involvement

Flight Projects
Robot Operations
Sampling and Caching Subsystem (SCS)
Research Tasks
Mars Science Helicopter

Publications

2024
  1. J. Anderson, T. Brown, M. Cacan, A. Jasour, N. Rothenberger, "Lessons From Ingenuity’s Climb Up Jezero Crater Delta," 2024 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, USA, 02 March 2024.