Francesco Mondada

Francesco Mondada
Born Locarno, Switzerland
Nationality Switzerland
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

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 Ph.D. 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.

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

Selected publications

  • F. Mondada, M. Bonanim, F. Riedo, M. Briod, L. Pereyre, P. Retornaz, Stephane 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.
  • 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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

  1. ↑ Press Release of the ETH Board, about the nomination of professors on May 24, 2013
  2. ↑ List of scientific papers mentioning the Khepera, the S-bot, the e-puck , the marXbot or the Thymio robots.
  3. ↑ Main paper describing the Khepera robot and the approach of robot miniaturization for research
  4. ↑ Official Trade and Companies Register of Canton de Vaud, data about K-Team SA, see cancellations for the history
  5. ↑ Official Trade and Companies Register of Canton de Vaud, data about Calerga SàrL
  6. ↑ Official Trade and Companies Register of Canton de Vaud, data about Mobsya Association, see cancellations for the history
  7. ↑ List of Latsis prizes given to the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Archived 2013-01-15 at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ List of Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching laureates at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  9. ↑ List of the professors who received the EPFL Polysphère award
  10. ↑ List of members of the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (SATW)


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