Francesco Mondada
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EPFL STI IEM SCI-STI-FMO1
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Station 9
CH-1015 Lausanne
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EPFL STI IEM SCI-STI-FMO1
ME B3 426 (Bâtiment ME)
Station 9
CH-1015 Lausanne
Web site: Web site: https://sin.epfl.ch
Fields of expertise
- Swarm robotics research
- Animal-robot interaction
- Cross-fertilization between robotics and art
- Edutainment
Affiliation
Francesco Mondada is leading the MOBOTS group.Mission
My research and teaching activity is centered around the mechatronic design of miniature mobile robots. This type of systems is an excellent example of mechatronics and a very motivating subjects for EPFL students. Working on this type of systems in education allows to address problems in mechanical design, electronic design, software development, system integration, signal processing, embedded programming, artificial intelligence approaches and much more. From a research point of view, this type of system allows interdisciplinary research in mechanics, electronics, computer and communication science with very interesting connections to biology, psychology, design and art. This type of interdisciplinary system by its components and by its applications enables incredible new areas of research.For my mission in respect the school council please look to the French version of this page.
Biography
Dr. Mondada received his M.Sc. in micro-engineering in 1991 and his Doctoral degree in 1997 at EPFL. During his thesis he co-founded the company K-Team, being both CEO and president of the company for about 5 years. He is one of the three main developers of the Khepera robot, considered as a standard in bio-inspired robotics and used by more than 1,000 universities and research centers worldwide. Fully back in research in 2000 and after a short period at CALTECH, he participated to the SWARM-BOTS project as the main developer of the s-bot robot platform, which was ranked on position 39 in the list of The 50 Best Robots Ever (fiction or real) by the Wired Journal in 2006. The SWARM-BOTS project was selected as FET-IST success story by the EU commission. He is author of more than 100 papers in the field of bio-inspired robotics and system level robot design. He is co-editor of several international conference proceedings. In November 2005 he received the EPFL Latsis University prize for his contributions to bio-inspired robotics. In 2011 he received the "Crédit Suisse Award for Best Teaching" from EPFL and in 2012 the "polysphère" award from the students as best teacher in the school of engineering. His interests include the development of innovative mechatronic solutions for mobile and modular robots, the creation of know-how for future embedded applications, and making robot platforms more accessible for education, research, and industrial development.Publications
Infoscience publications
Publications sorted by type
Journal Articles
* Quantifying the biomimicry gap in biohybrid robot-fish pairs
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
2024
Vol. 19, num. 4, p. 046020.DOI : 10.1088/1748-3190/ad577a
* Biohybrid Superorganisms—On the Design of a Robotic System for Thermal Interactions With Honeybee Colonies
IEEE Access
2024
Vol. 12, p. 50849-50871.DOI : 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3385658
* Architecture of a decentralised decision support system for futuristic beehives
Biosystems Engineering
2024
Vol. 240, p. 56-61.DOI : 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2024.02.017
* Un modèle pluraliste d’éducation numérique, l’expérience du canton de Vaud en Suisse
Distances et Médiations des savoirs
2023-10-13
Vol. 43/2023.DOI : 10.4000/dms.9344
* Correction: How are primary school computer science curricular reforms contributing to equity? Impact on student learning, perception of the discipline, and gender gaps (vol 10, 60, 2023)
International Journal Of Stem Education
2023-11-02
Vol. 10, num. 1, p. 63.DOI : 10.1186/s40594-023-00456-1
* Predicting the long-term collective behaviour of fish pairs with deep learning
Journal of The Royal Society Interface
2024
Vol. 21, num. 212.DOI : 10.1098/rsif.2023.0630
* An Adapted Cascade Model to Scale Primary School Digital Education Curricular Reforms and Teacher Professional Development Programs
2023
DOI : 10.48550/arxiv.2306.02751
* How are primary school computer science curricular reforms contributing to equity? Impact on student learning, perception of the discipline, and gender gaps
International Journal of STEM Education
2023
Vol. 10, num. 1.DOI : 10.1186/s40594-023-00438-3
* An adapted cascade model to scale primary school digital education curricular reforms and teacher professional development programs
Education and Information Technologies
2023
DOI : 10.1007/s10639-023-12043-6
* A biohybrid interaction framework for the integration of robots in animal societies
IEEE Access
2023-06-30
p. 1-1.DOI : 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3290960
