SPEAKERS
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Prof Paolo DARIO
Full Professor
Biomedical Robotics
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
ItalyKeynote Speech
Biorobotics: an Emerging Field for Leading Edge Research, Education and Industrial ExploitationProf Paolo DARIO is currently a Professor of Biomedical Robotics at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa. He has been and is Visiting Professor in many universities worldwide. He founded and coordinates the ARTS (Advanced Robotics Technologies and Systems) Laboratory and the CRIM (Center for Research In Microengineering) Laboratory of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. His main current research interest is biorobotics, and in particular he is active on enabling micro, nano and ultra-precision technologies, and on the theory, design and development of different components (mechanisms, sensors, actuators, energy sources, interfaces, Microsystems) and of a variety of biomechatronic artefacts, including biomimetic and medical robots. Professor DARIO is the coordinator of many national and European projects in the above fields, the editor of two books on the subject of robotics, and the author of more than 200 scientific papers (more than 160 on ISI journals) . He is Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor and member of the Editorial Board of many international journals.
He has served in many national and international committees and boards for the evaluation of research programs and projects by funding agencies, universities and industries. He has also promoted the creation of many university start-up companies.
Prof DARIO has served as President of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society in the years 2002-2003. Prof DARIO is an IEEE Fellow, a Fellow of the European Society on Medical and Biological Engineering, and a recipient of many honors and awards, including the Joseph Engelberger Award as a Pioneer in Research on Biomedical Robotics.
