INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ROBOTICS: NEW SCIENCE
Thursday FEBRUARY 20st, 2008
Via della Lungara 10 – ROME - ITALY
Accademia dei Lincei
   



School of Robotics

 

SPEAKERS

 

  • Luigia CARLUCCI AIELLO
  • Raja CHATILA
  • Roberto CORDESCHI
  • Paolo DARIO
  • Oussama KHATIB
  • Yoshihiko NAKAMURA
  • Paolo ROSSI
  • Bruno SICILIANO
  • Gianmarco VERUGGIO

 

Dr. Gianmarco VERUGGIO received the degree in electronic engineering from Genoa University, Italy, in 1980. He is Senior Research Scientist at IEIIT of Italian National Research Council. In 1989 he founded the CNR-IAN Robotlab, which he headed until 2003. His research interest focuses on Experimental Robotics in Extreme Environment, and he led several underwater robotics campaigns in Antarctica and in the Arctic. In 2000 he founded the association “School of Robotics” to promote this new science among young people and the society at large. In 2002 he coined the word, and proposed the concept of Roboethics, to which he is dedicating increasing resources. He is Corresponding Chair of the IEEE-RAS Technical Committee on Roboethics.
Homepage: gianmarco.veruggio.it