InformatiKOM 1, Bldg. 50.19, Atrium, Adenauerring 12

19. November 2024, 10:00

Bruno Siciliano is professor of robotics and control at the University of Naples Federico II. He is also Honorary Professor at the University of Óbuda where he holds the Kálmán Chair. His research interests include manipulation and control, human–robot cooperation, and service robotics. Fellow of the scientific societies IEEE, ASME, IFAC, AAIA, AIIA, he received numerous international prizes and awards, including the recent 2024 IEEE Robotics and Automation Pioneer Award. He was President of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society from 2008 to 2009. He has delivered more than 150 keynotes and has published more than 300 papers and 7 books. His book “Robotics” is among the most adopted academic texts worldwide, while his edited volume “Springer Handbook of Robotics” received the highest recognition for scientific publishing: the 2008 PROSE Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences & Mathematics. His team has received more than 25 million Euro funding in the last 15 years from competitive European research projects, including two ERC grants. Further details available at http://wpage.unina.it/sicilian/

Abstract:

This talk presents research results @ PRISMA Lab on robot manipulation and control. The talk is organized in three parts. In the first part, control techniques for dynamic nonprehensile manipulation are presented. The second part of the talk focuses on aerial robotics for inspection and maintenance. The third part deals with applications of shared control for surgical robotics, including a revolutionary theranostics approach to robotized colonoscopy.