Francesco Mondada (born 17 March 1967) is a Swiss professor[1] in artificial intelligence and robotics. He got a Master's degree in Microengineering at the EPFL in 1991 and a PhD degree in 1997. He is one of the creators of the Khepera and directed the design of the S-bot, the e-puck, the marXbot and the Thymio mobile robots. Together, these robots are mentioned in more than 9000 research articles.[2] In particular the Khepera robot[3] is a milestone in the field of bio-inspired and evolutionary robotics.
Francesco Mondada | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Citizenship | Switzerland |
| Alma mater | Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne |
| Known for | Khepera mobile robot, E-puck mobile robot, Thymio |
| Awards | Latsis Foundation University Prize, Credit Suisse Best Teaching Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Robotics, Computer Science |
| Institutions | Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne |
He was one of the founders and director of K-team SA from its creation 1995 to 2000,[4] and one of the founders of Calerga Sarl in 2001[5] and Mobsya in 2010.[6]
His recent work concerns collective robotics and education.
Awards and honours
edit- University Latsis[7]
- Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching.[8]
- 2012 Polysphère, award for the best professor from the School of Engineering at EPFL given by the students.[9]
- Member of the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (SATW)[10]
- Several best poster/paper/demo awards, for instance the Best Paper Award Design at the HRI 2017 conference.
Selected publications
edit- F. Mondada, M. Bonani, F. Riedo, M. Briod, L. Pereyre, P. Retornaz, S. Magnenat. Bringing Robotics to Formal Education: The Thymio Open-Source Hardware Robot. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 77–85, March 2017. [1]
- J. Halloy, G. Sempo, G. Caprari, C. Rivault, M. Asadpour, F. Tache, I. Said, V. Durier, S. Canonge, J. Ame, C. Detrain, N. Correll, A. Martinoli, F. Mondada, R. Siegwart, and J.-L. Deneubourg. Social Integration of Robots into Groups of Cockroaches to Control Self-Organized Choices. Science, 318(5853):1155-1158, 2007. [2]
- F. Mondada, G. C. Pettinaro, A. Guignard, I. Kwee, D. Floreano, J.-L. Deneubourg, S. Nolfi, L. Gambardella, and M. Dorigo. SWARM-BOT: a New Distributed Robotic Concept. Autonomous Robots, special Issue on Swarm Robotics, 17(2-3):193-221, 2004. September - November 2004 Sponsor: swarm-bots, OFES 01-0012-1. [4]
- D. Floreano and F. Mondada. Evolution of Homing Navigation in a Real Mobile Robot. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part B : Cybernetics, 26(3):396-407, 1996. [5]
- F. Mondada, E. Franzi, P. Ienne, T. Yoshikawa, and F. Miyazaki. Mobile Robot Miniaturization: A Tool for Investigation in Control Algorithms. In Experimental Robotics III, volume 200 of Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, pages 501-13. Springer, London, 1994.
References
edit- ^ Press Release of the ETH Board, about the nomination of professors on May 24, 2013[permanent dead link]
- ^ List of scientific papers mentioning the Khepera, the S-bot, the e-puck, the marXbot or the Thymio robots.
- ^ Main paper describing the Khepera robot and the approach of robot miniaturization for research
- ^ Official Trade and Companies Register of Canton de Vaud, data about K-Team SA, see cancellations for the history
- ^ Official Trade and Companies Register of Canton de Vaud, data about Calerga SàrL
- ^ Official Trade and Companies Register of Canton de Vaud, data about Mobsya Association, see cancellations for the history
- ^ List of Latsis prizes given to the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Archived 2013-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "List of Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching laureates at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne". Archived from the original on 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
- ^ List of the professors who received the EPFL Polysphère award
- ^ List of members of the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (SATW)
External links
edit- Professional homepage with a list of publications (Google scholar)
- Mobots group homepage of the research group of F. Mondada
- Personal homepage