Scholar
Antonio Franchi
Google Scholar ID: DqOnkE8AAAAJ
Full Professor, University of Twente & Full Professor, Sapienza University of Rome;
Citations & Impact
Citations
6,984
H-index
44
i10-index
126
Publications
20
Co-authors
66
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- IEEE Fellow
- Published over 170 papers in international journals, books, and conferences
- Delivered over 100 invited talks internationally since 2010
- Received awards for research, PhD mentoring, and societal service from the international robotics community
- Served on editorial boards of IJRR, IEEE T-RO, IEEE RA-M, etc.
- Co-founder and emeritus co-chair of IEEE RAS Technical Committee on Multiple Robot Systems
- Principal Investigator of major projects: EU Horizon AutoAssess, H2020 Aerial-CORE, H2020 AEROARMS, ANR PRC ‘The Flying Co-worker’, ANR MuRoPhen
- Co-authored book: 'Theory and Applications for Control of Aerial Robots in Physical Interaction Through Tethers' (Springer, 2020)
Research Experience
- Full Professor in aerial robotics control at University of Twente (2022–2023)
- Associate Professor at University of Twente (2019–2021)
- Affiliated Researcher at LAAS-CNRS (2019–2023)
- Permanent Researcher at CNRS and leader of aerial robotics activities at LAAS-CNRS (2014–2019)
- Research Scientist then Senior Research Scientist at Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Germany; scientific leader of 'Autonomous Robotics and Human Machine Systems' group (2010–2013)
- Full Professor at Sapienza University of Rome (DIAG department)
Education
- Ph.D. in System Engineering from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (Feb. 2010)
- Laurea (M.Sc.) in Electronic Engineering from Sapienza University of Rome (summa cum laude)
- Visiting student at University of California, Santa Barbara (2009)
- French Professorial Habilitation (HDR) from National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse (2016)
- Italian Professorial Qualification (ASN) from Italian Ministry of University and Research (2018)