* Modelling the sustainability of a primary school digital education curricular reform and professional development program
Education and Information Technologies
2023
DOI : 10.1007/s10639-023-11653-4
* From teacher to teacher-trainer: A qualitative study exploring factors contributing to a successful train-the-trainer digital education program
Social Sciences & Humanities Open
2023
Vol. 8, num. 1, p. 100518.DOI : 10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100518
* A robotic honeycomb for interaction with a honeybee colony
Science Robotics
2023-03-22
Vol. 8, num. 76.DOI : 10.1126/scirobotics.add7385
* A Research-Practice Partnership to Introduce Computer Science in Secondary School: Lessons from a Pilot Program
ACM Transactions on Computing Education
2023-02-15
DOI : 10.1145/3583779
* The TACS Model: Understanding Primary School Teachers’ Adoption of Computer Science Pedagogical Content
ACM Transactions on Computing Education
2022-10-26
DOI : 10.1145/3569587
* The competent Computational Thinking Test: Development and Validation of an Unplugged Computational Thinking Test for Upper Primary School
Journal of Educational Computing Research
2022
p. 073563312210817.DOI : 10.1177/07356331221081753
* The CT-cube: A framework for the design and the assessment of computational thinking activities
Computers in Human Behavior Reports
2022-01-06
p. 100166.DOI : 10.1016/j.chbr.2021.100166
* The role of feedback and guidance as intervention methods to foster computational thinking in educational robotics learning activities for primary school
Computers & Education
2022-01-07
Vol. 180, p. 104431.DOI : 10.1016/j.compedu.2022.104431
* Accessible Maker-based Approaches to Educational Robotics in Online Learning
IEEE Access
2021-07-02
Vol. 10, p. 1-15.DOI : 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3094158
* Social Integrating Robots Suggest Mitigation Strategies for Ecosystem Decay
Frontiers In Bioengineering And Biotechnology
2021-05-24
Vol. 9, p. 612605.DOI : 10.3389/fbioe.2021.612605
* The symbiotic relationship between educational robotics and computer science in formal education
Education and Information Technologies
2021-04-04
Vol. 26, p. 5077–5107.DOI : 10.1007/s10639-021-10494-3
* A computer science and robotics integration model for primary school: evaluation of a large-scale in-service K-4 teacher-training program
Education and Information Technologies
2021
Vol. 26, p. 2445–2475.DOI : 10.1007/s10639-020-10355-5
* Fostering computational thinking through educational robotics: a model for creative computational problem solving
International Journal of STEM Education
2020-08-03
Vol. (2020) 7:39, p. 1-18.DOI : 10.1186/s40594-020-00238-z
* A data-driven method for reconstructing and modelling social interactions in moving animal groups
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2020-07-27
Vol. 375, num. 1807, p. 20190380.DOI : 10.1098/rstb.2019.0380
* Strategies to modulate zebrafish collective dynamics with a closed-loop biomimetic robotic system
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
2020-07-01
Vol. 15, num. 4, p. 046004.DOI : 10.1088/1748-3190/ab8706
* Bidirectional interactions facilitate the integration of a robot into a shoal of zebrafish Danio rerio
PLoS One
2019-08-20
Vol. 14, num. 8, p. e0220559.DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0220559
* Heuristics for the Development and Evaluation of Educational Robotics Systems
IEEE Transactions on Education
2019-04-30
p. 1-10.DOI : 10.1109/TE.2019.2912351
* Robots mediating interactions between animals for interspecies collective behaviors
Science Robotics
2019-03-27
Vol. 4, num. 28, p. eaau7897.DOI : 10.1126/scirobotics.aau7897
* Robot swarms as an educational tool: The Thymio’s way
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
2019-01-31
Vol. 16, num. 1, p. 172988141882518.DOI : 10.1177/1729881418825186
* Autonomous Exploration for Radioactive Hotspots Localization Taking Account of Sensor Limitations
Sensors
2019-01-12
Vol. 19, num. 19, p. 292.DOI : 10.3390/s19020292
* Designing a socially integrated mobile robot for ethological research
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
2018-02-21
Vol. 103, p. 42-55.DOI : 10.1016/j.robot.2018.02.003
* Closed-loop interactions between a shoal of zebrafish and a group of robotic fish in a circular corridor
Swarm Intelligence
2018
Vol. 12, num. 3, p. 227-244.DOI : 10.1007/s11721-017-0153-6
* Mergeable nervous systems for robots (vol 8, 439, 2017)
Nature Communications
2017
Vol. 8, p. 1754.DOI : 10.1038/s41467-017-01622-0
* How mimetic should a robotic fish be to socially integrate into zebrafish groups ?
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
2018
Vol. 13, num. 2, p. 025001.DOI : 10.1088/1748-3190/aa8f6a
* Design of a modular robotic system that mimics small fish locomotion and body movements for ethological studies
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
2017
Vol. 14, num. 3, p. 1729881417706628.DOI : 10.1177/1729881417706628
* Can Robotics Help Move Researchers Toward Open Science?
IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine
2017
Vol. 24, num. 1, p. 111-112.DOI : 10.1109/MRA.2016.2646118
* Bringing robotics into formal education using the Thymio open source hardware robot
IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine
2017
Vol. 24, num. 1, p. 77-85.DOI : 10.1109/MRA.2016.2636372
* Electroencephalography as implicit communication channel for proximal interaction between humans and robot swarms
Swarm Intelligence
2016
Vol. 10, num. 4, p. 247-265.DOI : 10.1007/s11721-016-0127-0
* R2T2 : Robotics to Integrate Educational Efforts in South Africa and Europe
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
2016
Vol. 13, num. 5, p. 1-13.DOI : 10.1177/1729881416658165
* Pedagogical Uses of Thymio II: How Do Teachers Perceive Educational Robots in Formal Education?
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine
2016
Vol. 23, num. 2, p. 16-23.DOI : 10.1109/MRA.2016.2535080
* Are Autonomous Mobile Robots Able to Take Over Construction? A Review
International Journal of Robotics
2015
Vol. 4, num. 3, p. 10-21.* Bio-inspired construction with mobile robots and compliant pockets
Robotics And Autonomous Systems
2015
Vol. 74, p. 340-350.DOI : 10.1016/j.robot.2015.07.018
* Decentralized Self-Selection of Swarm Trajectories: From Dynamical Systems to Robotic Implementation
Swarm Intelligence
2014
Vol. 8, num. 4, p. 329-351.DOI : 10.1007/s11721-014-0101-7
* Fuzzy Control System for Autonomous Navigation and Parking of Thymio II Mobile Robots
International Journal of Computer and Electrical Engineering (IJCEE)
2014
Vol. 6, num. 4, p. 321-325.DOI : 10.7763/IJCEE.2014.V6.846
* Takashi Gomi, vision and ethics
Adaptive Behavior
2014
Vol. 22, num. 6, p. 396-397.DOI : 10.1177/1059712314543277
* Cooperative navigation in robotic swarms
Swarm Intelligence
2013
Vol. 8, num. 1, p. 1-33.DOI : 10.1007/s11721-013-0089-4
* Upgrade Your Robot Competition, Make a Festival!
IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine
2013
Vol. 20, num. 3, p. 12-14.DOI : 10.1109/MRA.2013.2272203
* Autonomous construction using scarce resources in unknown environments - Ingredients for an intelligent robotic interaction with the physical world
Autonomous Robots
2012
Vol. 33, p. 467-485.DOI : 10.1007/s10514-012-9296-x
* Swarmanoid: a novel concept for the study of heterogeneous robotic swarms
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine
2013
Vol. 20, num. 4, p. 60-71.DOI : 10.1109/MRA.2013.2252996
* Highly Compact Robots for Inspection of Power Plants
Journal of Field Robotics
2012
Vol. 29, num. 1, p. 47-68.DOI : 10.1002/rob.21411
* TRIPILLAR: Miniature magnetic caterpillar climbing robot with plane transition ability
Robotica
2011
Vol. 29, num. 7, p. 1075-1081.DOI : 10.1017/S0263574711000257
* A Social Approach for Target Localization: Simulation and Implementation in the marXbot Robot
Memetic Computing
2011
p. 1-15.DOI : 10.1007/s12293-011-0061-z
* Cy-mag3D: a simple and miniature climbing robot with advance mobility in ferromagnetic environment
Industrial Robot: An International Journal
2011
Vol. 38, num. 3, p. 229-233.DOI : 10.1108/01439911111122716
* Magnebike: A Magnetic Wheeled Robot with High Mobility for Inspecting Complex-Shaped Structures
Journal Of Field Robotics
2009
Vol. 26, p. 453-476.DOI : 10.1002/rob.20296
* ASEBA: A Modular Architecture for Event-Based Control of Complex Robots
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
2011
Vol. 16, num. 2, p. 321-329.DOI : 10.1109/TMECH.2010.2042722
* Social Integration of Robots into Groups of Cockroaches to Control Self-Organized Choices
Science
2007
Vol. 318, num. 5853, p. 1155-1158.DOI : 10.1126/science.1144259
* The SWARM-BOTS Project
Künstliche Intelligenz
2005
p. 32-35.* Self-Organised Coordinated Motion in Groups of Physically Connected Robots
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part B : Cybernetics
2007
Vol. 37, num. 1, p. 224-239.DOI : 10.1109/TSMCB.2006.881299
* SWARM-BOT: a New Distributed Robotic Concept
Autonomous Robots
2004
Vol. 17, num. 2-3, p. 193-221.DOI : 10.1023/B:AURO.0000033972.50769.1c
Conference Papers
* On the use of photovoltaic modules as lightning detection sensors
2023. Joint International Symposium on Lightning Protection (SIPDA) & CIGRE International Colloquium on Lightning and Power Systems , Suzhou, China , October 9-13, 2023.* A study model for reconstructing urban ecological niches
Structures and Architecture A Viable Urban Perspective?. 2022. Fifth International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA2022) , Aalborg, Denmark , July 6–8, 2022. p. 75-82.* A case for co-construction with teachers in curricular reform: Introducing computer science in primary school
ACE '22: Australasian Computing Education Conference. 2022-02-14. Australasian Computing Education Conference , Virtual , February 14-18, 2022. p. 56-65.DOI : 10.1145/3511861.3511883.
