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Francesco Mondada
Born
Locarno, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
CitizenshipSwitzerland
Alma materEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Known forKhepera mobile robot, E-puck mobile robot, Thymio
AwardsLatsis Foundation University Prize, Credit Suisse Best Teaching Award
Scientific career
FieldsRobotics, Computer Science
InstitutionsEcole 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 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.

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

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  • 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

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  • 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]

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  • 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

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  1. ^ Press Release of the ETH Board, about the nomination of professors on May 24, 2013[permanent dead link]
  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". Archived from the original on 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
  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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