Bruno Siciliano

Bruno Siciliano Bruno Siciliano is professor of Robotics at the University of Naples Federico II. He is also an honorary professor at the University of Óbuda where he holds the chair named after Rudolf Kálmán. Fellow of the IEEE, ASME, IFAC, AAIA, AIIA, AIIA scientific societies, he has received numerous international awards and awards, including the recent IEEE RAS Pioneer in Robotics and Automation Award (2024). He was president of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society from 2008 to 2009. He has given more than 150 keynotes and has published more than 400 articles and 24 books. His book 'Robotics' is among the most adopted academic texts worldwide, while his volume 'Springer Handbook of Robotics' has received the highest award for scientific publications: the PROSE Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences & Mathematics 2008. His team has received more than 25 million euros in funding over the last 15 years from competitive European research projects, including an Advanced Grant and a Synergy Grant from ERC. “Keep the gradient” is the motto that Siciliano invented and means the constant search for new ideas and new solutions, a hymn to complexity to seize challenges and opportunities always in the name of the art of “work and play” as stated in his 2016 TEDx talk.