* Exploring a Handwriting Programming Language for Educational Robots
Robotics in Education. 2021-08-01. 12th International Conference on Robotics in Education (Rie 2021) , Bratislava, Slovakia , April 28-30, 2021. p. 268-275.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-82544-7_25.
* Developing STEM and Team-working Skills Through Collaborative Space Robotics Missions
AFRICON Conference Proceedings 2021. 2021. 2021 IEEE AFRICON , Arusha, Tanzania , 13-15 Sept. 2021. p. 1-6.DOI : 10.1109/AFRICON51333.2021.9570851.
* Bio-Hybrid Systems for Ecosystem Level Effects
ALIFE 2021: The 2021 Conference on Artificial Life. 2021. The 2021 Conference on Artificial Life , July 19--23, 2021.DOI : 10.1162/isal_a_00396.
* Investigating the Role of Educational Robotics in Formal Mathematics Education: The Case of Geometry for 15-Year-Old Students
Technology-Enhanced Learning for a Free, Safe, and Sustainable World. 2021. European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL 2021) , Virtual , Septembre 20-24, 2021. p. 67-81.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-86436-1_6.
* Teachers’ Perspective on Fostering Computational Thinking Through Educational Robotics
Robotics in Education. 2021. International Conference on Robotics in Education (RiE 2021) , Bratislava, Slovakia , April 28-30, 2021. p. 177-185.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-82544-7_17.
* Evo-Bots: A Simple, Stochastic Approach to Self-assembling Artificial Organisms
Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems. 2019-01-01. 13th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS) , London, ENGLAND , Nov 07-09, 2016. p. 373-385.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-73008-0_26.
* Introducing a Paper-Based Programming Language for Computing Education in Classrooms
Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. 2020. 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education , Trondheim, Norway , June 15-19, 2020.DOI : 10.1145/3341525.3387402.
* Learning Symmetry with Tangible Robots
Robotics In Education: Current Research And Innovations. 2020-01-01. 10th International Conference on Robotics in Education (RiE) , Vienna, AUSTRIA , Apr 10-12, 2019. p. 270-283.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-26945-6_24.
* Augmented Robotics for Learners: A Case Study on Optics
2019 28th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). 2019. IEEE RoMan 2019 - The 28th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication , New Delhi, India , October 14 – 18, 2019.DOI : 10.1109/RO-MAN46459.2019.8956363.
* A Tangible Programming Language for the Educational Robot Thymio
[Proceedings of the IISA 2019 The 10th International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications]. 2019-08-18. IISA 2019 The 10th International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications , Patras, Greece , July 15-17, 2019.* How to Blend a Robot Within a Group of Zebrafish: Achieving Social Acceptance Through Real-Time Calibration of a Multi-level Behavioural Model
Biomimetic And Biohybrid Systems. 2018-01-01. 7th International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Living Machines (LM) , Paris, FRANCE , Jul 17-20, 2018. p. 73-84.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-95972-6_9.
* Declarative Physicomimetics for Tangible Swarm Application Development
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, ANTS 2018. 2018-10-29. 11th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, ANTS 2018 , Rome, Italy , October 29-31, 2018.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-00533-7.
* Follow the dummy: measuring the influence of a biomimetic robotic fish-lure on the collective decisions of a zebrafish shoal inside a circular corridor
Proceedings of the first IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (Robosoft 2018). 2018-04-26. Robosoft 2018: The first IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics , Livorno, Italy , April 24-28, 2018. p. 504-509.DOI : 10.1109/ROBOSOFT.2018.8405376.
* Iterative Design of an Upper Limb Rehabilitation Game with Tangible Robots
Proceedings of 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. 2018-03-05. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) , Chicago, IL, USA , March 5-8, 2018. p. 241-250.DOI : 10.1145/3171221.3171262.
* Multi-robot control and tracking framework for bio-hybrid systems with closed-loop interaction
2017. Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2017 IEEE International Conference on , Singapore, Singapore , 29 May-3 June 2017.DOI : 10.1109/ICRA.2017.7989515.
