About

Envirobotics is an independent research initiative rooted in distributed systems.

Envirobotics emerged from our joint research path across distributed systems, robotics, and real-world environmental monitoring. What began as a research direction developed at the Technical University of Munich has since continued independently as an initiative dedicated to environmental robotics as both a technical field and a long-term public research mission.

Origins

Envirobotics emerged from our joint research path across distributed systems and robotics. In 2019, Anna Adamczyk and Alexander Moortgat-Pick moved from Leibniz University Hannover to the Technical University of Munich to continue work on distributed systems and robotics.

During that time, our research direction gradually evolved toward what we began to describe as environmental robotics: distributed robotic systems operating in real environments, connected to the Internet and accessible via telepresence from all over the world.

We pushed this framing both within the university and publicly, developing Envirobotics as a way to connect robotics, distributed systems, and environmental presence into a coherent research perspective.

One of the central projects emerging from this work was SVAN, an environmental robotics system developed at the Technical University of Munich, that was initiated, built, and carried forward by us.

Research focus

From distributed systems to environmental robotics

Our work in environmental robotics is centered on the intersection of distributed systems and robotics. That includes heterogeneous multi-robot teams, telepresence and telerobotics, human-robot-interfaces, real-time monitoring, distributed system coordinattion and consensus, and the practical question of how robotic systems can meaningfully operate in environmental contexts.

One of the clearest expressions of that work was the SVAN project at the Technical University of Munich, that represents an important milestone in our work.

People

Built by researchers, carried forward independently

Envirobotics is led by Anna Adamczyk and Alexander Moortgat-Pick. Together, we shaped the concept, research framing, and public direction of Envirobotics across academic and independent contexts.

Anna Adamczyk

Anna brings the systems, robotics, and research perspective that helped define Envirobotics from the beginning. Her work connects technical rigor with a strong sense for field relevance, real-world operation, and the broader framing of environmental robotics as a serious domain of research.

Within Envirobotics, she focuses on research direction, robotics systems, project development, and the translation of distributed systems thinking into environmental and human-facing robotic settings.

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Alexander Moortgat-Pick

Alexander brings a background in distributed systems, networks, and robotics, with a strong focus on how complex technical systems move from research framing into robust real-world architectures. He has been central to shaping Envirobotics as both a technical vision and a public research narrative.

Within Envirobotics, he focuses on distributed systems foundations, systems architecture, technical communication, and the long-term positioning of environmental robotics as a field that links robotics, infrastructure, and environmental presence.

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A long-term initiative

We see Envirobotics as a long-term initiative: a place to continue shaping research, documenting projects, and developing a serious public language for environmental robotics. The institutional context has changed, but the core ideas and technical direction continue.

Contact

For inquiries related to the Envirobotics Initiative, you can reach us at info@envirobotics.org .