Antonio Bicchi
Director - Interdepartmental Research Center "E. Piaggio"
Faculty of Engineering - University of Pisa
via Diotisalvi 2,
56100 Pisa, Italy
Phone: (00)39 050 2217060
Fax: (00)39 050 2217051
Skype: antoniobicchi
bicchi(at)centropiaggio.unipi.it
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Antonio Bicchi received the "Laurea" degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pisa in 1984, and the Doctoral degree from the University of Bologna in 1989. After a post-doctoralf fellowship at the Artificial Intelligence lab , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he joined the Faculty of Engineering in the University of Pisa in 1990.
He is Professor of Systems Theory and Robotics in the Department of Electrical Systems and Automation (DSEA) of the University of Pisa and the Director of the Interdepartmental Research Center "E. Piaggio'' of the University of Pisa , where he has been leading the Automation and Robotics group since 1990.
His main research interests are in
- Dynamics, kinematics and control of complex mechanical systems, including robots, autonomous vehicles, and automotive systems;
- Haptics and Dexterous manipulation;
- Theory and control of nonlinear systems, in particular hybrid (logic/dynamic, symbol/signal) systems.
He has published more than 200 papers on international journals, books, and refereed conferences.
Antonio Bicchi is a Fellow of IEEE , and elected Chair of the Conference Editorial Board of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society .
Past service: Vice President of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society for Member Activities; Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (see here for abstracts of lecture topics ); Chairman of the Technical Committee for Manufacturing, Automation, and Robotics Control ( MARC ) of IEEE Control Systems Society.
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