Keynote Speakers

Giuseppe Carbone is with University of Calabria, Italy, since 2018. From 2020 he is Chair of the IFToMM TC on Robotics and Mechatronics and Editor in Chief of Robotica. His research interests include Manipulation and Grasp, Assistive Robotics, Mechatronics with about 500 published papers. He has been coordinating FP7 and Horizon 2020 projects. He currently is involved in several Next Generation EU PNRR projects. Among others he currently serves as Vice President of the Italian Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Machines, Member of the Board of Directors for the Society of Bionics and Biomechanics ISBE, Treasurer of the IFToMM Italy Society, Editor-in-Chief of Robotica (Cambridge Univ. Press), Section Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Bionic Engineering (Springer), Technical Editor of IEEE/ASME Transaction of Mechatronics, Associate Editor of several International Journals.

 Sunil K. Agrawal received a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 1990. He is currently a Professor and Director of Robotics and Rehabilitation (ROAR) Laboratory at Columbia University, located both in engineering and medical campuses of the University. Dr. Agrawal has published more than 500 journal and conference papers, three books, and 18 U.S. patents. He is a Fellow of the ASME and AIMBE. His honors include a NSF Presidential Faculty Fellowship from the White House in 1994, a Bessel Prize from Germany in 2003, and a Humboldt US Senior Scientist Award in 2007. He is a recipient of 2016 Machine Design Award from ASME for “seminal contributions to design of robotic exoskeletons for gait training of stroke patients” and 2016 Mechanisms and Robotics Award from the ASME for “cumulative contributions and being an international leading figure in mechanical design and robotics”. He is a recipient of A. S. Paintal Chair of Indian National Science Academy in 2023 and has received several Best Paper awards in ASME and IEEE sponsored robotics conferences. He has successfully directed 35 PhD student theses and currently supervises  research of 5 PhD students in ROAR laboratory. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Wearable Technologies” from Cambridge University Press. He was the Conference Chair for IEEE BioRob2020 organized in New York City.

Website: https://roar.me.columbia.edu

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