* Automated Calibration of a Biomimetic Space-Dependent Model for Zebrafish and Robot Collective Behaviour in a Structured Environment
Living Machines 2017: Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. 2017. Living Machines 2017 , Stanford University , July 25-28, 2017. p. 107-118.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-63537-8_10.
* Windfield: Demonstrating Wind Meteorology with Handheld Haptic Robots
HRI '17 Proceedings of the Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. 2017. HRI ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction , Vienna, Austria , March 6-9, 2017. p. 48-49.DOI : 10.1145/3029798.3036664.
* Improved mobile robot programming performance through real-time program assessment
Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. 2017. 22nd Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education , Bologna , July 3-5, 2017. p. 341-346.DOI : 10.1145/3059009.3059044.
* Haptic-Enabled Handheld Mobile Robots: Design and Analysis
Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2017. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) , Denver, Colorado, USA , May 6-11, 2017. p. 2449-2461.DOI : 10.1145/3025453.3025994.
* Windfield: Learning Wind Meteorology with Handheld Haptic Robots
HRI ’17: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Proceedings. 2017. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) , Vienna, Austria , March 6-9, 2017. p. 156-165.DOI : 10.1145/2909824.3020231.
* Cellulo: Versatile Handheld Robots for Education
HRI ’17: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Proceedings. 2017. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) , Vienna, Austria , March 6-9, 2017. p. 119-127.DOI : 10.1145/2909824.3020247.
* Localization of inexpensive robots with low-bandwidth sensors
Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems. 2019. 13th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS) , London, ENGLAND , November 7-9, 2016. p. 545-558.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-73008-0_38.
* Design Methods for Miniature Underwater Soft Robots
Proceedings of the 6th IEEE RAS & EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob 2016). 2016. 6th IEEE RAS & EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob 2016) , Singapore , June 26-29, 2016. p. 1365-1370.DOI : 10.1109/BIOROB.2016.7523823.
* Real-Time High-Accuracy 2D Localization with Structured Patterns
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). 2016. 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) , Stockholm, Sweden , 16-21 May, 2016. p. 4536-4543.DOI : 10.1109/ICRA.2016.7487653.
* Construction Automation with Autonomous Mobile Robots: A Review
2015. International Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics , Tehran, Iran , October 7-9.DOI : 10.1109/ICRoM.2015.7367821.
* Infiltrating the Zebrafish Swarm: Design, Implementation and Experimental Tests of a Miniature Robotic Fish Lure for Fish-Robot Interaction Studies
Artificial Life And Robotics. 2015. SWARM 2015: The First International Symposium on Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics , Kyoto, Japan , October 28-30, 2015. p. 239-246.DOI : 10.1007/s10015-016-0291-8.
* You're Doing It Wrong! Studying Unexpected Behaviors in Child-Robot Interaction
Social Robotics, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference, ICSR 2015. 2015. International Conference on Social Robotics , Paris, France , October 26-30, 2015. p. 390-400.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-25554-5_39.
* A review: Can robots reshape K-12 STEM education?
Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its SOcial impacts. 2015. 2015 IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO 2015) , Lyon, France , July 1-3, 2015. p. 1-8.DOI : 10.1109/ARSO.2015.7428217.
* Providing and Optimizing a Robotic Construction Plan for Rescue Operations
2015. The 2015 IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO 2015) , lyon , 1-3 July.DOI : 10.1109/ARSO.2015.7428215.
* Autonomous Construction of Separated Artifacts by Mobile Robots Using SLAM and Stigmergy
Proceedings of the 2015 Conference on Autonomous and Robotic Construction of Infrastructure, Ames, Iowa. © 2015. 2015. Conference on Autonomous and Robotic Construction of Infrastructure , Ames, Iowa , June 1-3, 2015.* IniRobot : a pedagogical kit to initiate children to concepts of robotics and computer science
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Robotics in Education. 2015. 6th International Conference on Robotics in Education , Yverdon, Switzerland , May 20-22, 2015. p. 28-34.* A Miniature Mobile Robot Developed to be Socially Integrated with Species of Small Fish
2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2014). 2014. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics , Bali, Indonesia , December 5-10. p. 747-752.DOI : 10.1109/ROBIO.2014.7090421.
* Ranger, an Example of Integration of Robotics into the Home Ecosystem
New Trends in Medical and Service Robots. 2015. International Workshop and Summer School on Medical and Service Robotics , Lausanne, Switzerland , July 10 – 12 2014. p. 181-189.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-23832-6_15.
* Khepera: The Optimal Tool for Development in Mobile Robotics
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 1995.DOI : 10.1109/ROBOT.1995.525757.
* Social Adaptation of Robots for Modulating Self-Organization in Animal Societies
2014 IEEE Eighth International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems Workshops (SASOW). 2014. 2nd FoCAS Workshop on Fundamentals of Collective Systems , London, UK , September 8th, 2014. p. 55-60.DOI : 10.1109/SASOW.2014.13.
