Robotics is coming of age: Reproducible Research, Robots and Jobs, Ethics
Fabio Bonsignorio
Professor at the Biorobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa
DEIB - Seminar Room
November 14th, 2016
11.30 am
Contacts:
Viola Schiaffonati
Francesco Amigoni
Research Line:
Artificial intelligence and robotics
Professor at the Biorobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa
DEIB - Seminar Room
November 14th, 2016
11.30 am
Contacts:
Viola Schiaffonati
Francesco Amigoni
Research Line:
Artificial intelligence and robotics
Abstract
The second wave of Robotics, integrating Machine Learning, Probabilistic Robotics, and some AI is already having significant impact on our economy and our society. The third wave inspired by the organizational principles of living beings and natural intelligence and merging more and more tightly with humans will potentially have a disruptive impact on society and our self-perception and very nature. Meanwhile methodology is lacking, societal and economical impact is not well understood, and citizen involvement in the issues still too limited. Do we need first of all to go back to the basics of the scientific method?
This seminar will cover issues about reproducible Robotics research, claim assessment, qualitative result evaluation, benchmarking of the performance of robotic and intelligent systems, and risk modelling.
This seminar will cover issues about reproducible Robotics research, claim assessment, qualitative result evaluation, benchmarking of the performance of robotic and intelligent systems, and risk modelling.
Short Bio
Fabio Bonsignorio is currently a professor at the Biorobotics Institute of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa. He has been professor in the Department of System Engineering and Automation of the University Carlos III of Madrid until 2014. In 2009 he was awarded the Santander Chair of Excellence in Robotics at the same university.
He coordinated and has been the main teacher of the ShanghAI Lectures 2013, 2014, 2015 edition, an advanced network MOOC teaching initiated several years ago by Rolf Pfeifer. He is currently coordinating the 2016 edition.
He is founder and CEO of Heron Robots (advanced robotic solutions). He has been working in the R&D departments of several major Italian and American companies for more than 20 years.
He coordinated the EURON Special Interest Group on Good Experimental Methodology and Benchmarking in Robotics, is cochair of the IEEE RAS TC-Pebras and has been a board member of EURON III. He has participated to design and launch the new euCognition society, he is now a member of the euCogniton society steering committee. He is a Founding Director of euRobotics aisbl, the private part of SPARC, the EU Robotics PPP. He is currently a member of the Research Board of Directors of SPARC.
He has pioneered and introduced the topic of Reproducible Research and Benchmarking in Robotics and AI, where is one of the leading experts.
He coordinated and has been the main teacher of the ShanghAI Lectures 2013, 2014, 2015 edition, an advanced network MOOC teaching initiated several years ago by Rolf Pfeifer. He is currently coordinating the 2016 edition.
He is founder and CEO of Heron Robots (advanced robotic solutions). He has been working in the R&D departments of several major Italian and American companies for more than 20 years.
He coordinated the EURON Special Interest Group on Good Experimental Methodology and Benchmarking in Robotics, is cochair of the IEEE RAS TC-Pebras and has been a board member of EURON III. He has participated to design and launch the new euCognition society, he is now a member of the euCogniton society steering committee. He is a Founding Director of euRobotics aisbl, the private part of SPARC, the EU Robotics PPP. He is currently a member of the Research Board of Directors of SPARC.
He has pioneered and introduced the topic of Reproducible Research and Benchmarking in Robotics and AI, where is one of the leading experts.
