Citizenship Switzerland Nationality Switzerland | Name Francesco Mondada | |
Fields Robotics, Computer Science Institutions Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Alma mater Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Known for Khepera mobile robot, E-puck mobile robot, Thymio Education Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne |
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Francesco Mondada (born 17 March 1967) is a Swiss professor 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. In particular the Khepera robot is a milestone in the field of bio-inspired and evolutionary robotics.
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He was one of the founders and director of K-team SA from its creation 1995 to 2000, and one of the founders of Calerga Sarl in 2001 and Mobsya in 2010.
His recent work concerns collective robotics and education.
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