* A sociological contribution to understanding the use of robots in schools: the Thymio robot
Social Robotics, Proceeding of the International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2014. 2014. Fifth International Conference on Social Robotics , Sydney , October 27-29, 2014. p. 217-228.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-11973-1_22.
* Autonomous Construction with Compliant Building Material
Intelligent Autonomous Systems 13. 2015. p. 1371-1388.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-08338-4_99.
* Thymio II, a robot that grows wiser with children
Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO), 2013 IEEE Workshop on. 2013. The 2013 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO) , Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan , November 7-9, 2013. p. 187-193.DOI : 10.1109/ARSO.2013.6705527.
* Which Robot Behavior Can Motivate Children to Tidy up Their Toys? Design and Evaluation of "Ranger"
Proceedings of the 2014 ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction. 2014. 9th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI'14) , Bielefeld, Germany , March 3-6, 2014. p. 439-446.DOI : 10.1145/2559636.2559659.
* Seamless Multi-Robot Programming for the People: ASEBA and the Wireless Thymio II Robot
Information and Automation (ICIA), 2013 IEEE International Conference on. 2013. 2013 IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation , Yinchuan, China , August 26-28, 2013. p. 337-343.DOI : 10.1109/ICInfA.2013.6720320.
* Lessons Learned from Robotic Vacuum Cleaners Entering in the Home Ecosystem
Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 2014. Joint Conferences of the 13th Conference on Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS) and 15th Robot World Congress of the Federation-of-International-Robot-Soccer-Association (FIRA) . p. 376-391.DOI : 10.1016/j.robot.2013.09.014.
* ASSISI: Mixing Animals with Robots in a Hybrid Society
Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. 2013. Living Machines, International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems , London , July 29 - August 2013, 2013. p. 441-443.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-39802-5_60.
* Towards bio-hybrid systems made of social animals and robots
Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. 2013. Living Machines, International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems , London , July 29 - August 2013, 2013. p. 384-386.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-39802-5_42.
* Evaluating Efficient Data Collection Algorithms for Environmental Sensor Networks
Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems. 2013. 10th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems , Lausanne, Switzerland , November 1-3, 2010. p. 77-89.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-32723-0_6.
* Building a safe robot for behavioral biology experiments
2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO). 2012. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2012) , Guangzhou, China , December 11-14, 2012. p. 582-587.DOI : 10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491029.
* Autonomous construction with a mobile robot in a resource-limited environment: a demonstration of the integration of perception, planning and action
ECAI 2012. 2012. ECAI 2012 European Conference on Artificial Intelligence , Montpellier , August 27-31, 2012. p. 1015-1016.DOI : 10.3233/978-1-61499-098-7-1015.
* Cutting Down the Energy Consumed by Domestic Robots: Insights from Robotic Vacuum Cleaners
Joint Proceedings of the 13th Annual TAROS Conference and the 15th Annual FIRA RoboWorld Congress. 2012. 13th Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems , Bristol, UK , August 20-22, 2012. p. 128-139.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-32527-4_12.
* Development of a mobile robot to study the collective behavior of zebrafish
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2012. 2012. IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics , Roma, Italy , June 24-28, 2012.DOI : 10.1109/BioRob.2012.6290826.
* The Autonomous Photovoltaic MarXbot
Proceeding of the International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous System (IAS-12). 2013. International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous System (IAS-12) , Jeju Island, Korea , June 26-29, 2012. p. 175-183.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-33932-5_17.
* Towards Long-Term Collective Experiments
Proceeding of the International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous System (IAS-12). 2013. International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous System (IAS-12) , Jeju Island, Korea , June 26-29, 2012. p. 683-692.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-33932-5_64.
* A Programming Workshop using the Robot "Thymio II": The Effect on the Understanding by Children
Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts. 2012. The IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts , Munich, Germany , May 21-23, 2012. p. 24-29.DOI : 10.1109/ARSO.2012.6213393.
* Involving and training public school teachers in using robotics for education
Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts. 2012. The IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts , Munich, Germany , May 21-23, 2012. p. 19-23.DOI : 10.1109/ARSO.2012.6213392.
* Analysis of Impact of an Annual Robotics Festival
Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts. 2012. The IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts , Munich, Germany , May 21-23, 2012. p. 30-35.DOI : 10.1109/ARSO.2012.6213394.
* Physical interactions in swarm robotics: the hand-bot case study
Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems. 2012. 10th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS 2010) , Lausanne, Switzerland , November 1-3,2010. p. 585-595.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-32723-0_42.
