Robert Amann graduated from the Telematics program at the Graz University of Technology and then worked for four years as a software and hardware developer for embedded systems at AVL List GmbH and Harris Communications Austria GmbH. This was followed by three years as a research assistant at University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg, focusing on industrial communication and image processing. Since October 2003 he has been working as a university lecturer for automation technology (control engineering, robotics, image processing) in the automation laboratory of the University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg.