Organizing Committee
Prof. Giorgio Cannata
Giorgio Cannata (Member, IEEE) received the Laurea degree in electronic engineering from the University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, in 1988. He is a Full Professor of Automatic Control at the Polytechnic School of Engineering, University of Genoa. He is the Scientific Coordinator of the Mechatronic and Automatic Control Laboratory (MACLAB), Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and System Engineering (DIBRIS), University of Genoa. His current research interests include robotics, mechatronics, and robot sensing and control systems.
Dr. Lorenzo Natale
Lorenzo Natale is Tenured Senior Researcher at the Italian Institute of Technology and coordinator of the Center for Robotics and Intelligent Systems. He received his degree in Electronic Engineering (with honours) and Ph.D. in Robotics from the University of Genoa. He was later postdoctoral researcher at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He was invited professor at the University of Genova and visiting Professor at the University of Manchester. Lorenzo Natale has contributed to the development of various humanoid platforms. He was one of the main contributors to the design and development of the iCub platform and has lead the development of the iCub software architecture and the YARP middleware. His research interests range from vision and tactile sensing to software architectures for robotics. He is Specialty Chief Editor for the Humanoid Robotics Section of Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Ellis fellow and Core Faculty of the Ellis Genoa Unit.
Francesco Grella
Francesco Grella received the master’s degree in Robotics engineering in 2019 and the PhD degree in Robotics and Autonomous Systems in 2024, both from the University of Genoa, Italy. He is currently a post-doctoral researcher in robotics at the University of Genoa, working on sensor-based robot control, tactile-based and proximity-based robotic perception, and tactile sensor design and fabrication.