* Integration of Online Learning into HTN Planning for Robotic Tasks
Proceedings of the AAAI Spring Symposium 2012: Designing Intelligent Robots, Reintegrating AI. 2012. Designing Intelligent Robots: Reintegrating AI, AAAI Spring Symposium 2012 , Stanford , March 26th-28th, 2012.* A two years informal learning experience using the Thymio robot
Advances in Autonomous Mini Robots: Proceeding of the 6th International Symposium on Autonomous Minirobots for Research and Edutainment (AMIRE). 2012. 6th International Symposium on Autonomous Minirobots for Research and Edutainment , Bielefeld, Germany , May 23-25, 2011. p. 37-48.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-27482-4_7.
* MagneBike: Compact magnetic wheeled robot for power plant inspection
Applied Robotics for the Power Industry (CARPI), 2010 1st International Conference on. 2010. 1st International Conference on Robotics for the Power Industry (CARPI) , Montreal, QC , 5-7 Oct. 2010. p. 1-2.DOI : 10.1109/CARPI.2010.5624442.
* Enhanced Directional Self-Assembly based on Active Recruitment and Guidance
Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2011). 2011. 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems , an Francisco, California , September 25-30, 2011. p. 4762-4769.DOI : 10.1109/IROS.2011.6094854.
* Communication assisted navigation in robotic swarms: self-organization and cooperation
2011 Ieee/Rsj International Conference On Intelligent Robots And Systems. 2011. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems , San Francisco, CA , Sep 25-30, 2011. p. 4981-4988.DOI : 10.1109/IROS.2011.6094454.
* Probabilistic Modeling of a Bio-Inspired Collective Experiments with Real Robots
Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems. 1998. Int. Symp. on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems , Karlsruhe, Germany , May, 1998. p. 289-308.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-72198-4_28.
* Towards Autonomous Energy-Wise RObjects
Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems: Proceedings of the 12th Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems. 2011. 12th Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems , Sheffield, UK , August 31 - September 2, 2011. p. 311-322.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-23232-9_28.
* Climbing robot with thermal glue
Field Robotics: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines. 2011. Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR) , Paris , September 6 – 8, 2011. p. 415-421.DOI : 10.1142/9789814374286_0048.
* Tremo: an inspection climbing inchworm based on magnetic switchable device
Field Robotics: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines. 2011. Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR) , Paris , September 6 – 8, 2011. p. 421-428.DOI : 10.1142/9789814374286_0049.
* Tubulo II: magnetic climbing inchworm for inspection of boiler tubes
Field Robotics: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines. 2011. Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR) , Paris , September 6 – 8, 2011. p. 949-955.DOI : 10.1142/9789814374286_0111.
* Cy-mag3De: magnetic climbing inspection robot
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* Highly Compact Robots for Inspection of Power Plants
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* Towards Mixed Societies of Chickens and Robots
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2010). 2010. The IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2010) , Taipei, Taiwan , October 18-22, 2010. p. 4722-4728.DOI : 10.1109/IROS.2010.5649542.
* Ubichip, Ubidule, and MarXbot: A Hardware Platform for the Simulation of Complex Systems
9th International Conference on Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware , ICES 2010. 2010. 9th International Conference on Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware , ICES 2010 , York, UK , September 6-8, 2010. p. 286-298.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-15323-5_25.
* Magnetic wheels optimization and application to the MagneBike climbing robot
Emerging Trends in Mobile Robotics. 2010. 13th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines , Nagoya Institute fo Technology, Japan , 31 August - 3 September 2010. p. 801-808.DOI : 10.1142/9789814329927_0099.
* Design of Magnetic Switchable Device (MSD) and applications in climbing robot
Emerging Trends in Mobile Robotics. 2010. 13th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines , Nagoya Institute fo Technology, Japan , 31 August - 3 September 2010. p. 375-382.DOI : 10.1142/9789814329927_0047.
* Conception évolutionniste de réseaux de neurones pour le contrôle de robots mobiles
Proceedings of the 7th Journées Neurosciences et Sciences de l'Ingénieur, Chamonix. 1994. Journées Neurosciences et Sciences de l'Ingénieur , Chamonix, France , 2-5 mai 2004.* The MarXbot, a Miniature Mobile Robot Opening new Perspectives for the Collective-robotic Research
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* Tubulo - a train-like miniature inspection climbing robot for ferromagnetic tubes
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Applied Robotics for the Power Industry. 2010. 1st International Conference on Applied Robotics for the Power Industry , Montreal, Canada , October 5-7, 2010. p. 1-5.DOI : 10.1109/CARPI.2010.5624462.
* Cy-mag3D: a simple and miniature climbing robot with advance mobility in ferromagnetic environment
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* Affordable SLAM through the Co-Design of Hardware and Methodology
Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 2010. 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation , Anchorage, Alaska , May 3-8, 2010. p. 5395-5401.DOI : 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509196.
