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SCI STI FMO1 Group

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The SCI STI FMO1, also known as the MOBOTS group, is a part of the robotics community at EPFL, focusing on system design for miniature autonomous mobile robots. Their research spans disciplines from Artificial Intelligence to mechatronics, with a strong emphasis on digital electronics and system integration. They are renowned for their work in animal-robot interactions, particularly in developing robotic devices that interact with honeybee colonies and fish groups to observe and modulate their behavior. Additionally, the group is actively involved in educational robotics, developing innovative technologies for learning activities and collaborating with the EPFL Center for Learning Sciences LEARN to promote computational thinking and digital literacy in schools.

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Francesco Mondada

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.

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Cyril Felix Monette

Cyril Monette combines his interest in engineering with his passion for nature: During his bachelor's degree in microtechnology at EPFLausanne, he implemented technical study projects with a focus on the conservation of biodiversity. Cyril then worked at the GenoRobotics project on the development of mobile DNA sequencing methods. After volunteering in Uganda, he completed several internships in biodiversity conservation. With the start of his master's degree in Biorobotics at the University of Bristol, he

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Bertarelli Foundation Chair in Translational Neuroengineering

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Memento Mori: Reliable robustness in self-reconfigurable modular robots

A Biohybrid Superorganism - Investigating honeybees' collective behaviors via interactive robotics

Quantifying the biomimicry gap in biohybrid robot-fish pairs