Dario Floreano — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Professor of Intelligent Systems at EPFL, holding the full professorship since 2010.
Was the Founding Director of the Swiss National Center of Competence in Robotics (NCCR Robotics) from 2010 to 2022.
Made pioneering contributions to the fields of Evolutionary Robotics, Aerial Robotics, and Soft Robotics.
Co-authored three books published by MIT Press.
Serves as an Advisory Board Member for the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems.
Holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics from the University of Trieste.

Biography

Dario Floreano is a Swiss-Italian roboticist and Professor of Intelligent Systems at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), where he has been a full professor since 2010. He directs the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LIS) at EPFL and was the founding director of the Swiss National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Robotics from 2010 to 2022.