* TRIPILLAR: Miniature magnetic caterpillar climbing robot with plane transition ability
Proceedings of 12th International conference on climbing and walking robots and the support technologies for mobile machines (CLAWAR). 2009. 12th International conference on climbing and walking robots and the support technologies for mobile machines (CLAWAR) , Istanbul , 09-11 September, 2009. p. 343-350.DOI : 10.1142/9789814291279_0044.
* The Hand-bot, a Robot Design for Simultaneous Climbing and Manipulation
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications. 2009. Second International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications , Singapore , 16 - 18 December, 2009. p. 11-22.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-10817-4_2.
* Planner9, a HTN planner distributed on groups of miniature mobile robots
Intelligent Robotics and Applications, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Application. 2009. Second International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Application , Singapore , December 16-18, 2009. p. 1013-1022.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-10817-4_99.
* Aseba Meets D-Bus: From the Depths of a Low-Level Event-
IEEE TC-Soft Workshop on Event-based Systems in Robotics (EBS-RO). 2009. IEEE TC-Soft Workshop on Event-based Systems in Robotics (EBS-RO) , St. Louis , October 15, 2009.* Segregation in swarms of mobile robots based on the Brazil nut effect
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* Real-Time Audio-Visual Calls Detection System for a Chicken Robot
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Advanced Robotics. 2009. 14th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR 2009) , Munich, Germany , July 22-26, 2009. p. 1-6.* Design of Collision Avoidance System for a Chicken Robot Based on Fuzzy Relation Equations
Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems. 2009. 2009 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems , Jeju, Korea , August 20-24, 2009. p. 1851-1856.DOI : 10.1109/FUZZY.2009.5277298.
* Interactive Mobile Robotic Drinking Glasses
Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems 8. 2009. Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems 2008 (DARS2008) , Tsukuba , November 17-19, 2008. p. 543-551.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-00644-9_48.
* The e-puck, a Robot Designed for Education in Engineering
Proceedings of the 9th Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions. 2009. 9th Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions , Castelo Branco, Portugal , May 7, 2009. p. 59-65.* Noise and bias for free : PERPLEXUS as a material platform for embodied thought-experiments
Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on Computing and Philosophy. 2009. Adaptive and Emergent Behaviour and Complex Systems (AISB 2009) CONVENTION , EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND , APRIL 6-9, 2009. p. 28-34.* Scripting the swarm: event-based control of microcontroller-based robots.
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* Audio-visual detection of multiple chirping robots
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* Arithmetic Operations on Self-Replicating Cellular Automata
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Books
* Shoaling with Fish: Using Miniature Robotic Agents to Close the Interaction Loop with Groups of Zebrafish Danio rerio
Springer.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-16781-3.
* Elements of Robotics
Cham: Springer.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-62533-1.
* Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems
Berlin Heidelberg: Springer.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-32723-0.
Book Chapters
* How to Support Students to Cultivate Psychological Safety in their Teams
Teaching Transversal Skills for Engineering Students: A Practical Handbook of Activities with Tangibles; EPFL,2024.
DOI : 10.5281/zenodo.11192095.
* Aligning the Design of Educational Robotics Tools With Classroom Activities
Designing, Constructing, and Programming Robots for Learning; IGI Global,2021-11-01.
p. 368.DOI : 10.4018/978-1-7998-7443-0.ch001.
* Adaptation and Awareness in Robot Ensembles: Scenarios and Algorithms
Collective Autonomic Systems; Springer,2015.
p. 471--494.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-16310-9_15.
* A general methodology for the control of mixed natural-artificial societies
Handbook of Collective Robotics; Singapore: Pan Stanford Publishing,2013.
p. 547-586.Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Microengineering
Computer Science
Communication Systems
PhD Students
Bernal Lecina Manuel, Brender Jérôme Guillaume, Ferraioli Valentina, Massé Kunal, Monette Cyril Felix,Past EPFL PhD Students
Ardiny Hadi , Bonani Michael , Bonnet Frank , Botner Barmak Rafael , Chevalier Morgane Solène Denise , El-Hamamsy Laila Abdelsalam , Fink Julia , Giang Christian , Gribovskiy Alexey , Magnenat Stéphane , Papaspyros Vaios , Riedo Fanny , Rochat Frédéric , Rétornaz Philippe , Schoeneich Patrick , Vaussard Florian Christopher ,Courses
Embedded Systems and Robotics
Basics of mobile robotics
- Sensors
- Perception, feature extraction
- Modeling
- Markov localization: Bayesian filter, Monte Carlo localization, extended Kalman filter
- Navigation: path planning, obstacle avoidance
- Control architectures and robotic frameworks
- Locomotion principles and control
- Sustainability